gem.cbc.ca - 1080p streams?

[ampersand]

Is there a way to get these without having a Premium account? I can download the 720p videos fine, but I can't upgrade to Premium because my bank card doesn't have a CA billing address. If being actually logged in/sending Premium credentials is necessary, then I'm dead in the water, but if it's just a question of a different link structure...
Or, alternatively, does anyone know of a solution for the card billing address issue?

EDIT: It seems that with CBC GEM, all you have to do is literally enter the url of the episode/movie into yt-dlp as input and it grabs the 1080p stream.

EDIT2: A different problem - the above mentioned method grabs only stereo 192k audio, but there are 5.1 384k streams, like in BTN's rip of Dragon's Den S15E01 which aren't available through this method. Any ideas on how to get that one? Or is it a premium-only feature?

[sipho]

Seems as though CBC has made a change overnight. I no longer can get the 1080p streams. The player video quality cog shows 'Low' and 'Average' but the 'High/1080p' is greyed out.

[Halifan]

Follow this issue on the yt-dlp github regarding cbc gem changes, no fix yet - https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/6395

[ampersand]

Follow this issue on the yt-dlp github regarding cbc gem changes, no fix yet - https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/6395

good, somebody found a fix: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/6395#issuecomment-1462442492

Just add /media/ after https://gem.cbc.ca/

[Tom Saurus]

Please for dummies such as myself please give instructions on how to download from CBC Gem. I do remember I tried that media trick at one point and it worked but either it doesn't work now or I have forgotten exactly how to get it. I usually go for 640 x 360 quality with English audio.

Thank you in advance and if it is really complex I probably won't be able to accomplish it but I will try.

[ampersand]

Please for dummies such as myself please give instructions on how to download from CBC Gem. I do remember I tried that media trick at one point and it worked but either it doesn't work now or I have forgotten exactly how to get it. I usually go for 640 x 360 quality with English audio.

Thank you in advance and if it is really complex I probably won't be able to accomplish it but I will try.

cbc doesn't work with the current release of yt-dlp
the fix will probably be added to the next release, the last one is from march though so who knows when they'll get around to it

[Tom Saurus]

ampersand: Thank you for your post.

[mr_thamer]

Please for dummies such as myself please give instructions on how to download from CBC Gem. I do remember I tried that media trick at one point and it worked but either it doesn't work now or I have forgotten exactly how to get it. I usually go for 640 x 360 quality with English audio.

Thank you in advance and if it is really complex I probably won't be able to accomplish it but I will try.

cbc doesn't work with the current release of yt-dlp
the fix will probably be added to the next release, the last one is from march though so who knows when they'll get around to it

The only way I found to download 1080p is using this command with yt-dlp

yt-dlp --username yourusername@mail.com --password xxxxxx --verbose --no-overwrites --write-sub -S "res:1080" 'https://gem.cbc.ca/media/the-nature-of-things/s60'

Hope you enjoy your shows.

[Tom Saurus]

Please for dummies such as myself please give instructions on how to download from CBC Gem. I do remember I tried that media trick at one point and it worked but either it doesn't work now or I have forgotten exactly how to get it. I usually go for 640 x 360 quality with English audio.

Thank you in advance and if it is really complex I probably won't be able to accomplish it but I will try.

cbc doesn't work with the current release of yt-dlp
the fix will probably be added to the next release, the last one is from march though so who knows when they'll get around to it

The only way I found to download 1080p is using this command with yt-dlp

yt-dlp --username yourusername@mail.com --password xxxxxx --verbose --no-overwrites --write-sub -S "res:1080" 'https://gem.cbc.ca/media/the-nature-of-things/s60'

Hope you enjoy your shows.

Thank you for your post; it is good to learn new things.

[bmfexp]

try the recompile version below

[Tom Saurus]

I am happy with 540p any higher the files take up too much hard drive space. But it is good for those who desire 1080p can get it if they want.

