Freevine - A downloader for free streaming services (discontinued)

[Tom Saurus]

When it comes to Pluto TV United States I can now access it with my VPN and use Freevine Downloader with it. With Pluto TV it gets the biggest files and what I do is use Vidcoder to shrink them down to a smaller size that still looks and sounds good enough for my liking to save hard drive space. Well anyway I noticed on episode was just a little under 7mb when it was shrunk and all the rest were over 200mb. So I clicked on it to test and it and it was distorted as if it didn't get decrypted. So I retried that episode and I am posting the log below. Well anyway I played a bit of the episode on the website and it is fine there. I am of course not on the latest build but perhaps that has nothing to do with this as the rest of the episodes turned out fine. Here is the log:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22000.2176]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\freevine-main>freevine.py -e S02E06 https://pluto.tv/en/on-demand/series/635317c8f2de430013c325cd/season/2/episode/635343d...e19d001376340e

08:02:22.640 INFO : Freevine v0.6.1-beta (20231027)

08:02:22.875 INFO : PlutoTV
08:02:25.263 INFO : Have Gun - Will Travel: 6 Season(s), 225 Episode(s)

08:02:29.308 INFO : Have Gun - Will Travel S02E06 The Protégé

08:02:29.495 INFO : N_m3u8DL-RE (Beta version) 20230628
08:02:29.518 INFO : Loading URL: http://silo-hybrik.pluto.tv.s3.amazonaws.com/266_pluto/clip/635343dee5e19d0013763406_T...0-end/main.mpd
08:02:29.800 INFO : Content Matched: Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP
08:02:29.801 INFO : Parsing streams...
08:02:29.846 WARN : Writing meta json
08:02:29.853 INFO : Extracted, there are 7 streams, with 5 basic streams, 1 audio streams, 1 subtitle streams
08:02:29.853 INFO : Vid *CENC 2745 Kbps | 6 | 30 | avc1.64001f | 310 Segments | ~25m47s
08:02:29.854 INFO : Vid *CENC 854x480 | 1856 Kbps | 5 | 30 | avc1.64001f | 310 Segments | ~25m47s
08:02:29.854 INFO : Vid *CENC 854x480 | 1225 Kbps | 2 | 30 | avc1.64001f | 310 Segments | ~25m47s
08:02:29.854 INFO : Vid *CENC 640x360 | 748 Kbps | 1 | 30 | avc1.64001f | 310 Segments | ~25m47s
08:02:29.854 INFO : Vid *CENC 426x240 | 387 Kbps | 3 | 30 | avc1.64001f | 310 Segments | ~25m47s
08:02:29.854 INFO : Aud *CENC 4 | 102 Kbps | mp4a.40.2 | 2CH | 310 Segments | ~25m46s
08:02:29.854 INFO : Sub 0 | en | wvtt | 308 Segments | ~25m40s
08:02:29.855 INFO : Parsing streams...
08:02:29.862 INFO : Selected streams:
08:02:29.862 INFO : Vid *CENC 2745 Kbps | 6 | 30 | avc1.64001f | 310 Segments | ~25m47s
08:02:29.862 INFO : Aud *CENC 4 | 102 Kbps | mp4a.40.2 | 2CH | 310 Segments | ~25m46s
08:02:29.863 INFO : Sub 0 | en | wvtt | 308 Segments | ~25m40s
08:02:29.863 WARN : Writing meta json
08:02:29.867 INFO : Save Name: Have.Gun.-.Will.Travel.S02E06.The.Protégé.Nonep.PLUTO.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264
08:02:29.867 WARN : MuxAfterDone is detected, binary merging is automatically enabled
08:02:29.869 INFO : Start downloading...Aud 4 | 102 Kbps | mp4a.40.2 | 2CH
08:02:29.869 INFO : Start downloading...Sub 0 | en | wvtt
08:02:29.869 INFO : Start downloading...Vid 2745 Kbps | 6 | 30 | avc1.64001f
