modifying yt-dlp

[rrats]

I've made this thread a few months ago. Curiously, I've decided to look at yt-dlp's source code, and it seems that workflow for extracting video material out of every website supported is written as a python script.

I have knowledge of programming languages such as C and C++, but not python, however it's not that hard to understand certain pieces of code by searching the internet so i might be able to modify one of the scripts in order to use it with the service I want to use. Now does anyone in here know a service that works the similar way.

Basically it divides every stream into 4 second 1,45/2 MB clips in h264 format. All of these could be found on the network page. Fragments

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I've also uploaded a sample. It doesn't have a file extension but it works with mp4

also here are some link samples:
https://sbb-bg-pd-s3-2.ug-be.cdn.united.cloud/stream/fragment/ts/live/?i=CEH3Ip_P65ILJ...21&player=m3u8

https://sbb-bg-pd-s3-1.ug-be.cdn.united.cloud/stream/fragment/ts/live/?i=FikQwYiIOw0-o...11&player=m3u8

[rrats]

mediainfo:

General
ID                                       : 1 (0x1)
Complete name                            : C:\Users\######\Downloads\unknownFileName\unknownFileName.mp4
Format                                   : MPEG-TS
File size                                : 2.06 MiB
Duration                                 : 4 s 760 ms
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 3 604 kb/s
FileExtension_Invalid                    : ts m2t m2s m4t m4s tmf ts tp trp ty

Video
ID                                       : 256 (0x100)
Menu ID                                  : 100 (0x64)
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : Main@L4.1
Format settings                          : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 4 frames
Codec ID                                 : 27
Duration                                 : 4 s 800 ms
Width                                    : 960 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 25.000 FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive

Audio
ID                                       : 257 (0x101)
Menu ID                                  : 100 (0x64)
Format                                   : AAC LC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Format version                           : Version 4
Muxing mode                              : ADTS
Codec ID                                 : 15-2
Duration                                 : 4 s 480 ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel layout                           : L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Delay relative to video                  : -327 ms
Language                                 : English

Menu
ID                                       : 4096 (0x1000)
Menu ID                                  : 100 (0x64)
Duration                                 : 4 s 760 ms
List                                     : 256 (0x100) (AVC) / 257 (0x101) (AAC, English)
Language                                 :  / English
Service name                             : TVService
Service provider                         : OIV
Service type                             : digital television

[codehound]

And the point of this double post is...................?

[rrats]

Because it was obsolete in many terms.

[codehound]

yt-dlp is obsolete ? I dont think pukkandan would agree.

Perhaps you should offer your services to become part of the development team.
https://discord.gg/Y5SBdjjS

[ElCap]

I have knowledge of programming languages such as C and C++, but not python, however it's not that hard to understand certain pieces of code by searching the internet so i might be able to modify one of the scripts in order to use it with the service I want to use. Now does anyone in here know a service that works the similar way.

Basically it divides every stream into 4 second 1,45/2 MB clips in h264 format. All of these could be found on the network page. Fragments

you should do some reading up on hls or on adapative bitrate streaming.

i assume you are trying to download all the fragment files and join them as one, right?

the file that you should be looking at is the manifest file, normally with the extension m3u8.
it is in your screenshot "/stream/playlist/hls/?....."
this file contains the information about all the fragmented files (or if its live streaming it will contain the information on the next couple of fragments)

the fragmented file links have an expiry, so get a fresh link to the playlist/manifest file and put it into yt-dlp or any m3u8 downloader
ie.

yt-dlp "url"

[notaghost]

m3u8 is explained here

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/yt_dlp/downloader/hls.py
So is mpd dash

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/yt_dlp/downloader/dash.py


You might want to print(info_dict) for more details about parsing parameters

Better if you ask these questions on the yt-dlp discord server. You'll get more help there than in here. Youtube-dl also has irc channel

[rrats]

Thank you for these links and info. Will check them out

[rrats]

yt-dlp is obsolete ? I dont think pukkandan would agree.

Perhaps you should offer your services to become part of the development team.
https://discord.gg/Y5SBdjjS

Thread, not yt-dlp

[rrats]

I have knowledge of programming languages such as C and C++, but not python, however it's not that hard to understand certain pieces of code by searching the internet so i might be able to modify one of the scripts in order to use it with the service I want to use. Now does anyone in here know a service that works the similar way.

Basically it divides every stream into 4 second 1,45/2 MB clips in h264 format. All of these could be found on the network page. Fragments

you should do some reading up on hls or on adapative bitrate streaming.

i assume you are trying to download all the fragment files and join them as one, right?

the file that you should be looking at is the manifest file, normally with the extension m3u8.
it is in your screenshot "/stream/playlist/hls/?....."
this file contains the information about all the fragmented files (or if its live streaming it will contain the information on the next couple of fragments)

the fragmented file links have an expiry, so get a fresh link to the playlist/manifest file and put it into yt-dlp or any m3u8 downloader
ie.

yt-dlp "url"

it does work, and it outputs the exact thing put into it, now how do i automate it

[rrats]

Didn't even have to modify it. It works with FFmpeg.