Download content from GoPlay.be

[roelsmaarten]

Hi everyone,

Is there anyone who can explain to me how to download content from GoPlay.be?

GoPlay is a Belgian television channel.

[[ss]vegeta]

I opened Big Brother episode 57.
You open developer tools, network tab and search for mpd.

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This MPD doesn't have protection.
You copy the link of the mpd and use yt-dlp with it.

[roelsmaarten]

There is a problem with yt-dlp.
When I open yt-dlp, it closes immediately.


How to solve this?
Or is there another way to download GoPlay videos?

[[ss]vegeta]

yt-dlp is a console application
meaning
you put it in a folder
then go to the address bar and type cmd and press enter
then in the black window type
yt-dlp.exe "insert mpd link here"
you also need ffmpeg by the way, download it and put it in the same folder
read this forum a little bit to get the basics

[roelsmaarten]

I am not that technically inclined. Can you explain to me step by step what I need to do. Starting to look everywhere here seems quite complicated.

[codehound]

I am not that technically inclined. Can you explain to me step by step what I need to do. Starting to look everywhere here seems quite complicated.

No worries, here you go


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[roelsmaarten]

I am not that technically inclined. Can you explain to me step by step what I need to do. Starting to look everywhere here seems quite complicated.

No worries, here you go


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I would like to thank you, but I am not going to.
Yt-dlp is a complex program that requires some explanation. Nowhere to find a clear manual, and am a beginner. It would be helpful if you don't respond in topics this way every time. Because you have already done that several times.

[shellcmd]

1.if you use windows 10 ,download yt-dlp.exe from github and put it to C:\Users\your pc username\

2.open cmd , you can find it by left click "start menu", find "windows system", then left click "command prompt". you can find cmd window shows:
"Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.2728]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\your pc username>"

3.in cmd , input : yt-dlp --allow-u -N 8 "MPD URL"

[roelsmaarten]

yt-dlp is a console application
meaning
you put it in a folder
then go to the address bar and type cmd and press enter
then in the black window type
yt-dlp.exe "insert mpd link here"
you also need ffmpeg by the way, download it and put it in the same folder
read this forum a little bit to get the basics

I think I managed to download a video after all.

But I have 2 problems:

1. Even though ffmpeg is in the same folder, yt-dlp says it is not installed.

2. I get no audio after download

(when downloading a Youtube video I do get audio).

Any idea what the solutions are for this? (See screenshots)
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[ElCap]

codehounds response may sound a bit blunt to you but there are a LOT of tutorials (even beginner ones) out there for yt-dlp via a quick google search.
eg.
https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedl/comments/tt0cqk/how_to_setup_ytdlp/
https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedl/comments/qzqzaz/can_someone_please_post_a_simple_guide_on_making/

[[ss]vegeta]

1. Even though ffmpeg is in the same folder, yt-dlp says it is not installed.

You need the exe, not the zipped file. Extract the contents and find ffmpeg.exe.

[Jerry911]

yt-dlp is a console application
meaning
you put it in a folder
then go to the address bar and type cmd and press enter
then in the black window type
yt-dlp.exe "insert mpd link here"
you also need ffmpeg by the way, download it and put it in the same folder
read this forum a little bit to get the basics

I think I managed to download a video after all.

But I have 2 problems:

1. Even though ffmpeg is in the same folder, yt-dlp says it is not installed.

2. I get no audio after download

(when downloading a Youtube video I do get audio).

Any idea what the solutions are for this? (See screenshots)
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I bumped into the same issue, for me it downloaded only the audio of the first ad.
I did the following to solve it

yt-dlp --list-formats http://blabla.mpd

This returns a list, in my case with a bunch of audio formats ending with -0 -1 -2 etc, all those are nasty ads.
So I took the only 2 in the list that do not end with -number

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Then I used the following command

yt-dlp -f bestvideo+8d1c5d04-ce0e-41a6-9492-0776670d2a05+affe7569-0b42-4655-a0d8-4fae3ce8f8e2 https:blabla.mpd

This produced a .mp4 file with the correct audio for me

[roelsmaarten]

1. Even though ffmpeg is in the same folder, yt-dlp says it is not installed.

You need the exe, not the zipped file. Extract the contents and find ffmpeg.exe.

The link you gave me is just a 7z file. Where can I find the .exe file?

[[ss]vegeta]

The link you gave me is just a 7z file. Where can I find the .exe file?

Sometimes I can't believe the patience I've build up over the years.

Install 7zip.
Then right click your 7z file and extract the contents. You are probably gonna find a bin folder with 3 exes, one of which will be ffmpeg.

Also, I gave you no link. That's the forum automatically doing it for the common software tools.

[roelsmaarten]

The link you gave me is just a 7z file. Where can I find the .exe file?

Sometimes I can't believe the patience I've build up over the years.

Install 7zip.
Then right click your 7z file and extract the contents. You are probably gonna find a bin folder with 3 exes, one of which will be ffmpeg.

Also, I gave you no link. That's the forum automatically doing it for the common software tools.

I have never worked with yt-dlp before. I think it is normal that there are many questions.

I also see in the links peoples gave me with a roadmap a complicated procedure to add a 'path'.

The procedures are very cumbersome. Especially for a layman. Is there really no easier way?

[larits]

I have never worked with yt-dlp before. I think it is normal that there are many questions.