08:02:30.016 WARN : Type: cenc
08:02:30.020 WARN : PSSH(WV): EhAAAAAAY1ND3r9sKdjxMiqnEhAAAAAAY1ND3r9sKdjxMiqoSO PclZsG
08:02:30.023 WARN : KID: 00000000635343debf6c29d8f1322aa8
08:02:30.027 INFO : Trying to search for KEY from text file...
08:02:30.030 INFO : OK 00000000635343debf6c29d8f1322aa8:f31d0b768d3b7cc84 5cc8ccba36d48bc
08:02:30.035 WARN : Reading media info...
08:02:30.093 INFO : [0x1]: Audio, aac (mp4a)
08:02:30.107 WARN : Type: cenc
08:02:30.107 WARN : Reading media info...
08:02:30.108 WARN : PSSH(WV): EhAAAAAAY1ND3r9sKdjxMiqnEhAAAAAAY1ND3r9sKdjxMiqoSO PclZsG
08:02:30.113 WARN : KID: 00000000635343debf6c29d8f1322aa7
08:02:30.114 INFO : Trying to search for KEY from text file...
08:02:30.116 INFO : OK 00000000635343debf6c29d8f1322aa7:8b1aef8f44e41cf1e 50397242cf299bf
08:02:30.118 WARN : Reading media info...
08:02:30.166 INFO : [0x1]: Data, none (wvtt) (default)
08:02:30.185 INFO : [0x1]: Video, h264 (avc1), 1280x720
08:02:44.643 WARN : Extracting VTT(mp4) subtitle...
08:02:44.884 INFO : Binary merging...
08:03:20.206 INFO : Binary merging...
08:03:20.546 INFO : Decrypting...
08:10:26.549 INFO : Binary merging...
08:10:27.382 INFO : Decrypting...
08:10:27.461 WARN : Have.Gun.-.Will.Travel.S02E06.The.Protégé.Nonep.PLUTO.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264.mp4
08:10:27.461 WARN : Have.Gun.-.Will.Travel.S02E06.The.Protégé.Nonep.PLUTO.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264.m4a
08:10:27.462 WARN : Have.Gun.-.Will.Travel.S02E06.The.Protégé.Nonep.PLUTO.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264.en.srt
08:10:27.462 WARN : Muxing to Have.Gun.-.Will.Travel.S02E06.The.Protégé.Nonep.PLUTO.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264.MUX.mp4
08:10:27.575 WARN : [h264 @ 0000026987856c00] top block unavailable for requested intra mode -1
08:10:27.575 WARN : [h264 @ 0000026987856c00] error while decoding MB 5 0, bytestream 1816
08:10:27.663 WARN : [aac @ 0000026987892fc0] channel element 2.3 is not allocated
08:10:27.666 WARN : [mp4 @ 00000269888c3580] track 1: codec frame size is not set
08:10:27.708 WARN : [mp4 @ 00000269888c3580] aac bitstream error
08:10:29.611 WARN : Last message repeated 30 times
08:10:30.045 WARN : Cleaning files...
08:10:30.165 WARN : Rename to Have.Gun.-.Will.Travel.S02E06.The.Protégé.Nonep.PLUTO.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264.mp4
08:10:30.499 INFO : Done

C:\freevine-main>freevine.py -e S02E06 https://pluto.tv/en/on-demand/series/635317c8f2de430013c325cd/season/2/episode/635343d...e19d001376340e

I am curious as to what the problem is and if there is anything I can do to remedy it. Thank you in advance for any help concerning this matter.

Update: I just checked Freevine Version History at GitHub and in the newest version it says PlutoTV now has a quality selector. That is exciting and could save me hours on encoding time and downloading time to if I am downloading a smaller file. I get hesitant to upgrade as sometimes I have difficulty doing so and I become ashamed and don't want to be a pain in the butt to be guided along. However I take solace that perhaps others learn as I do.

