Freevine - A downloader for free streaming services (discontinued)

[Spectrumhsm]

Thanks for the script stabby.
Looking forward to Devine adventure!

[SaLTy]

nice! Gives me some hope on learning how to get devine working and maybe in the future write services for it. Thanks

if i can learn all this stuff, anyone can. And devine is extremely well documented, both on github and in the code itself, so make sure to read through it and you'll get it in no time

When looking I felt like it wasn't as well documented as Freevine but maybe that's due to me not fully understanding Python yet. I have purchased a course for Python so hopefully it helps me understanding it.

I have Devine installed already, just can't work out how to update it as couldn't find any documentation for that.

[white_snake]

When looking I felt like it wasn't as well documented as Freevine but maybe that's due to me not fully understanding Python yet. I have purchased a course for Python so hopefully it helps me understanding it.

I have Devine installed already, just can't work out how to update it as couldn't find any documentation for that.

pip install devine --upgrade

[SaLTy]

When looking I felt like it wasn't as well documented as Freevine but maybe that's due to me not fully understanding Python yet. I have purchased a course for Python so hopefully it helps me understanding it.

I have Devine installed already, just can't work out how to update it as couldn't find any documentation for that.

pip install devine --upgrade

Amazing! Thank you so much

[cmonSon]

Thanks for all your work brick and good luck in your future adventures!

[SB47x]

Sad to see Freevine being discontinued, but it makes sense to move your efforts to Devine. Looking forward to seeing what you can bring to it!

[pauli3]

thanks for all your work!

ive had devine working but theres a lack of available services, the free ones in freevine work? or is there a way to port them across. thanks.

[tatianna]

Could I please have some assistance parsing the following? All other episodes work except for this one.

Episode URL

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pl744/eastenders-2008-2012-2010-01012010-part-1

My usage

python3.11 freevine.py get --episode URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pl744/eastenders-2008-2012-2010-01012010-part-1

Result

❯_freevine v1.1.8

13:43:35.419 INFO : BBC iPlayer
13:43:35.419 INFO : + Adding service profile
13:43:35.420 INFO : + Adding cookie data
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/tatianna/freevine/freevine.py", line 15, in <module>
    cli()
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1157, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1078, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1688, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1434, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 783, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/tatianna/freevine/utils/commands.py", line 90, in get
    Service(config, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/tatianna/freevine/services/bbciplayer/bbciplayer.py", line 51, in __init__
    self.get_options()
  File "/Users/tatianna/freevine/services/bbciplayer/bbciplayer.py", line 357, in get_options
    downloads, title = get_downloads(self)
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/tatianna/freevine/utils/options.py", line 163, in get_downloads
    content, title = stream.get_content(stream.url)
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/tatianna/freevine/services/bbciplayer/bbciplayer.py", line 294, in get_content
    content = self.get_series(pid)
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/tatianna/freevine/services/bbciplayer/bbciplayer.py", line 116, in get_series
    self.get_data(pid, x["id"]) for x in data["slices"] or [{"id": None}]
                                         ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable

When listing the title information, it's captured as:

13:46:34.027 INFO : EastEnders 2008 - 2012 01/01/2010 Part 1

I've also attempted to use:

python3.11 freevine.py get --episode "01/01/2010 Part 1" URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pl744

Thank you in advance for your reply!

[iamghost]

freevine.py get -e https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pl744/eastenders-2008-2012-2010-01012010-part-1

[tatianna]

freevine.py get -e https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pl744/eastenders-2008-2012-2010-01012010-part-1

Thanks, but I'm still getting the same error. All other episodes are fine. Baffling.

[stabbedbybrick]

Thanks, but I'm still getting the same error. All other episodes are fine. Baffling.

It's just BBC being BBC. Something is always broken. And in this case it looks like this particular episode is listed differently than others, so it fails. You can use this link to manually download the episode with N_m3u8DL-RE:

https://b4-rbsov-bbc.live.bidi.net.uk/vod-dash-uk/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/e51f94-b00pl73p/vf_b00pl73p_d2b58ff1-85e1-4ac7-b892-d9866a6f7d89.ism/pc_hd_abr_v2_dash_master.mpd?at=PrQYINkBc61587f430cd32e5e0fac310c03d68ff34b4776c614dcc7e072c0

[stabbedbybrick]

thanks for all your work!

ive had devine working but theres a lack of available services, the free ones in freevine work? or is there a way to port them across. thanks.

