Freevine - A downloader for free streaming services (discontinued)

[stevepen1974]

Hi,

Running Freevine on Windows 11 for the first time as per:

freevine.py get --episode S09E01 https://uktvplay.co.uk/shows/qi-xl/series-9/episode-1/6338039604112

Runs and grabs key, but fails to start download as per:

Error: Got unexpected extra argument (https://uktvplay.co.uk/shows/qi-xl/series-9/episode-1/6338039604112)

(freevine) C:\Users\vwroc\freevine\Scripts>freevine.py get --episode S09E01 https://uktvplay.co.uk/shows/qi-xl/series-9/episode-1/6338039604112

❯_freevine v1.1.8

16:50:48.508 INFO : UKTV Play
16:50:48.939 INFO : QI XL: 6 Season(s), 79 Episode(s)

16:50:49.317 INFO : QI XL S09E01 I-Spy
16:50:49.317 INFO : c7146bcb9144422790bb4457e0f63bfc:8e0c1ea951c74b918 168f21cd5e4953e

Unrecognized command or argument '--no-log'.


Any advice to resolve appreciated.

Cheers

Steve

[stabbedbybrick]

Unrecognized command or argument '--no-log'.

This would suggest that you're using a very old version of N_m3u8DL-RE. Upgrade to the latest and see if resolves things.

[stevepen1974]

Unrecognized command or argument '--no-log'.

This would suggest that you're using a very old version of N_m3u8DL-RE. Upgrade to the latest and see if resolves things.

Thanks for the quick reply stabbedbybrick,

Upgraded from N_m3u8DL-RE (Beta version) 20230412 to N_m3u8DL-RE (Beta version) 20231113.

All good now.

Cheers for this great downloader.

Steve

[mkjustuk]

Upgraded from N_m3u8DL-RE (Beta version) 20230412 to N_m3u8DL-RE (Beta version) 20231113.

Check out the FV release notes for 1.18 as there is a newer version still.

[SE14man]

....hasn't the weather been cold lately?

[SaintyUK]

@stabbedbybrick - I joined the forum to say thank you. This is incredible coding, works perfectly!

Keep up the good work! Cheers

[stabbedbybrick]

@SaintyUK:

Thank you. Glad you're enjoying it

[hasanakg]

Looks like iplayer just got a lot more fun


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this is exactly what I was trying to achieve! is there any progress on this one? maybe a night build or something?

[iamghost]

Looks like iplayer just got a lot more fun


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this is exactly what I was trying to achieve! is there any progress on this one? maybe a night build or something?

we all ready ask for bbc 4k but he will not going to.

[PSXman_uk]

Wow that's very cool with an L3 cdm

[ampersand]

Can you add Rakuten? I've tried doing it myself but I can't intercept the android requests, my http toolkit certificate keeps getting rejected by the Rakuten app.

[Sorenb]

Can you add Rakuten? I've tried doing it myself but I can't intercept the android requests, my http toolkit certificate keeps getting rejected by the Rakuten app.

Use Magisk Delta. If you already have magisk installed, uninstall it completely. And use Kitune Mask (magisk delta) enable magiskhide and select Rakuten. No need for shimiko to be installed or used with Delta, it works better at hiding apps. (Also, make sure you have developer options turned off on your device settings, spof bootloader enabled too, and hide the magisk app.)

Use Momo https://github.com/apkunpacker/MagiskDetection/blob/main/Momo-v4.4.1.apk
or
Securify https://github.com/RabehX/Securify/releases
to see what tell tales you're rooted device is giving away, because, believe me your device is giving away a lot of details.

Out of curiosity, what integrity level is your device passing? (Basic, device or hardware?)

[PSXman_uk]

Can you add Rakuten? I've tried doing it myself but I can't intercept the android requests, my http toolkit certificate keeps getting rejected by the Rakuten app.

Use Magisk Delta. If you already have magisk installed, uninstall it completely. And use Kitune Mask (magisk delta) enable magiskhide and select Rakuten. No need for shimiko to be installed or used with Delta, it works better at hiding apps. (Also, make sure you have developer options turned off on your device settings, spof bootloader enabled too, and hide the magisk app.)