[stabbedbybrick]

What I'm doing right now is working to to get my uk-fta downloader onto my phone. I finally have found a version of N_m3u8DL-RE that works so with a few changes and a bit of experimenting with ffmpeg I finally have Android running it pretty well. I plan on writing it up soon.

I want to ask if you are interested in making a conversion of Freevine to run on Termux for mobile phones? There wasn't much to change - I use pagination and the the number of items in a page displayed needed reducing for the small screen. If you have scrolling it will take care of itself. And --no-logs isn't in the N_~~RE version I'm using so was pulled. Works pretty fast now. Ffmpeg was the hold-up

Interested and have the time?

That actually sounds really cool, but I'm afraid I'm not much of a mobile dev. I don't really have the setup for it, and I feel like the test runs would drive me nuts.

But I'll be looking out for your release, though. I'm sure there are tons of people that will be very happy for a mobile alternative.

[stabbedbybrick]

Update: I just checked Freevine Version History at GitHub and in the newest version it says PlutoTV now has a quality selector. That is exciting and could save me hours on encoding time and downloading time to if I am downloading a smaller file. I get hesitant to upgrade as sometimes I have difficulty doing so and I become ashamed and don't want to be a pain in the butt to be guided along. However I take solace that perhaps others learn as I do.

Nothing to be ashamed of. Just take a minute and really read through the README and --help documentation. If you figured out how to use it once, you can do it again. Even if this new version is slightly different and brings a lot of new features from the version you've been using, the process of using it is still the same.

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

That actually sounds really cool, but I'm afraid I'm not much of a mobile dev. I don't really have the setup for it, and I feel like the test runs would drive me nuts.

But I'll be looking out for your release, though. I'm sure there are tons of people that will be very happy for a mobile alternative.

OK thanks. The platform is actually ubuntu and much the same as any machine that runs python but I understand.

[deccavox]

Thanks stabby.
I finally got round to trying the 'new' version (with v1.0.2) in a venv. I've been busy doing other stuff lol.
It works a treat so far. Excellent work. Beyond the call of duty I reckon.

I've mentioned maybe looking at RTE player some time. Also others have mentioned some Aus sites.

But, more important, I'm still waiting on it pouring me a pint of beer

[Tom Saurus]

I have worked on getting the new version set up. However I have failed and on top of this I have lost the fuctionality of my older versions as now it says my L3 is gone. I tried to get a grasp on Virtual Enviroments but even though that seems easy peasy to some it isn't to me.

I have a Widewine Folder with:

services
utils
ffmpeg
freevine
mkvmerge
mp4decrypt
N_m3u8DL-RE
shaka-packager

I made a folder named wvd in the utils folder in which I copied:
__pycache__
L1 & L3

I feel so sad now as I got so used to using this program and now I have screwed it up. I didn't think I would loose the fuctionality of what I did have. I sure hope someone can help me get this up and running. Thank you in advance.

Update: I prayed at bit and got thinking and read where to get some keys and downloaded some new to me ones and it just had a key and a client ID so I put that in the wvd folder and I had some success. If my older versions are truly useless now and if I get this one working I will delete the older versions.

I tested out that episode of "Have Gun Will Travel" that I couldn't get before in an earlier post. It was able to get it and decrypt it correctly. I ended up with a .mkv file that remember that one needs to edit the config file to get .mp4 Then I gave it another try and -sv resolution=480 and it turned out well. So with further testing it looks like a good idea to delete my three or four other versions I have; especially if they no longer work.

I tested out ABC iView and my NordVPN thankfully works on it. I ended up with descriptive audio instead of the usual audio and that is something that is happening a fair bit these days. But all and all it is terrific to have this program working again and I am happy about that.

stabbedbybrick: Thank you for this terrific program.

[sipho]

@stabbedbybrick

Seems like the cbc.py still has code from circa v0.6.2-beta

Throws out this error.