You can't copy the freevine services straight over to devine, but they're relatively easy to port. I posted a screenshot on the previous page of a few examples I've done so far, and they're working fine.

[SaLTy]

thanks for all your work!

ive had devine working but theres a lack of available services, the free ones in freevine work? or is there a way to port them across. thanks.

You can't copy the freevine services straight over to devine, but they're relatively easy to port. I posted a screenshot on the previous page of a few examples I've done so far, and they're working fine.

Are there any examples out there of how to create the services? If we could compare what's what with the Freevine service and Devine I'd love to try and see if I can work it out for ALL4 like your example.

Thanks

[PhilipG]

Thanks so much, Stabby, for freevine and all your hard work! Best of luck with Devine, will check it out now!

[tatianna]

Thanks, but I'm still getting the same error. All other episodes are fine. Baffling.

It's just BBC being BBC. Something is always broken. And in this case it looks like this particular episode is listed differently than others, so it fails. You can use this link to manually download the episode with N_m3u8DL-RE:

https://b4-rbsov-bbc.live.bidi.net.uk/vod-dash-uk/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/e51f94-b00pl73p/vf_b00pl73p_d2b58ff1-85e1-4ac7-b892-d9866a6f7d89.ism/pc_hd_abr_v2_dash_master.mpd?at=PrQYINkBc61587f430cd32e5e0fac310c03d68ff34b4776c614dcc7e072c0

Thank you and a big thank you for Freevine! I hope you will continue to update the services in Devine!

[stabbedbybrick]

You can't copy the freevine services straight over to devine, but they're relatively easy to port. I posted a screenshot on the previous page of a few examples I've done so far, and they're working fine.

Are there any examples out there of how to create the services? If we could compare what's what with the Freevine service and Devine I'd love to try and see if I can work it out for ALL4 like your example.

Thanks

You can see this example service. If you look through the code, everything is documented and explained really well.

[SaLTy]

You can't copy the freevine services straight over to devine, but they're relatively easy to port. I posted a screenshot on the previous page of a few examples I've done so far, and they're working fine.

Are there any examples out there of how to create the services? If we could compare what's what with the Freevine service and Devine I'd love to try and see if I can work it out for ALL4 like your example.

Thanks

You can see this example service. If you look through the code, everything is documented and explained really well.

Awesome! Thank you for your help, it's really appreciated.

[keep_it_breezy]

This was an unbelievable tool. Thank-you so much!

[mkjustuk]

Has anyone been able to port or create the main FTA services in Devine? Would be great if anyone who has could share them (however permitted).

[aqzs]

Has anyone been able to port or create the main FTA services in Devine? Would be great if anyone who has could share them (however permitted).

TPD-Scripts.zip

[Tom Saurus]

I ran across an issue with Pluto TV. It seems for "The Godfather" that there is only one audio option and that is descriptive audio:

C:\freevine-1.1.8>freevine.py get -sv res=480 -da id=0 -m https://pluto.tv/en/on-demand/movies/6137ee7dc79f030013e056d0/details

❯_freevine v1.1.8

19:23:33.607 ←[4m←[32mINFO←[0m : ←[1mPlutoTV←[0m
19:23:36.228 ←[4m←[32mINFO←[0m : The Godfather (1972)

19:23:47.417 ←[4m←[32mINFO←[0m : The Godfather (1972)