[Oldfart1234]

try the recompile version below

Could you please post a Linux version, or at least the revised Python code for the extractor?

[sipho]

You can add this new extractor to your yt-dlp extractor folder. It's not perfect and seems to not mux the video and audio but that could just be my environment.

[Oldfart1234]

You can add this new extractor to your yt-dlp extractor folder. It's not perfect and seems to not mux the video and audio but that could just be my environment.

Thank you for this, I do have one question though, how are you combining the audio and video, because every episode is failing for me. Failing to combine I mean.

[sipho]

Thank you for this, I do have one question though, how are you combining the audio and video, because every episode is failing for me. Failing to combine I mean.

I just use mkvtoolnix to mux them into a mkv container. Takes a few seconds.

I'm sure the fix will be included in the next release of yt-dlp.

[Oldfart1234]

Thank you for this, I do have one question though, how are you combining the audio and video, because every episode is failing for me. Failing to combine I mean.

I just use mkvtoolnix to mux them into a mkv container. Takes a few seconds.

I'm sure the fix will be included in the next release of yt-dlp.

Well mkvtoolnix WILL combine them, it throws a TON of errors and there is always a glitch in every episode right at 35mins 35seconds, I have no idea why there, but that is also the EXACT spot that ffmpeg fails the merge in yt-dlp.

[iamghost]

M3u8 link just Change “decktop” to “smarttv” for 1080p

[billybanana]

M3u8 link just Change “desktop” to “smarttv” for 1080p

Nice work. The simple fixes are the best

[billybanana]

Been playing around with creating a standalone script today. For a site with such a simple and easy to use show/episode API, they have one of the most convoluted authentication flows I have seen.

[Tom Saurus]

I have had a problem today with CBC Gem via YT-DLP. The video seems to download but fails in the muxing stage and you end up with a 35 minute video instead of 44:10