File "D:\freevine\freevine.py", line 60, in main
    Service(main_config, srvc_api, srvc_config, wvd, **kwargs)
TypeError: CBC.__init__() takes 2 positional arguments but 5 were given

The new freevine.py has five arguments.

Service(main_config, srvc_api, srvc_config, wvd, **kwargs)

The new cbc.py has this line.

class CBC(Config):
    def __init__(self, config, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(config, **kwargs)

and then further down starting with line 50, there's this old code.

with open(Path("services") / "config" / "cbc.yaml", "r") as f:
            self.cfg = yaml.safe_load(f)

        self.config.update(self.cfg)

When you have time of course.

[stabbedbybrick]

@sipho:

It's been fixed. Too many things to keep track of sometimes

[sipho]

@sipho:

It's been fixed. Too many things to keep track of sometimes

Thank you sir. Much appreciated.

[bubblebaths]

Hi, having some issues with CBC -

python3 freevine.py --episode "https://gem.cbc.ca/family-feud-canada/s05e01"

10:28:06.534 INFO : Freevine v1.0.2

10:28:06.585 INFO : CBC Gem
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/user/freevine/freevine.py", line 66, in <module>
    main()
  File "/Users/user/miniconda3/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1130, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/user/miniconda3/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1055, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/Users/user/miniconda3/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1404, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "/Users/user/miniconda3/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 760, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/user/freevine/freevine.py", line 60, in main
    Service(main_config, srvc_api, srvc_config, wvd, **kwargs)
TypeError: CBC.__init__() takes 2 positional arguments but 5 were given

Did I do anything wrong here or is there an issue with Gem?

[bubblebaths]

My bad, didn't read the above! Thank you.

[z1269925944]

have you considered adding globaltv.ca to it

[stabbedbybrick]

have you considered adding globaltv.ca to it

They don't seem to have enough content to really make it worth it.

[coltseavers]

Thanks for this, it'll save me a lot of time over my existing method.

C4 and UKTV work fine for me but I encounter errors with ITVX and C5 as below, if anyone can help? Thanks.

(I've added the dummy line to the api.yaml for ITVX also)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\freevine-1.0.0\freevine.py", line 66, in <module>
    main()
  File "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1130, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1055, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1404, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 760, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\freevine-1.0.0\freevine.py", line 59, in main
    Service, srvc_api, srvc_config = get_service(url)
  File "C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\freevine-1.0.0\utils\services.py", line 137, in get_service
    spec.loader.exec_module(service_module)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 790, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 228, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "services\channel5\channel5.py", line 47, in <module>
    class CHANNEL5(Config):
  File "services\channel5\channel5.py", line 194, in CHANNEL5
    def get_content(self, url: str) -> tuple[Movies | Series, str]:
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for |: 'ABCMeta' and 'ABCMeta'

and

11:09:16.396 INFO : ITVX
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\freevine-1.0.0\freevine.py", line 66, in <module>
    main()
  File "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1130, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1055, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1404, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 760, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\freevine-1.0.0\freevine.py", line 60, in main
    Service(main_config, srvc_api, srvc_config, wvd, **kwargs)
  File "services\itv\itv.py", line 51, in __init__
    self.get_options()
  File "services\itv\itv.py", line 241, in get_options
    downloads, title = self.get_episode_from_url(self.episode)
  File "services\itv\itv.py", line 215, in get_episode_from_url
    data = self.get_data(url)
  File "services\itv\itv.py", line 70, in get_data
    data = json.loads(props)
  File "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\json\__init__.py", line 346, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\json\decoder.py", line 337, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\json\decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

[iamghost]

your is python 3.9
it need python 3.10 to run it

[Isotta]

I've just tried the version 1.0.2 with Ch4 and it was really perfect.
But now, I have a little issue with BBC:

py freevine.py -e https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0547tsj/michael-sheens-valleys-rebellion