Use Momo https://github.com/apkunpacker/MagiskDetection/blob/main/Momo-v4.4.1.apk
or
Securify https://github.com/RabehX/Securify/releases
to see what tell tales you're rooted device is giving away, because, believe me your device is giving away a lot of details.

Out of curiosity, what integrity level is your device passing? (Basic, device or hardware?)

What are the advantages of Kitune Mask over Magisk ? please

[Sorenb]

Can you add Rakuten? I've tried doing it myself but I can't intercept the android requests, my http toolkit certificate keeps getting rejected by the Rakuten app.

Use Magisk Delta. If you already have magisk installed, uninstall it completely. And use Kitune Mask (magisk delta) enable magiskhide and select Rakuten. No need for shimiko to be installed or used with Delta, it works better at hiding apps. (Also, make sure you have developer options turned off on your device settings, spof bootloader enabled too, and hide the magisk app.)

Use Momo https://github.com/apkunpacker/MagiskDetection/blob/main/Momo-v4.4.1.apk
or
Securify https://github.com/RabehX/Securify/releases
to see what tell tales you're rooted device is giving away, because, believe me your device is giving away a lot of details.

Out of curiosity, what integrity level is your device passing? (Basic, device or hardware?)

What are the advantages of Kitune Mask over Magisk ? please

Magisk Delta is more aggressive at hiding zydisk and preventing root detection.

[Sorenb]

Wow that's very cool with an L3 cdm

BBC has no encryption, l3 is not used or needed.

[PSXman_uk]

Wow that's very cool with an L3 cdm

BBC has no encryption, l3 is not used or needed.

Ok thanks i thought as much but was looking at the mpds and all the bits in networks and cant see a uhd mpd

[iamghost]

Wow that's very cool with an L3 cdm

BBC has no encryption, l3 is not used or needed.

Ok thanks i thought as much but was looking at the mpds and all the bits in networks and cant see a uhd mpd

because you using pc browser, it need script to fetch mpd for andriod tv
pc and andriod tv is different endpoint
freevine

api: "https://graph.ibl.api.bbc.co.uk/"
media: "https://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/select/version/2.0/mediaset/{client}/vpid/{vpid}/"
playlist: "https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/{pid}/playlist.json"
base: "b4-thdow-bbc.live.bidi.net.uk"

andriod tv

 metadata = 'https://graph.ibl.api.bbc.co.uk/'
playlist = 'https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/{pid}/playlist.json'
manifest = 'https://securegate.iplayer.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/select/version/2.0/vpid/{vpid}/format/json/mediaset/{mediaset}/proto/https'

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[ampersand]

Can you add Rakuten? I've tried doing it myself but I can't intercept the android requests, my http toolkit certificate keeps getting rejected by the Rakuten app.

Use Magisk Delta. If you already have magisk installed, uninstall it completely. And use Kitune Mask (magisk delta) enable magiskhide and select Rakuten. No need for shimiko to be installed or used with Delta, it works better at hiding apps. (Also, make sure you have developer options turned off on your device settings, spof bootloader enabled too, and hide the magisk app.)

Use Momo https://github.com/apkunpacker/MagiskDetection/blob/main/Momo-v4.4.1.apk
or
Securify https://github.com/RabehX/Securify/releases
to see what tell tales you're rooted device is giving away, because, believe me your device is giving away a lot of details.

Out of curiosity, what integrity level is your device passing? (Basic, device or hardware?)

I managed to find the show I was looking for elsewhere, all that is too much work for me right now.

[stabbedbybrick]

Can you add Rakuten? I've tried doing it myself but I can't intercept the android requests, my http toolkit certificate keeps getting rejected by the Rakuten app.

The params need to be edited for each request, and I'm not sure there's a smooth way of handling that in such a way that it works for all geographic locations.

