Video DRM protected

[David Banner]

Trying to download from Virgin media. I know its DRM'd but I tried with YT-DLP just to see. It said this video is DRM protected and would not download. Should it not at least download the protected video?

[cedric8528]

yt-dlp --allow-u .....

[David Banner]

yt-dlp --allow-u .....

Thanks so much, that worked.

I have an .mp4 an .m4a and a dot unknown video

Do you know how I will remove DRM?

[[ss]vegeta]

Do you know how I will remove DRM?

By getting the decryption keys.
And you may now ask, how to do that.
Well, read the sticky threads of this sub-forum.

[David Banner]

Do you know how I will remove DRM?

By getting the decryption keys.
And you may now ask, how to do that.
Well, read the sticky threads of this sub-forum.

How can I tell what sort of DRM is on it. I looked at the stickies but do not see how to use them or even which one?

[Karn]

Do you know how I will remove DRM?

By getting the decryption keys.
And you may now ask, how to do that.
Well, read the sticky threads of this sub-forum.

How can I tell what sort of DRM is on it. I looked at the stickies but do not see how to use them or even which one?

You might find this useful.

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/401717-How-are-you-going-to-respond-to-widevine-l3...ay-31st/page57

[David Banner]

Do you know how I will remove DRM?

By getting the decryption keys.
And you may now ask, how to do that.
Well, read the sticky threads of this sub-forum.

How can I tell what sort of DRM is on it. I looked at the stickies but do not see how to use them or even which one?

You might find this useful.

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/401717-How-are-you-going-to-respond-to-widevine-l3...ay-31st/page57

Thanks but I do not see how that helps me. I have already downloaded the MP4 video and the M4A sound. It does not say what DRM. I read the DRM should be mentioned in the details tab but it is not.

[Karn]

Do you know how I will remove DRM?

By getting the decryption keys.
And you may now ask, how to do that.
Well, read the sticky threads of this sub-forum.

How can I tell what sort of DRM is on it. I looked at the stickies but do not see how to use them or even which one?

You might find this useful.

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/401717-How-are-you-going-to-respond-to-widevine-l3...ay-31st/page57

Thanks but I do not see how that helps me. I have already downloaded the MP4 video and the M4A sound. It does not say what DRM. I read the DRM should be mentioned in the details tab but it is not.

Im a big time noob. What I do is, if a specific information isnt readily available Id try to find out what other information I need to decrypt the file(thats my objective right?). That link provides you with information you need to decrypt the files.
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/401717-How-are-you-going-to-respond-to-widevine-l3...57#post2647382

A pssh for instance is required. If its not in the same thread, search a bit more to find out how the pssh can be obtained for that particular site.
Next a lic is needed. Find out how you can get that.
Next headers... and so on.

That way, you get a head start. Sometimes you can simply follow the breadcrumbs and reach the finish line, sometimes you get stuck midway, sometimes you will fall flat on your face. C'est la vie

So rather than getting stuck with one thing, try different approaches.

[David Banner]

Do you know how I will remove DRM?

By getting the decryption keys.
And you may now ask, how to do that.
Well, read the sticky threads of this sub-forum.

How can I tell what sort of DRM is on it. I looked at the stickies but do not see how to use them or even which one?

You might find this useful.

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/401717-How-are-you-going-to-respond-to-widevine-l3...ay-31st/page57

Thanks but I do not see how that helps me. I have already downloaded the MP4 video and the M4A sound. It does not say what DRM. I read the DRM should be mentioned in the details tab but it is not.

Im a big time noob. What I do is, if a specific information isnt readily available Id try to find out what other information I need to decrypt the file(thats my objective right?). That link provides you with information you need to decrypt the files.
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/401717-How-are-you-going-to-respond-to-widevine-l3...57#post2647382

A pssh for instance is required. If its not in the same thread, search a bit more to find out how the pssh can be obtained for that particular site.
Next a lic is needed. Find out how you can get that.
Next headers... and so on.

That way, you get a head start. Sometimes you can simply follow the breadcrumbs and reach the finish line, sometimes you get stuck midway, sometimes you will fall flat on your face. C'est la vie

So rather than getting stuck with one thing, try different approaches.