19:23:48.122 INFO : N_m3u8DL-RE (Beta version) 20231113
19:23:48.217 INFO : Loading URL: tmp\manifest.m3u8
19:23:48.225 INFO : Content Matched: HTTP Live Streaming
19:23:48.226 INFO : Parsing streams...
19:23:48.226 WARN : Master List detected, try parse all streams
19:23:48.230 WARN : Writing meta json
19:23:48.232 INFO : Extracted, there are 7 streams, with 5 basic streams, 1 audio streams, 1 subtitle streams
19:23:48.232 INFO : Vid 1216x684 | 2693 Kbps | 30 | avc1.64001F
19:23:48.233 INFO : Vid 1024x576 | 1869 Kbps | 30 | avc1.64001F
19:23:48.233 INFO : Vid 854x480 | 1327 Kbps | 30 | avc1.64001F
19:23:48.236 INFO : Vid 640x360 | 923 Kbps | 30 | avc1.64001F
19:23:48.236 INFO : Vid 426x240 | 619 Kbps | 30 | avc1.64001F
19:23:48.236 INFO : Aud audio_aac | English(Audio-Description) | en | 2CH
19:23:48.236 INFO : Sub subtitles | en | English | describes-music-and-sound
19:23:48.236 INFO : Parsing streams...
19:23:50.338 INFO : Selected streams:
19:23:50.339 INFO : Vid *AES_128 854x480 | 1327 Kbps | 30 | avc1.64001F | 2125 Segments | ~02h57m04s
19:23:50.340 INFO : Aud *AES_128 audio_aac | English(Audio-Description) | en | 2CH | 2120 Segments | ~02h57m04s
19:23:50.341 INFO : Sub subtitles | en | English | describes-music-and-sound | 2125 Segments | ~02h57m04s
19:23:50.342 WARN : Writing meta json
19:23:50.358 INFO : Save Name: The.Godfather.1972.480p.PLUTO.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264
19:23:50.358 WARN : MuxAfterDone is detected, binary merging is automatically enabled
19:23:50.360 INFO : Start downloading...Aud audio_aac | English(Audio-Description) | en | 2CH
19:23:50.360 INFO : Start downloading...Sub subtitles | en | English
19:23:50.360 INFO : Start downloading...Vid 854x480 | 1327 Kbps | 30 | avc1.64001F
19:23:50.718 WARN : Reading media info...
19:23:50.738 WARN : Reading media info...
19:23:51.188 INFO : NaN: Subtitle, webvtt
19:23:51.193 INFO : [0x101]: Audio, aac (LC) ([15][0][0][0]), 98 kb/s
19:23:51.775 WARN : Reading media info...
19:23:51.862 INFO : [0x101]: Audio, aac (LC) ([15][0][0][0]), 98 kb/s
19:23:51.864 INFO : [0x102]: Video, h264 (High) ([27][0][0][0]), 854x480, 30 fps
19:25:35.518 WARN : Extracting VTT(raw) subtitle...
19:25:36.337 INFO : Binary merging...
19:31:35.477 INFO : Binary merging...

Vid 854x480 | 1327 Kbps | 30              ------------------------------   750/2125 35.29% 535.87MB/1.48GB 1.13MBps 00:15:51 /
Aud English(Audio-Description) | en | 2CH ------------------------------ 2120/2120 100.00%        181.36MB    -     00:00:00
Sub en | English                          ------------------------------ 2125/2125 100.00%        302.99KB    -     00:00:00

Have I done something wrong. I don't like descriptive audio and prefer just the typical audio. Thanks in advance for any advice.

I just did an info check for the video:

C:\freevine-1.1.8>freevine.py get -i -m https://pluto.tv/en/on-demand/movies/6137ee7dc79f030013e056d0/details

❯_freevine v1.1.8

19:49:30.889 ←[4m←[32mINFO←[0m : ←[1mPlutoTV←[0m
19:49:33.699 ←[4m←[32mINFO←[0m : The Godfather (1972)

19:49:40.564 ←[4m←[32mINFO←[0m : The Godfather (1972)

19:49:40.733 INFO : N_m3u8DL-RE (Beta version) 20231113
19:49:40.760 INFO : Loading URL: tmp\manifest.m3u8
19:49:40.764 INFO : Content Matched: HTTP Live Streaming
19:49:40.764 INFO : Parsing streams...
19:49:40.765 WARN : Master List detected, try parse all streams
19:49:40.767 INFO : Extracted, there are 7 streams, with 5 basic streams, 1 audio streams, 1 subtitle streams
19:49:40.768 INFO : Vid 1216x684 | 2693 Kbps | 30 | avc1.64001F
19:49:40.769 INFO : Vid 1024x576 | 1869 Kbps | 30 | avc1.64001F
19:49:40.770 INFO : Vid 854x480 | 1327 Kbps | 30 | avc1.64001F
19:49:40.770 INFO : Vid 640x360 | 923 Kbps | 30 | avc1.64001F
19:49:40.770 INFO : Vid 426x240 | 619 Kbps | 30 | avc1.64001F
19:49:40.770 INFO : Aud audio_aac | English(Audio-Description) | en | 2CH
19:49:40.771 INFO : Sub subtitles | en | English | describes-music-and-sound
19:49:40.771 INFO : Parsing streams...
19:49:42.162 INFO : Selected streams:
19:49:42.163 INFO : Vid *AES_128 1216x684 | 2693 Kbps | 30 | avc1.64001F | 2125 Segments | ~02h57m04s
19:49:42.163 INFO : Sub subtitles | en | English | describes-music-and-sound | 2125 Segments | ~02h57m04s