11:56:44.942 INFO : Freevine v1.0.2

11:56:45.110 INFO : BBC iPlayer
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Pippo\Documents\Decript\freevine-main102\freevine.py", line 66, in <module>
    main()
  File "C:\Users\Pippo\Documents\Decript\freevine-main102\Freev1\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1157, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Pippo\Documents\Decript\freevine-main102\Freev1\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1078, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Pippo\Documents\Decript\freevine-main102\Freev1\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1434, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Pippo\Documents\Decript\freevine-main102\Freev1\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 783, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Pippo\Documents\Decript\freevine-main102\freevine.py", line 60, in main
    Service(main_config, srvc_api, srvc_config, wvd, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\Pippo\Documents\Decript\freevine-main102\services\bbciplayer\bbciplayer.py", line 47, in __init__
    self.get_options()
  File "C:\Users\Pippo\Documents\Decript\freevine-main102\services\bbciplayer\bbciplayer.py", line 317, in get_options
    downloads, title = self.get_episode_from_url(self.episode)
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Pippo\Documents\Decript\freevine-main102\services\bbciplayer\bbciplayer.py", line 279, in get_episode_from_url
    subtitle = data["episode"]["subtitle"]
               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^
KeyError: 'subtitle'

[stabbedbybrick]

@coltseavers:

Like iamghost mentioned, Python 3.10 is currently required. Next update of Freevine should hopefully provide better backwards compatibility, so you can either wait for that or update you Python version. Also, please include full command when reporting errors.

@Isotta:

Programmes like that are essentially mini-movies, so if you get error when using --episode, try using --movie instead.

[Isotta]

@Isotta:
Programmes like that are essentially mini-movies, so if you get error when using --episode, try using --movie instead.

Thank you, it worked!
I had tried the option --movie with the previous version of freevine but for some reason it didn't work. Also, in this case, I had to use --format mp4 because I couldn't get the final muxing.
Thanks again for the patience.

[sipho]

@stabbedbybrick

Running Freevine v1.0.3

This is not huge but worth looking into as there are a lot of shows on iPlayer.

Running this command;

freevine.py -i -e https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001sfvr/top-of-the-pops-01061995

Result suggests there are no HD streams;

INFO : HD stream not available, getting next best alternative
Video:                                                                     │
│     704x396 @ 2635 kb/s

However, 1080p are 720p are definitely available.

[Onepunch]

Would it be possible to add https://www.cwtv.com? They are free, and have a lot of free content that would great to be able to download.

[ringy9]

Having a bit of a weird situation with ITVX

(env) C:\ffmpeg\bin\env\freevine-main>python freevine.py --episode https://www.itv.com/watch/one-tree-hill/10a2465/10a2465a0027