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.4317]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\sheld\Desktop\YT-DLP Video Downloader>yt-dlp --username  --password  --verbose --no-overwrites --write-sub -S "res:540"  https://gem.cbc.ca/media/heartland/s18e04
[debug] Command-line config: ['--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE', '--verbose', '--no-overwrites', '--write-sub', '-S', 'res:540', 'https://gem.cbc.ca/media/heartland/s18e04']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, pref cp1252, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version stable@2024.10.22 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [67adeb7ba] (win_exe)
[debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython AMD64 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22631-SP0 (OpenSSL 1.1.1k  25 Mar 2021)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 6.1.1-full_build-www.gyan.dev (setts), ffprobe 6.1.1-full_build-www.gyan.dev
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.21.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2024.08.30, curl_cffi-0.5.10, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.3, sqlite3-3.35.5, urllib3-2.2.3, websockets-13.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets, curl_cffi
[debug] Loaded 1839 extractors
[debug] Using fake IP 99.226.169.81 (CA) as X-Forwarded-For
[debug] Loading cbcgem.claims_token from cache
[gem.cbc.ca] Extracting URL: https://gem.cbc.ca/media/heartland/s18e04
[gem.cbc.ca] heartland/s18e04: Downloading JSON metadata
[gem.cbc.ca] heartland/s18e04: Downloading JSON metadata
[gem.cbc.ca] heartland/s18e04: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Sort order given by user: res:540
[debug] Formats sorted by: hasvid, ie_pref, res:540(540.0), lang, quality, fps, hdr:12(7), vcodec:vp9.2(10), channels, acodec, size, br, asr, proto, vext, aext, hasaud, source, id
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo*+bestaudio/best
[info] heartland/s18e04: Downloading 1 format(s): hls-2191+hls-audio_2-English
[info] There are no subtitles for the requested languages
[debug] Invoking hlsnative downloader on "https://cbcrcott-aws-gem.akamaized.net/hdntl=exp=1729707252~acl=%2f*~data=hdntl~hmac=3b8c2f3e5b96445e96d483377d1575d679966eab0813925b289764d4b64894cf/out/v1/d6eccc4ae1ce4e1b861fc4f144d935c5/026bf27581e640c4b4fb78ae5aaa5021/4992c413374a4be4af23a7b5453f28df/436ea5bccb784b8491274fc697589c82/6baf985d549245c48f39e42930e10a5e/index-aes_4.m3u8?aka_me_session_id=AAAAAAAAAAD0PBlnAAAAAB5rOW3YDZup2BVdO0mfMscY7TpTiv3Nxb0cWD+d4yJkzxn70cfCtAc+aY0ApI7WC31DJBauX9ut&aka_media_format_type=hls&pckgrp=bf5b9c2800b7e86d48330ceb5add54a4"
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 883
[download] Destination: Into the Unknown [heartland⧸s18e04].fhls-2191.mp4
[debug] File locking is not supported. Proceeding without locking
[download] 100% of  599.53MiB in 00:10:27 at 978.78KiB/s
[debug] Invoking hlsnative downloader on "https://cbcrcott-aws-gem.akamaized.net/hdntl=exp=1729707252~acl=%2f*~data=hdntl~hmac=3b8c2f3e5b96445e96d483377d1575d679966eab0813925b289764d4b64894cf/out/v1/d6eccc4ae1ce4e1b861fc4f144d935c5/026bf27581e640c4b4fb78ae5aaa5021/4992c413374a4be4af23a7b5453f28df/436ea5bccb784b8491274fc697589c82/6baf985d549245c48f39e42930e10a5e/index-aes_16_0.m3u8?aka_me_session_id=AAAAAAAAAAD0PBlnAAAAAB5rOW3YDZup2BVdO0mfMscY7TpTiv3Nxb0cWD+d4yJkzxn70cfCtAc+aY0ApI7WC31DJBauX9ut&aka_media_format_type=hls&pckgrp=bf5b9c2800b7e86d48330ceb5add54a4"
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 883
[download] Destination: Into the Unknown [heartland⧸s18e04].fhls-audio_2-English.mp4
[download] 100% of   60.72MiB in 00:01:40 at 617.34KiB/s
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffprobe -show_streams "file:Into the Unknown [heartland⧸s18e04].fhls-audio_2-English.mp4"
[Merger] Merging formats into "Into the Unknown [heartland⧸s18e04].mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -loglevel repeat+info -i "file:Into the Unknown [heartland⧸s18e04].fhls-2191.mp4" -i "file:Into the Unknown [heartland⧸s18e04].fhls-audio_2-English.mp4" -c copy -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 -movflags +faststart "file:Into the Unknown [heartland⧸s18e04].temp.mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg version 6.1.1-full_build-www.gyan.dev Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 12.2.0 (Rev10, Built by MSYS2 project)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static --pkg-config=pkgconf --disable-w32threads --disable-autodetect --enable-fontconfig --enable-iconv --enable-gnutls --enable-libxml2 --enable-gmp --enable-bzlib --enable-lzma --enable-libsnappy --enable-zlib --enable-librist --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libzmq --enable-avisynth --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-sdl2 --enable-libaribb24 --enable-libaribcaption --enable-libdav1d --enable-libdavs2 --enable-libuavs3d --enable-libzvbi --enable-librav1e --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libaom --enable-libjxl --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libvpx --enable-mediafoundation --enable-libass --enable-frei0r --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-liblensfun --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf --enable-libzimg --enable-amf --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-cuvid --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc --enable-dxva2 --enable-d3d11va --enable-libvpl --enable-libshaderc --enable-vulkan --enable-libplacebo --enable-opencl --enable-libcdio --enable-libgme --enable-libmodplug --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libshine --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libilbc --enable-libgsm --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopus --enable-libspeex --enable-libvorbis --enable-ladspa --enable-libbs2b --enable-libflite --enable-libmysofa --enable-librubberband --enable-libsoxr --enable-chromaprint
  libavutil      58. 29.100 / 58. 29.100
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  libavformat    60. 16.100 / 60. 16.100
  libavdevice    60.  3.100 / 60.  3.100
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Input #0, mpegts, from 'file:Into the Unknown [heartland⧸s18e04].fhls-2191.mp4':
  Duration: 00:44:10.31, start: 2.095867, bitrate: 1897 kb/s
  Program 1
  Stream #0:0[0x1e1]: Video: h264 (Main) ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), yuv420p(progressive), 960x540 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], Closed Captions, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn
[eac3 @ 000001c12ad188c0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #1, eac3, from 'file:Into the Unknown [heartland⧸s18e04].fhls-audio_2-English.mp4':
  Duration: 00:44:13.02, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 192 kb/s
  Stream #1:0: Audio: eac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 192 kb/s
[mp4 @ 000001c12b445cc0] track 1: codec frame size is not set
Output #0, mp4, to 'file:Into the Unknown [heartland⧸s18e04].temp.mp4':
  Metadata:
    encoder         : Lavf60.16.100
  Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(progressive), 960x540 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn
  Stream #0:1: Audio: eac3 (ec-3 / 0x332D6365), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 192 kb/s
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
  Stream #1:0 -> #0:1 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
size=       0kB time=-00:00:00.03 bitrate=  -0.0kbits/s speed=N/A
size=  167936kB time=00:11:30.75 bitrate=1991.6kbits/s speed=1.38e+03x
size=  331008kB time=00:22:40.92 bitrate=1992.5kbits/s speed=1.36e+03x
size=  478208kB time=00:32:46.56 bitrate=1992.0kbits/s speed=1.3e+03x
size=  480000kB time=00:32:53.82 bitrate=1992.2kbits/s speed= 889x
size=  485120kB time=00:33:14.49 bitrate=1992.5kbits/s speed= 733x
[vost#0:0/copy @ 000001c12b36b040] Error submitting a packet to the muxer: Invalid data found when processing input
[out#0/mp4 @ 000001c12b37b280] Error muxing a packet
[mp4 @ 000001c12b445cc0] Starting second pass: moving the moov atom to the beginning of the file
[out#0/mp4 @ 000001c12b37b280] video:469279kB audio:50095kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.256329%
size=  520706kB time=00:35:35.36 bitrate=1997.6kbits/s speed= 567x
Conversion failed!