I also see in the links peoples gave me with a roadmap a complicated procedure to add a 'path'.

The procedures are very cumbersome. Especially for a layman. Is there really no easier way?

People around here are just used to a certain level of technical knowledge. So when someone comes along that is basically at level 0, things tend to get frustrating for everyone.

My advice to you is to forget about yt-dlp for now. GoPlay doesn't have any kind of protection on their videos, so you are better off using a downloader that will give you buttons and menus instead of commands. Internet Download Manager, Neat Download Manager, VideoDownloadHelper, CocoCut Video Downloader etc. The list is long. Any of them will give you a button to click when visiting a video and that's it. Download finished.

[CrymanChen]

Jesus, my Lord.

The answer is easy, to search what you want in the forum. It's like a test where you could look up in the textbooks.

[roelsmaarten]

All I need to know now is how to get audio to accompany the video file. I had managed to enter a comand that downloaded the video, but no audio. If anyone could help me with that, it would be great.

[ElCap]

Is it the same error as before?
If so, did you read the error?
"ffmpeg is not installed. Formats won't be merged."
Meaning that the video and audio files won't be merged together.
Also, it says that the audio has already been downloaded so it won't download it again. If you add ffmpeg correctly, yt-dlp should merge the video and audio properly even if already downloaded. If it doesn't, try deleting the video and audio files and try it again.

If you're not willing to do some googling or reading up on it, maybe yt-dlp isn't for you and as larits said, use a browser extension with a download button.

[roelsmaarten]

Is it the same error as before?
If so, did you read the error?
"ffmpeg is not installed. Formats won't be merged."
Meaning that the video and audio files won't be merged together.
Also, it says that the audio has already been downloaded so it won't download it again. If you add ffmpeg correctly, yt-dlp should merge the video and audio properly even if already downloaded. If it doesn't, try deleting the video and audio files and try it again.

If you're not willing to do some googling or reading up on it, maybe yt-dlp isn't for you and as larits said, use a browser extension with a download button.

A programme like Firefox Downloadhelper is not a solution as you can see in the screenshot.

So: I have to extract the 7z file with 7zip and place the .exe file in the same folder.

Should I then follow the 'path' procedure for ffmpeg to work properly, or is this the only thing?

Besides, if I didn't want to learn, I wouldn't ask for explanations either.

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[ElCap]

what have you tried? and what was the output?

[Jerry911]

All I need to know now is how to get audio to accompany the video file. I had managed to enter a comand that downloaded the video, but no audio. If anyone could help me with that, it would be great.

Do you even read what people reply?

To the other people in this thread. I sometimes am not able to download a video with the correct audio. For example this video. I have tried with --list-formats and downloading it with the audio id's it gave me but it seems like the audio I get is from a different episode.

[roelsmaarten]

what have you tried? and what was the output?

All I get on my screen now is this.

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I now have Yt-dlp and the .exe file of ffmpeg.exe in the same folder.

I did exactly what I was told. Any idea how to fix this?

[larits]

'Errno 13: Permission denied' indicates that you don't have permission to save the file in that path. Try saving it to another path, like a folder on desktop for example. You can use -P to specify:

yt-dlp "MPD URL" -P C:\path\to\wherever

[roelsmaarten]

'Errno 13: Permission denied' indicates that you don't have permission to save the file in that path. Try saving it to another path, like a folder on desktop for example. You can use -P to specify:

yt-dlp "MPD URL" -P C:\path\to\wherever

Yes, that was the problem. But now there is a new problem.


This time I did not get an ERROR. The video seemed to download. But the result was a 17-minute video. The episode is much longer.

I got audio for the first few seconds, then no more.

[roelsmaarten]

All I need to know now is how to get audio to accompany the video file. I had managed to enter a comand that downloaded the video, but no audio. If anyone could help me with that, it would be great.

Do you even read what people reply?

To the other people in this thread. I sometimes am not able to download a video with the correct audio. For example this video. I have tried with --list-formats and downloading it with the audio id's it gave me but it seems like the audio I get is from a different episode.

Yes @Jerry911, I read what people said. I am now at the point where I have both ffmpeg.exe and yt-dlp in the same folder.

With the command described above, I managed to get a video in. But this one takes 17 minutes (shorter than the episode) and has only 2 seconds of audio.

[larits]

Post URL to the video your're having problems with.

[roelsmaarten]

Post URL to the video your're having problems with.

This is the URL I tried

https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/ondemand/dash/content/2615619/vid/10149483099595527/G...b/manifest.mpd

[larits]

URL to the actual video page, not the mpd.

But judging by that mpd and jerry's post up there, they might have cut up the tracks in various ways in order to bundle in ads, and then stitch it together as you're playing the video. You might have to specifically download all tracks without a number and then merge with ffmpeg. Or try a different program like Streamlink.

[roelsmaarten]

URL to the actual video page, not the mpd.

But judging by that mpd and jerry's post up there, they might have cut up the tracks in various ways in order to bundle in ads, and then stitch it together as you're playing the video. You might have to specifically download all tracks without a number and then merge with ffmpeg. Or try a different program like Streamlink.

This is the original link https://www.goplay.be/video/recht-naar-de-gevangenis/recht-naar-de-gevangenis-s1/recht...ing-2#autoplay