Unable to get HD content from Viki

[InfinitiX2]

It seems like whenever a serie has free episodes, even though there are HD versions available it does not seem to download the HD version. Not sure why or how to get the HD mpd.

H:\DRAMAS\Viki>yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser firefox --list-formats --allow-u "https://www.viki.com/videos/1197630v-love-between-fairy-and-devil-episode-1"
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
[Cookies] Extracting cookies from firefox
[Cookies] Extracted 36 cookies from firefox
[viki] Extracting URL: https://www.viki.com/videos/1197630v-love-between-fairy-and-devil-episode-1
[viki] 1197630v: Downloading video JSON
[viki] 1197630v: Downloading video streams JSON
[viki] 1197630v: Downloading initial MPD manifest
[viki] 1197630v: Downloading MPD manifest
[info] Available formats for 1197630v:
ID         EXT   RESOLUTION FPS │   FILESIZE   TBR PROTO │ VCODEC        VBR ACODEC      ABR ASR MORE INFO
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
image_jpeg mhtml unknown        │                  mhtml │ images                                DASH storyboards (jpeg)
6          m4a   audio only     │ ~ 15.83MiB   57k https │ audio only        mp4a.40.2   57k 48k DRM, DASH audio, m4a_dash
7          m4a   audio only     │ ~ 20.27MiB   73k https │ audio only        mp4a.40.2   73k 48k DRM, DASH audio, m4a_dash
5          m4a   audio only     │ ~ 24.65MiB   89k https │ audio only        mp4a.40.2   89k 48k DRM, DASH audio, m4a_dash
8          m4a   audio only     │ ~ 55.44MiB  200k https │ audio only        mp4a.40.2  200k 48k DRM, DASH audio, m4a_dash
9          m4a   audio only     │ ~ 55.44MiB  200k https │ audio only        mp4a.40.2  200k 48k DRM, DASH audio, m4a_dash
1          mp4   426x238     25 │ ~ 93.17MiB  337k https │ avc1.640028  337k video only          DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
2          mp4   640x360     25 │ ~149.33MiB  540k https │ avc1.640028  540k video only          DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
3          mp4   852x480     25 │ ~221.67MiB  801k https │ avc1.640028  801k video only          DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
4          mp4   1280x720    25 │ ~557.62MiB 2015k https │ avc1.640028 2015k video only          DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash
0          mp4   1920x1080   25 │ ~  1.08GiB 4001k https │ avc1.640028 4001k video only          DRM, DASH video, mp4_dash



H:\DRAMAS\Viki>yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser firefox -f 0,9 --allow-u "https://www.viki.com/videos/1197630v-love-between-fairy-and-devil-episode-1"
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
[Cookies] Extracting cookies from firefox
[Cookies] Extracted 36 cookies from firefox
[viki] Extracting URL: https://www.viki.com/videos/1197630v-love-between-fairy-and-devil-episode-1
[viki] 1197630v: Downloading video JSON
[viki] 1197630v: Downloading video streams JSON
[viki] 1197630v: Downloading initial MPD manifest
[viki] 1197630v: Downloading MPD manifest
[info] 1197630v: Downloading 2 format(s): 0, 9
[download] Destination: Love Between Fairy and Devil - Episode 1 [1197630v].mp4
[download] 100% of  384.50MiB in 00:00:04 at 89.16MiB/s
[download] Destination: Love Between Fairy and Devil - Episode 1 [1197630v].m4a
[download] 100% of   54.01MiB in 00:00:00 at 98.77MiB/s

MPD:

https://manifest-viki.viki.io/v1/1197630v/limelight/main/mpd/normal/viki/high/sd/ww/dt2_dt3/manifest.mpd?h_timestamp=1691954231&tag=mpdhd%3Ahigh%3Aww%3AsourceVIKI%3Ampd%3Acached%3Adt2_dt3&app=100000a&h_country=us&token=undefined&h_data_center=ore&h_host=playback-streams-85f56bd898-7hwf5&sig=f7226a75417251475d14d571fca68c2eedde487e

I also notice when retrieving the mpd, it also got "viki/high/sd/" while the hd mpd is viki/high/hd/

[ElCap]

from what youve posted, yt-dlp is able to find the 1080p resolution video and you have manually selected to download the 1080p video and best audio (which yt-dlp would have auto chosen too).

i fail to see the problem.

[InfinitiX2]

from what youve posted, yt-dlp is able to find the 1080p resolution video and you have manually selected to download the 1080p video and best audio (which yt-dlp would have auto chosen too).

i fail to see the problem.

Right, I also fail to see the problem however it is downloading the 384.50MiB SD file instead of the HD 1gig.

[ElCap]

have you checked the resolution on the output file?
the filesize calculated by yt-dlp is approximated and isnt always right.

[NBA456017]

maybe so


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