OK thanks I am working on it

[Sorenb]

Virgin media UK or Ireland? Their player app (android) or the website catchup service? VM is a bit of a mix, especially in Ireland. There is a website and app that allows catch up to its own programming, and that uses widevine. They also have a site and app that allows catch up for all the other channels it's carries on it's STB's. And, that doesn't use WV, last I looked, it seems to be using MSPR.

[David Banner]

Virgin media UK or Ireland? There player app (android) or the website catchup service? VM is a bit of a mix, especially in Ireland. There is a website and app that allows catch up to it's own programming, and that uses widevine. .They also have a site and app that allows catch up for all the other channels it's carries on it's STB's. And, that doesn't use WV, last I looked, it seems to be using MSPR.

Virgin media Ireland .The online website catchup service, not the android app

[Sorenb]

Ok, that narrows it down.
if it's this one
https://www.virginmediatelevision.ie/player/
it's a mixed service, some content is unencrypted, other imported content is encrypted. (you'll learn pretty quick what is and isn't)

if it unfortunately turns out to be this one.
https://www.virginmediatv.ie/
You are out of look.
I did take a look at it a few months back, and while I had a number of other things going on, the brief look didn't hold out much confidence. It wasn't set up the same way as their other site.

Hopefully, there is a solution and someone may be forthcoming

[David Banner]

Ok, that narrows it down.
if it's this one
https://www.virginmediatelevision.ie/player/
it's a mixed service, some content is unencrypted, other imported content is encrypted. (you'll learn pretty quick what is and isn't)

if it unfortunately turns out to be this one.
https://www.virginmediatv.ie/
You are out of look.
I did take a look at it a few months back, and while I had a number of other things going on, the brief look didn't hold out much confidence. It wasn't set up the same way as their other site.

Hopefully, there is a solution and someone may be forthcoming

Thanks it is https://www.virginmediatelevision.ie/player/show/2447/205791/0/Stories-From-The-Street


I have seen it i am just trying to learn how to do this

[Sorenb]

Well now, it's encrypted
standard yt-dlp command to show streams

yt-dlp -F "https://manifest.prod.boltdns.net/manifest/v1/dash/live-baseurl/bccenc/6057994491001/d84b15a7-6c59-46ed-b38f-74a1d4a0f6ce/6s/manifest.mpd?fastly_token=NjQxODlkOThfYzZlY2E0MjFlMTFiNDFhMTNmZjlmZWNkYmU1ZjAyNTZmYTI3ODZlZTcxYTM3Y2M5ODM0MDJmODZjZTVkNDczMw%3D%3D"
[generic] Extracting URL: https://manifest.prod.boltdns.net/manifest/v1/dash/live-baseurl/bccenc/6057994491001/d84b15a7-6c5...ODZjZTVkNDczMw%3D%3D
[generic] manifest: Downloading webpage
WARNING: [generic] Falling back on generic information extractor
[generic] manifest: Extracting information
WARNING: This video is drm protected and only images are available for download. use --list-formats to see them
[info] Available formats for manifest:
ID       EXT   RESOLUTION │ PROTO │ VCODEC MORE INFO
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
1600x360 mhtml unknown    │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)