18:14:44.884 INFO : Freevine v1.0.2

18:14:44.952 INFO : ITVX
18:14:54.033 INFO : One Tree Hill S02E05 I Will Dare
18:14:54.033 INFO : cea6bb6ba05447ef8addb29cca9ed00d:663021940e7dc25e74ba849513714e5c
18:15:07.076 WARN : Response status code does not indicate success: 403 (Forbidden).
18:15:30.359 ERROR: Segment count check not pass, total: 414, downloaded: 413.
18:15:45.633 WARN : Received an unexpected EOF or 0 bytes from the transport stream.
18:16:26.560 WARN : Response status code does not indicate success: 403 (Forbidden).
18:16:31.494 WARN : Response status code does not indicate success: 403 (Forbidden).
18:16:32.799 WARN : Response status code does not indicate success: 403 (Forbidden).
18:17:09.353 WARN : Response status code does not indicate success: 403 (Forbidden).
18:17:15.741 WARN : Received an unexpected EOF or 0 bytes from the transport stream.
18:17:22.703 ERROR: Segment count check not pass, total: 414, downloaded: 408.
18:17:22.718 ERROR: Failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\ffmpeg\bin\env\freevine-main\services\itv\itv.py", line 296, in download
    subprocess.run(args, check=True)
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 571, in run
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['C:\\FFMPEG\\bin\\N_m3u8DL-RE.EXE', WindowsPath('tmp/manifest.mpd'), '-mt', '--auto-subtitle-fix', 'true', '--thread-count', '16', '--save-name', 'One.Tree.Hill.S02E05.I.Will.Dare.720p.ITV.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264', '--tmp-dir', 'temp', '--save-dir', WindowsPath('downloads/One Tree Hill/Season 02'), '--no-log', '--key-text-file', WindowsPath('tmp/keys.txt'), '-sv', 'for=best', '-sa', 'for=best', '-ss', 'all', '-M', 'format=mkv:muxer=mkvmerge:skip_sub=false']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\ffmpeg\bin\env\freevine-main\freevine.py", line 66, in <module>
    main()
  File "C:\ffmpeg\bin\env\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1157, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\ffmpeg\bin\env\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1078, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\ffmpeg\bin\env\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1434, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\ffmpeg\bin\env\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py", line 783, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\ffmpeg\bin\env\freevine-main\freevine.py", line 60, in main
    Service(main_config, srvc_api, srvc_config, wvd, **kwargs)
  File "C:\ffmpeg\bin\env\freevine-main\services\itv\itv.py", line 50, in __init__
    self.get_options()
  File "C:\ffmpeg\bin\env\freevine-main\services\itv\itv.py", line 267, in get_options
    self.download(download, title)
  File "C:\ffmpeg\bin\env\freevine-main\services\itv\itv.py", line 298, in download
    raise ValueError(f"{e}")
ValueError: Command '['C:\\FFMPEG\\bin\\N_m3u8DL-RE.EXE', WindowsPath('tmp/manifest.mpd'), '-mt', '--auto-subtitle-fix', 'true', '--thread-count', '16', '--save-name', 'One.Tree.Hill.S02E05.I.Will.Dare.720p.ITV.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264', '--tmp-dir', 'temp', '--save-dir', WindowsPath('downloads/One Tree Hill/Season 02'), '--no-log', '--key-text-file', WindowsPath('tmp/keys.txt'), '-sv', 'for=best', '-sa', 'for=best', '-ss', 'all', '-M', 'format=mkv:muxer=mkvmerge:skip_sub=false']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

I then put the very same information in the command line and in very quick time it seems like it's downloading a small part of the file and the the whole file is in the downloads folder.

(env) C:\ffmpeg\bin\env\freevine-main>python freevine.py --episode https://www.itv.com/watch/one-tree-hill/10a2465/10a2465a0027

18:17:50.678 INFO : Freevine v1.0.2

18:17:50.739 INFO : ITVX
18:18:01.974 INFO : One Tree Hill S02E05 I Will Dare
18:18:01.975 INFO : cea6bb6ba05447ef8addb29cca9ed00d:663021940e7dc25e74ba849513714e5c

18:18:05.836 WARN : One.Tree.Hill.S02E05.I.Will.Dare.720p.ITV.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264.srt =>
One.Tree.Hill.S02E05.I.Will.Dare.720p.ITV.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264.copy.srt 2.33KB/2.37KB  2.33KBps  00:00:00 /
18:18:05.837 WARN : Extracting VTT(raw) subtitle...
18:18:05.844 INFO : Binary merging...
18:18:05.912 INFO : Binary merging...
18:18:06.018 INFO : Decrypting...
18:18:19.272 INFO : Binary merging...
18:18:20.158 INFO : Decrypting...
18:18:26.045 WARN : One.Tree.Hill.S02E05.I.Will.Dare.720p.ITV.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264.mp4
18:18:26.046 WARN : One.Tree.Hill.S02E05.I.Will.Dare.720p.ITV.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264.m4a
18:18:26.046 WARN : One.Tree.Hill.S02E05.I.Will.Dare.720p.ITV.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264.copy.srt
18:18:26.046 WARN : Muxing to One.Tree.Hill.S02E05.I.Will.Dare.720p.ITV.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264.MUX.mkv
18:18:28.796 WARN : Cleaning files...
18:18:28.880 WARN : Rename to One.Tree.Hill.S02E05.I.Will.Dare.720p.ITV.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264.mkv
18:18:28.881 INFO : Done