[pssh]

Struggling to get few episodes of "My5 - Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild".
I am up-to-date with freevine, etc.
(but noticed new version of Shaka-Packager and not yet upgraded)
https://github.com/shaka-project/shaka-packager/releases/tag/v3.0.3


S04E05.Rum.Scotland - MISSING from MENU, available via direct link
https://www.channel5.com/show/ben-fogle-new-lives-in-the-wild/season-4/scotland

python3 freevine.py get -e S04E05 https://www.channel5.com/ben-fogle-new-lives-in-the-wild/ --proxy uk

but as expected, it ends with error:
KeyError: 'episodes'

Same for other episode
S15E01.Ullapool.Scotland - MISSING from MENU, available via direct link
https://www.channel5.com/show/ben-fogle-new-lives-in-the-wild/season-15/episode-1

python3 freevine.py get -e S15E01 https://www.channel5.com/ben-fogle-new-lives-in-the-wild/ --proxy uk

KeyError: 'episodes'

Two episodes from Scotland ......
.

And the latest episode is also not possible to download
Ben.Fogle.New.Lives.in.the.Wild.S18E09.Thailand - Unable to download
https://www.channel5.com/show/ben-fogle-new-lives-in-the-wild/season-18/thailand-paul-revisited

python3 freevine.py get -e S18E09 https://www.channel5.com/ben-fogle-new-lives-in-the-wild/ --proxy uk

and also finishes with error:
KeyError: 'episodes'



Also been checking if Season 9 will appear, but no luck,
tried direct link, but that does not work
https://www.channel5.com/show/ben-fogle-new-lives-in-the-wild/season-9

[stabbedbybrick]

@pssh:

S04E05 and S15E01 have both been removed and aren't listed on their API. I don't know why they were removed, but that's how it is on these services.

As for S18E09, it works just fine:

Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild S18E09 Paul Ferber Revisited
9d289b3b59bf42729c121ac64020b5e3:de10cb3b5bb305a0faa6befb20d7ca1f
80b71afc295b17c5a6b77a634b3323bf:de10cb3b5bb305a0faa6befb20d7ca1f

https://akadash0.akamaized.net/hydra/C5472060009/C5472060009A/20240301034259/C5472060009.mpd

[deccavox]

@pssh Looking at My5 website, it can clearly be seen that those episodes are not available to stream (they are totally missing from their listing, ie. they are just not there to be seen). If they are missing, obviously they cannot be either streamed or downloaded in any way. That is the same on any web streaming site.

[mj23]

Is there a way to "add" things to the cache without actually downloading them?

ie wanting to use -c in a list but not worried about the previous multiple seasons of a show

[PSXman_uk]

Can you please let me know how to update freevine in linux ive tried this

git clone https://github.com/stabbedbybrick/freevine.git freevine

bash /update/update.sh

it has a freevine dir in update directory with it all in

Updates available from remote repository.
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
Repository updated and local changes reapplied.
Press Enter to exit

This is running under termux as per A_n_g_e_l_a's post on how to get it working on an android phone works fine apart from cant see how it updates

Thanks for looking

[stabbedbybrick]

Is there a way to "add" things to the cache without actually downloading them?

ie wanting to use -c in a list but not worried about the previous multiple seasons of a show

Not really. But why not just specifying which seasons you want instead of using -c?

[pssh]

@pssh:

S04E05 and S15E01 have both been removed and aren't listed on their API. I don't know why they were removed, but that's how it is on these services.

As for S18E09, it works just fine:

Thank you very much, S18E09 worked manually, yesterday aired S18E10 also does not work ...
is a change coming?

python3 freevine.py get -e S18E10 https://www.channel5.com/ben-fogle-new-lives-in-the-wild/ --proxy uk

KeyError: 'episodes'

[PSXman_uk]

10:39:45.156 INFO : My5 TV
10:39:45.156 INFO : + Adding service profile
10:39:47.610 INFO : Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild S18E10
10:39:47.610 INFO : ca04d9c25bfb48b4829c6af5fdfefa16:85462731e814b1488 439e9a643d91325
10:39:47.610 INFO : 8b0426d8b54b6f146552576dfdd7d19f:85462731e814b1488 439e9a643d91325