C:\freevine-1.1.8>

It is even worse for "Trading Places" no audio at all:

C:\freevine-1.1.8>freevine.py get -i -m https://pluto.tv/en/on-demand/movies/5ab2fb91b71f50edcf89a94f/details

❯_freevine v1.1.8

19:56:39.920 ←[4m←[32mINFO←[0m : ←[1mPlutoTV←[0m
19:56:42.255 ←[4m←[32mINFO←[0m : Trading Places (1983)

19:56:48.328 ←[4m←[32mINFO←[0m : Trading Places (1983)

19:56:48.496 INFO : N_m3u8DL-RE (Beta version) 20231113
19:56:48.526 INFO : Loading URL: tmp\manifest.m3u8
19:56:48.530 INFO : Content Matched: HTTP Live Streaming
19:56:48.531 INFO : Parsing streams...
19:56:48.532 WARN : Master List detected, try parse all streams
19:56:48.537 INFO : Extracted, there are 6 streams, with 5 basic streams, 0 audio streams, 1 subtitle streams
19:56:48.538 INFO : Vid 1216x684 | 2452 Kbps | 30 | avc1.64001F,mp4a.40.2
19:56:48.539 INFO : Vid 1024x576 | 1709 Kbps | 30 | avc1.64001F,mp4a.40.2
19:56:48.540 INFO : Vid 854x480 | 1183 Kbps | 30 | avc1.64001F,mp4a.40.2
19:56:48.541 INFO : Vid 640x360 | 780 Kbps | 30 | avc1.64001F,mp4a.40.2
19:56:48.542 INFO : Vid 426x240 | 476 Kbps | 30 | avc1.64001F,mp4a.40.2
19:56:48.543 INFO : Sub subtitles | en | English | describes-music-and-sound
19:56:48.544 INFO : Parsing streams...
19:56:49.701 INFO : Selected streams:
19:56:49.702 INFO : Vid *AES_128 1216x684 | 2452 Kbps | 30 | avc1.64001F,mp4a.40.2 | 1397 Segments | ~01h56m20s
19:56:49.703 INFO : Sub subtitles | en | English | describes-music-and-sound | 1396 Segments | ~01h56m20s

[PSXman_uk]

Has anyone been able to port or create the main FTA services in Devine? Would be great if anyone who has could share them (however permitted).

TPD-Scripts.zip

They do not work correctly for Uk based accounts in AMZN or DSNP and need editing to work

[pssh]

Thank you for this terrific program. I am sure going to miss it when it stops working. Thank you for the patience you showed as we learned how to get it set up and to work with it. I think I better buy tubedigger and some other programs at some point soon. It has been wonderful to be able to archive various videos over these months. I better try to get what I can while I can and once again thank you for all work you put into developing this program.

I would hold on yet paying for anything ....

If/When the scripts are transferred/migrated to "Devine" it will be IMHO like upgrading from Reliant Robin to a /insert any Japanese car maker/ but would again require learning new things

[pssh]

Just when I got the hang of it ..... Thank you very much @stabbedbybrick and others who helped out


This is my take on "Devine" so far on Debian based distro.
(I am not an expert, just learning new skills at very slow pace ....)



--------
Python3
--------

sudo apt install python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools

#Upgrade - New Way = Secure
---------------------------

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip

python3 -V
pip3 -V

--------------
#Dependencies
--------------

#FFmpeg MKVToolNix aria2
------------------------

sudo apt install -y ffmpeg mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui aria2

#Shaka-packager
---------------

sudo curl -L https://github.com/shaka-project/shaka-packager/releases/download/v3.0.4/packager-linux-x64 -o /usr/local/bin/shaka-packager
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/shaka-packager

ffmpeg -version

mkvmerge -V

aria2c --version

shaka-packager --version

#ccextractor
------------
https://packages.debian.org/sid/ccextractor
https://github.com/CCExtractor/ccextractor/blob/master/docs/COMPILATION.MD

sudo apt install -y libglew-dev libglfw3-dev cmake gcc libcurl4-gnutls-dev tesseract-ocr libtesseract-dev libleptonica-dev clang libclang-dev autoconf