ERROR: Postprocessing: Conversion failed!
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "yt_dlp\YoutubeDL.py", line 3560, in process_info
  File "yt_dlp\YoutubeDL.py", line 3744, in post_process
  File "yt_dlp\YoutubeDL.py", line 3726, in run_all_pps
  File "yt_dlp\YoutubeDL.py", line 3704, in run_pp
  File "yt_dlp\postprocessor\common.py", line 23, in run
  File "yt_dlp\postprocessor\common.py", line 128, in wrapper
  File "yt_dlp\postprocessor\ffmpeg.py", line 840, in run
  File "yt_dlp\postprocessor\ffmpeg.py", line 330, in run_ffmpeg_multiple_files
  File "yt_dlp\postprocessor\ffmpeg.py", line 368, in real_run_ffmpeg
yt_dlp.postprocessor.ffmpeg.FFmpegPostProcessorError: Conversion failed!


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Thanks in advance for any advice pertaining to this matter.

[sipho]

Upgrade your yt-dlp as the latest version has a fix for CBC.

[Tom Saurus]

Upgrade your yt-dlp as the latest version has a fix for CBC.

I am using the version they released on October 22nd, 2024. I thought perhaps it was the fault of my FFMPEG being a 2023 version so I got the newest YT-DLP version put in the folder and I still have this problem. Maybe I should go back to the previous version of YT-DLP and see if there is this problem. Thank you for your input.