10:39:48.276 INFO : N_m3u8DL-RE (Beta version) 20231113
10:39:48.295 INFO : Loading URL: https://akadash0.akamaized.net/hydra/C5472060010/C5472060010A/20240321200127/C5472060010.mpd
10:39:48.379 INFO : Content Matched: Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP
10:39:48.379 INFO : Parsing streams...
10:39:48.382 WARN : Writing meta json
10:39:48.384 INFO : Extracted, there are 12 streams, with 9 basic streams, 2 audio streams, 1 subtitle streams
10:39:48.385 INFO : Vid *CENC 1920x1080 | 6000 Kbps | 1 | 25 | avc1.640028 | 1 Segment | ~45m05s
10:39:48.385 INFO : Vid *CENC 1280x720 | 4500 Kbps | 2 | 25 | avc1.64001f | 1 Segment | ~45m05s
10:39:48.386 INFO : Vid *CENC 1280x720 | 2800 Kbps | 3 | 25 | avc1.64001f | 1 Segment | ~45m05s
10:39:48.386 INFO : Vid *CENC 832x468 | 1500 Kbps | 4 | 25 | avc1.64001e | 1 Segment | ~45m05s
10:39:48.386 INFO : Vid *CENC 640x360 | 1200 Kbps | 5 | 25 | avc1.64001e | 1 Segment | ~45m05s
10:39:48.386 INFO : Vid *CENC 640x360 | 800 Kbps | 6 | 25 | avc1.64001e | 1 Segment | ~45m05s
10:39:48.387 INFO : Vid *CENC 640x360 | 480 Kbps | 7 | 25 | avc1.64001e | 1 Segment | ~45m05s
10:39:48.387 INFO : Vid *CENC 640x360 | 360 Kbps | 8 | 25 | avc1.64001e | 1 Segment | ~45m05s
10:39:48.387 INFO : Vid *CENC 320x180 | 160 Kbps | 9 | 25 | avc1.64000c | 1 Segment | ~45m05s
10:39:48.387 INFO : Aud *CENC 10 | 96 Kbps | mp4a.40.2 | en | 2CH | 1 Segment | Main | ~45m05s
10:39:48.388 INFO : Aud *CENC 11 | 32 Kbps | mp4a.40.5 | en | 1CH | 1 Segment | Main | ~45m05s
10:39:48.388 INFO : Sub 12 | en | 1 Segment | Subtitle | ~45m05s
10:39:48.388 INFO : Parsing streams...
10:39:48.388 INFO : Selected streams:
10:39:48.389 INFO : Vid *CENC 1280x720 | 4500 Kbps | 2 | 25 | avc1.64001f | 1 Segment | ~45m05s
10:39:48.389 INFO : Aud *CENC 10 | 96 Kbps | mp4a.40.2 | en | 2CH | 1 Segment | Main | ~45m05s
10:39:48.389 INFO : Sub 12 | en | 1 Segment | Subtitle | ~45m05s
10:39:48.389 WARN : Writing meta json
10:39:48.390 INFO : Save Name: Ben.Fogle.New.Lives.in.the.Wild.S18E10.720p.MY5.WE B-DL.AAC2.0.H.264

[stabbedbybrick]

Thank you very much, S18E09 worked manually, yesterday aired S18E10 also does not work ...
is a change coming?

python3 freevine.py get -e S18E10 https://www.channel5.com/ben-fogle-new-lives-in-the-wild/ --proxy uk

KeyError: 'episodes'

You're not using the complete URL: https://www.channel5.com/show/ben-fogle-new-lives-in-the-wild/

[pssh]

@pssh Looking at My5 website, it can clearly be seen that those episodes are not available to stream (they are totally missing from their listing, ie. they are just not there to be seen). If they are missing, obviously they cannot be either streamed or downloaded in any way. That is the same on any web streaming site.

I see,
AppleTV has the episodes (S04E05.Rum.Scotland / S15E01.Ullapool.Scottish.Highlands) missing as well
and some others that are available on My5 ....and Amz only offers limited seasons (S05,06,07,10,12,13).

Thanx for checking ... I wonder why two of episodes (both from Scotland) are missing ...

[pssh]

Thank you very much, S18E09 worked manually, yesterday aired S18E10 also does not work ...
is a change coming?

python3 freevine.py get -e S18E10 https://www.channel5.com/ben-fogle-new-lives-in-the-wild/ --proxy uk

KeyError: 'episodes'

You're not using the complete URL: https://www.channel5.com/show/ben-fogle-new-lives-in-the-wild/

Thank you very much. My bad, messing around trying to download episodes that are not available ...