full manifest obtained using the "--allow-u" flag, so,

yt-dlp --allow-u -F

gives

yt-dlp --allow-u -F "https://manifest.prod.boltdns.net/manifest/v1/dash/live-baseurl/bccenc/6057994491001/d84b15a7-6c59-46ed-b38f-74a1d4a0f6ce/6s/manifest.mpd?fastly_token=NjQxODlkOThfYzZlY2E0MjFlMTFiNDFhMTNmZjlmZWNkYmU1ZjAyNTZmYTI3ODZlZTcxYTM3Y2M5ODM0MDJmODZjZTVkNDczMw%3D%3D"
WARNING: You have asked for UNPLAYABLE formats to be listed/downloaded. This is a developer option intended for debugging. 
         If you experience any issues while using this option, DO NOT open a bug report
[generic] Extracting URL: https://manifest.prod.boltdns.net/manifest/v1/dash/live-baseurl/bccenc/6057994491001/d84b15a7-6c5...ODZjZTVkNDczMw%3D%3D
[generic] manifest: Downloading webpage
WARNING: [generic] Falling back on generic information extractor
[generic] manifest: Extracting information
[info] Available formats for manifest:
ID                                   EXT   RESOLUTION │   TBR PROTO │ VCODEC        VBR ACODEC      ABR ASR MORE INFO
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
1600x360                             mhtml unknown    │       mhtml │ images                                DASH storyboards (jpeg)
2c784f04-6070-45a1-b15b-77946e7ea222 m4a   audio only │   63k dash  │ audio only        mp4a.40.2   63k 48k DRM [en] DASH audio, m4a_dash
12bb182c-865e-4738-9424-1af438cce758 m4a   audio only │   96k dash  │ audio only        mp4a.40.2   96k 48k DRM [en] DASH audio, m4a_dash
c2eb278f-4aef-4a74-bb22-613f899e9810 m4a   audio only │  127k dash  │ audio only        mp4a.40.2  127k 48k DRM [en] DASH audio, m4a_dash
9d6be7fc-2088-4e43-9ca2-2aed4d935f9d m4a   audio only │  192k dash  │ audio only        mp4a.40.2  192k 48k DRM [en] DASH audio, m4a_dash
5d9f6418-200e-4607-8311-fac6a6f34d5d mp4   480x270    │  445k dash  │ avc1.420015  445k video only          DRM DASH video, mp4_dash
3ae421ec-170d-43ff-a975-1caf164cde29 mp4   640x360    │  692k dash  │ avc1.42001e  692k video only          DRM DASH video, mp4_dash
c1dcfa30-6fa8-443d-b832-d891c817ef41 mp4   640x360    │  891k dash  │ avc1.4d001e  891k video only          DRM DASH video, mp4_dash
33bf1305-4b30-476f-bd49-033a779a7daa mp4   960x540    │ 1684k dash  │ avc1.4d001f 1684k video only          DRM DASH video, mp4_dash
e174109a-60a0-4c36-8eac-97b9bfd0516a mp4   1280x720   │ 2476k dash  │ avc1.4d001f 2476k video only          DRM DASH video, mp4_dash
080f8228-0c04-4185-9c5b-f96aff746b04 mp4   1920x1080  │ 3467k dash  │ avc1.640028 3467k video only          DRM DASH video, mp4_dash

You will need to source a working CDM, and WKS, good news is, that site only uses L3 encryption, bad news, you are going to have to do some reading.
But, my good friend A_n_g_e_l_a has some how to's stickied in the subforum, the 3 Decryption posts. (try to avoid the additional comments in the threads until you've had a good read and reread of what Angela has written, some users got a tad carried away.
Good luck.


addendum, if it's simply just the key for that video you want, then.

KID:KEY -> 7b49e461015e442fabdb6a0e9770ab87:8c52c258bef494db20ed2abaa7b5f2f1

depending on what you use to decrypt (shaka-packager or mp4decrypt) you'll need either both kid and key (shaka) or simply the key (mp4decrypt)

[David Banner]

Well now, it's encrypted
standard yt-dlp command to show streams

yt-dlp -F "https://manifest.prod.boltdns.net/manifest/v1/dash/live-baseurl/bccenc/6057994491001/d84b15a7-6c59-46ed-b38f-74a1d4a0f6ce/6s/manifest.mpd?fastly_token=NjQxODlkOThfYzZlY2E0MjFlMTFiNDFhMTNmZjlmZWNkYmU1ZjAyNTZmYTI3ODZlZTcxYTM3Y2M5ODM0MDJmODZjZTVkNDczMw%3D%3D"
[generic] Extracting URL: https://manifest.prod.boltdns.net/manifest/v1/dash/live-baseurl/bccenc/6057994491001/d84b15a7-6c5...ODZjZTVkNDczMw%3D%3D
[generic] manifest: Downloading webpage
WARNING: [generic] Falling back on generic information extractor
[generic] manifest: Extracting information
WARNING: This video is drm protected and only images are available for download. use --list-formats to see them
[info] Available formats for manifest:
ID       EXT   RESOLUTION │ PROTO │ VCODEC MORE INFO
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
1600x360 mhtml unknown    │ mhtml │ images DASH storyboards (jpeg)