Any thoughts please

[coltseavers]

your is python 3.9
it need python 3.10 to run it

@coltseavers:

Like iamghost mentioned, Python 3.10 is currently required. Next update of Freevine should hopefully provide better backwards compatibility, so you can either wait for that or update you Python version. Also, please include full command when reporting errors.

Apologies, schoolboy error. Switched to 3.10 and everything working perfectly.

Thanks again stabbedbybrick - this will save me a lot of time over using my own scripts.

[stabbedbybrick]

This is not huge but worth looking into as there are a lot of shows on iPlayer.

Result suggests there are no HD streams;

INFO : HD stream not available, getting next best alternative
Video:                                                                     │
│     704x396 @ 2635 kb/s

However, 1080p are 720p are definitely available.

I updated the main branch with a fix for both this and the issue with standalone episodes. Both should hopefully work now.

@ringy9:

I can't reproduce the error so this is most likely an issue on your end. If you're using a VPN try another server. You can also try using --threads 1 and see if it helps with the segment error.

[stabbedbybrick]

Would it be possible to add https://www.cwtv.com? They are free, and have a lot of free content that would great to be able to download.

At first glance, it does look like they have a decent library. And offering 1080p @ ~10 000 kb/s for free is not bad at all. I'll look into it.

[deccavox]

Similar problem to sipho with v1.0.3. There are definitely 1080p & 720p avaialble for that show:

py freevine.py -i -e https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03q9r9n/this-world-the-tea-trail-with-simon-reeve

11:50:28.378 INFO : Freevine v1.0.3

11:50:28.437 INFO : BBC iPlayer
⠹ Getting media info...11:50:29.154 INFO : HD stream not available
┌───────────────── This World The Tea Trail with Simon Reeve ──────────────────┐
│                                                                              │
│   In Kenya and Uganda, Simon Reeve meets the people who pick, pack and       │
│   transport tea.                                                             │
│                                                                              │
│   Video:                                                                     │
│     704x396 @ 2635 kb/s                                                      │
│                                                                              │
│   Audio:                                                                     │
│     audio_eng_1=128000 @ 128 kb/s                                            │
│                                                                              │
│                                                                              │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

[sipho]

I updated the main branch with a fix for both this and the issue with standalone episodes. Both should hopefully work now.

Works like a bomb, thanks.

[iamghost]

im getting error from itvx
freevine.py -e s01e01 https://www.itv.com/watch/rentaghost/10a1107

14:52:16.556 INFO : Freevine v1.0.3

14:52:16.603 INFO : ITVX
14:52:17.044 INFO : Rentaghost: 9 Season(s), 57 Episode(s)

⠙ Getting media info...

Error! 403
b'{\n  "Message" : "UserTokenValidationFailed for user: None message: Token not provided",\n  "TransactionId" : "oas-magni-537243-WMe86v"\n}'

[peterb999]

Rentaghost is only on Premium ITVX so is not available using this tool

[Grimbarian]

It's not the best quality but https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/ has a lot of very good stuff too that's available for free, they have a lot of Scandinavian/Italian imports that they've subbed into English, including the Scandinavian Alones which aren't available elsewhere with English subs to my knowledge.

[stabbedbybrick]

Similar problem to sipho with v1.0.3. There are definitely 1080p & 720p avaialble for that show:

py freevine.py -i -e https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03q9r9n/this-world-the-tea-trail-with-simon-reeve

The issue with this one seem to be that the default location that's used to fetch stream data for each title does not have HD, but it's available in another location. It's not a quick fix to add multiple locations to the current structure of the script, but I'll add it to the list of known bugs.