##Standard linux compilation through Autoconf scripts

git clone https://github.com/CCExtractor/ccextractor.git
cd ccextractor/linux
./autogen.sh
./configure --without-rust
make -j$(nproc)
./ccextractor --version
sudo make install

##Using the build script
cd ccextractor/linux
./build -without-rust

ccextractor --version

------------------
#Install "Devine"
------------------

cd ~
mkdir devine
cd devine

cd ~/devine

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip3 install devine
devine --version
devine --help

devine wvd --help
devine wvd add *.wvd
devine wvd parse xxxxxxxx_l3.wvd

#Upgrade "Devine"
------------------

cd ~/devine
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install devine --upgrade

#If you want to exit the ".VENV"

deactivate

[Tom Saurus]

Thank you for this terrific program. I am sure going to miss it when it stops working. Thank you for the patience you showed as we learned how to get it set up and to work with it. I think I better buy tubedigger and some other programs at some point soon. It has been wonderful to be able to archive various videos over these months. I better try to get what I can while I can and once again thank you for all work you put into developing this program.

I would hold on yet paying for anything ....

If/When the scripts are transferred/migrated to "Devine" it will be IMHO like upgrading from Reliant Robin to a /insert any Japanese car maker/ but would again require learning new things

I will take any excuse not to spend out money. You are quite smart but this banging your head on a desk thing it might scramble your brains so it is best to take that energy and learn Devine. I am a fan of Devine; "Lust In The Dust" is one of my favourite movies.

[Tom Saurus]

Beyond what is going on with PlutoTV when it comes to Freevine being frozen where it is:

What about profiles and when they expire? Should we upgrade to new versions of ffmpeg and other programs that make Freevine function when they become available?

[vidsrme]

Has anyone been able to port or create the main FTA services in Devine? Would be great if anyone who has could share them (however permitted).

TPD-Scripts.zip

They do not work correctly for Uk based accounts in AMZN or DSNP and need editing to work

Any tips on what to edit or maybe you could PM Me a working version for AMZN?

[stabbedbybrick]

Beyond what is going on with PlutoTV when it comes to Freevine being frozen where it is:

What about profiles and when they expire? Should we upgrade to new versions of ffmpeg and other programs that make Freevine function when they become available?

If you by expiring profiles are referring to the tokens and such, those are refreshed and updated automatically when you run the scripts. As for ffmpeg and other programs, I doubt anything will break them for a long while. But yeah, you can probably update them if you feel like it.

And I apologize for the lack of updates in general. I haven't had much free time to really get into it. But I've finished a few services for Devine and looking into where to host them. Some kind of self-hosting with Gitea would be ideal, but I don't have the server setup for it. I might just end up using Github and see how long it lasts, we'll see.

[Tom Saurus]

Beyond what is going on with PlutoTV when it comes to Freevine being frozen where it is:

What about profiles and when they expire? Should we upgrade to new versions of ffmpeg and other programs that make Freevine function when they become available?

If you by expiring profiles are referring to the tokens and such, those are refreshed and updated automatically when you run the scripts. As for ffmpeg and other programs, I doubt anything will break them for a long while. But yeah, you can probably update them if you feel like it.

And I apologize for the lack of updates in general. I haven't had much free time to really get into it. But I've finished a few services for Devine and looking into where to host them. Some kind of self-hosting with Gitea would be ideal, but I don't have the server setup for it. I might just end up using Github and see how long it lasts, we'll see.

Thank you for Freevine and don't feel any pressure just have fun with what you are working on. As for PlutoTV when it comes to the movies on PlutoTV they will probably cycle around to another service as time goes by and hopefully the other services continue to work for quite a spell yet.

[stupid.345]

Has anyone been able to port or create the main FTA services in Devine? Would be great if anyone who has could share them (however permitted).

TPD-Scripts.zip

They do not work correctly for Uk based accounts in AMZN or DSNP and need editing to work

Any tips on what to edit or maybe you could PM Me a working version for AMZN?

If you end up sending a PM would it be possible to send me a copy as well? Cheers