full manifest obtained using the "--allow-u" flag, so,

yt-dlp --allow-u -F

gives

yt-dlp --allow-u -F "https://manifest.prod.boltdns.net/manifest/v1/dash/live-baseurl/bccenc/6057994491001/d84b15a7-6c59-46ed-b38f-74a1d4a0f6ce/6s/manifest.mpd?fastly_token=NjQxODlkOThfYzZlY2E0MjFlMTFiNDFhMTNmZjlmZWNkYmU1ZjAyNTZmYTI3ODZlZTcxYTM3Y2M5ODM0MDJmODZjZTVkNDczMw%3D%3D"
WARNING: You have asked for UNPLAYABLE formats to be listed/downloaded. This is a developer option intended for debugging. 
         If you experience any issues while using this option, DO NOT open a bug report
[generic] Extracting URL: https://manifest.prod.boltdns.net/manifest/v1/dash/live-baseurl/bccenc/6057994491001/d84b15a7-6c5...ODZjZTVkNDczMw%3D%3D
[generic] manifest: Downloading webpage
WARNING: [generic] Falling back on generic information extractor
[generic] manifest: Extracting information
[info] Available formats for manifest:
ID                                   EXT   RESOLUTION │   TBR PROTO │ VCODEC        VBR ACODEC      ABR ASR MORE INFO
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
1600x360                             mhtml unknown    │       mhtml │ images                                DASH storyboards (jpeg)
2c784f04-6070-45a1-b15b-77946e7ea222 m4a   audio only │   63k dash  │ audio only        mp4a.40.2   63k 48k DRM [en] DASH audio, m4a_dash
12bb182c-865e-4738-9424-1af438cce758 m4a   audio only │   96k dash  │ audio only        mp4a.40.2   96k 48k DRM [en] DASH audio, m4a_dash
c2eb278f-4aef-4a74-bb22-613f899e9810 m4a   audio only │  127k dash  │ audio only        mp4a.40.2  127k 48k DRM [en] DASH audio, m4a_dash
9d6be7fc-2088-4e43-9ca2-2aed4d935f9d m4a   audio only │  192k dash  │ audio only        mp4a.40.2  192k 48k DRM [en] DASH audio, m4a_dash
5d9f6418-200e-4607-8311-fac6a6f34d5d mp4   480x270    │  445k dash  │ avc1.420015  445k video only          DRM DASH video, mp4_dash
3ae421ec-170d-43ff-a975-1caf164cde29 mp4   640x360    │  692k dash  │ avc1.42001e  692k video only          DRM DASH video, mp4_dash
c1dcfa30-6fa8-443d-b832-d891c817ef41 mp4   640x360    │  891k dash  │ avc1.4d001e  891k video only          DRM DASH video, mp4_dash
33bf1305-4b30-476f-bd49-033a779a7daa mp4   960x540    │ 1684k dash  │ avc1.4d001f 1684k video only          DRM DASH video, mp4_dash
e174109a-60a0-4c36-8eac-97b9bfd0516a mp4   1280x720   │ 2476k dash  │ avc1.4d001f 2476k video only          DRM DASH video, mp4_dash
080f8228-0c04-4185-9c5b-f96aff746b04 mp4   1920x1080  │ 3467k dash  │ avc1.640028 3467k video only          DRM DASH video, mp4_dash

You will need to source a working CDM, and WKS, good news is, that site only uses L3 encryption, bad news, you are going to have to do some reading.
But, my good friend A_n_g_e_l_a has some how to's stickied in the subforum, the 3 Decryption posts. (try to avoid the additional comments in the threads until you've had a good read and reread of what Angela has written, some users got a tad carried away.
Good luck.


addendum, if it's simply just the key for that video you want, then.

KID:KEY -> 7b49e461015e442fabdb6a0e9770ab87:8c52c258bef494db20ed2abaa7b5f2f1

depending on what you use to decrypt (shaka-packager or mp4decrypt) you'll need either both kid and key (shaka) or simply the key (mp4decrypt)

Thanks for that I will check it out when i have time.