UK Free to Air Downloader

[Av4K100]

Thanks Angela and again thanks for the work you are doing on this script it's awesome

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

And for other without the skills to find mpd or cURL, read this https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/407216-Decryption-The-Dungeon-of-Despair

[pssh]

Would using the:

"Filter URL's" in FF based browsers:
https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/network_monitor/request_list/#fi...-by-properties

regexp:license|mpd|subti

or "Filter" in Chrome based browsers:
https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/network#filter

/license|mpd|subti/

help?

Yes, I know each website requires specific one, but this could lead to people actually "thinking" about
why it is that they can't see something even when using "filter" ... maybe?

I could be wrong here

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Would using the:

"Filter URL's" in FF based browsers:

Good call! It still needs a license filter in this case 'widevine' or part thereof.





But is it is a useful addition to the armoury pssh, thanks


PS I removed subtitle as the script, being generic cannot and does not process subs other than allowing N_m3u8DL-RE to find them.

[pssh]

You are welcome

The reason I have included the Subs is that when subs are not part of the manifest and therefore do not get
included in N_m3u8DL-RE download, user can opt to download himself and mux into the file manually ...
so there is a choice .....

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

You are welcome

The reason I have included the Subs is that when subs are not part of the manifest and therefore do not get
included in N_m3u8DL-RE download, user can opt to download himself and mux into the file manually ...
so there is a choice .....

Yep make sense. Adding an instruction to load subs from file would be a breeze.... for some.... a support nightmare for others

[jake2k8]

Hi Angela, thank you for getting back to my PM, I’ve downloaded this script and when I download from CH4 the video is decrypted and plays in VLC no problem, when I download from UKTV though it seems it’s still encrypted. Tried a few with the same results, Windows 11. Any suggestions much appreciated

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

it seems it’s still encrypted.

I'll take a look. I'm getting odd errors too with the selector for UKTVPlay. Use Noobs starter kit meanwhile

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

it seems it’s still encrypted.

I'll take a look. I'm getting odd errors too with the selector for UKTVPlay. Use Noobs starter kit meanwhile

Yes, it seems a small but significant change has occurred at UKTVPlay. Now fixed. Just cleaning up for release.

[jake2k8]

it seems it’s still encrypted.

I'll take a look. I'm getting odd errors too with the selector for UKTVPlay. Use Noobs starter kit meanwhile

Yes, it seems a small but significant change has occurred at UKTVPlay. Now fixed. Just cleaning up for release.

Thank you so much!

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Et voilà https://files.videohelp.com/u/301890/uk-fta_14_7.zip fix for UKTVPlay

[jake2k8]

Et voilà https://files.videohelp.com/u/301890/uk-fta_14_7.zip fix for UKTVPlay

Using now, thank you so much again, I've been after archiving some stuff from here for a while

[darkell]

Hi Angela, as you may have noticed from my past few posts I've successfully learned a lot over the last 5+ days in this forum and from your stickied posts. Thank you for all the hard work and effort you've put into everything you've made. Yesterday I finally decrypted and downloaded my first video from STV. The video works as expected and the audio/video is muxed together into one mkv file. I thought I would try and use the the UKFTA next but I've come across an issue I cannot see anyone else has mentioned, so I'm reaching out to you or anyone else who might be able to help. I've followed your instructions in the read me file and I'm able to download a video from ITVX but when it comes to opening the video in VLC it says "Codec not supported: VLC could not decode the format " " (No description for this codec)". Command prompt says "Script execution finished.", so I don't think there's anything wrong with the script. I can only assume I've somehow missed a step or something else. I've also tried to download a BBC video, which again works fine, downloads, muxes together as expected and works fine in VLC. This doesn't happen when I download a video from STV and BBC, so I must have missed something in regards to a codec for ITVX?

Edit: I've also downloaded My4, My5 and UKTV-Play videos and they work fine. Tried a different ITVX video and same issue as the first.

[BenDWire]

@darkell

I've seen this when trying to play a file that has 5.1 channel audio instead of stereo. Check the MKV file with Mediainfo and that will tell you what streams are in your file. Alternatively, try playing the file in something other than VLC (Celluloid on Linux works for me in these cases).

Playing such files via Plex works fine, so you may not have to worry about it. However, if you want to use VLC then simply re-encode the mkv audio into stereo using ffmpeg, or add an additional stereo stream if you think that you might need the 5.1 in the future.

[darkell]

@darkell

I've seen this when trying to play a file that has 5.1 channel audio instead of stereo. Check the MKV file with Mediainfo and that will tell you what streams are in your file. Alternatively, try playing the file in something other than VLC (Celluloid on Linux works for me in these cases).

Playing such files via Plex works fine, so you may not have to worry about it. However, if you want to use VLC then simply re-encode the mkv audio into stereo using ffmpeg, or add an additional stereo stream if you think that you might need the 5.1 in the future.

Thanks for the help. I downloaded Mediainfo and that advises it's 2 channel stereo. I've tried playing the file on other video players inc Plex and it still won't open the file. I've tried multiple videos from ITVX including news programmes, as I thought they might not be in 5.1 but still the same issue. It's only ITVX videos that are having this issue. Every other video from all the other sites work fine.

[BenDWire]

Unfortunately I can repeat this behaviour on my (Debian Linux) system, so it's above my abilities to help you further. I'm sure A_n_g_e_l_a will be along to wave her magic wand.

To my novice eye, everything seems to downloading correctly, and there are no errors shown during the muxing phase. I'm left wondering if this has been decoded correctly as the video format is showing as Quicktime, which I've seen before during my initial struggles.

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

'm able to download a video from ITVX but when it comes to opening the video in VLC it says "Codec not supported: VLC could not decode the format "

Unfortunately I can repeat this behaviour on my (Debian Linux) system,.

Yes I have the same error. It appeared in UKTVPlay too - I corrected that. I'll take a look tomorrow. I'm not sure where it comes from...

Meanwhile the Generic L3 will get a single download with mpd and license cURL.

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Looks to be my error introduced in 14.6 partly.

Correction: after line 108 add this and comment out the next line starting 'keys = [key.key.hex() for key...'
Be careful to keep spacing if you are going to edit code yourself. The initial line is indented 8 spaces as is line 2. The next indents are an extra 4 each line, i.e. 12 and 16 spaces.

        keys = []
        for key in cdm.get_keys(session_id):
            if key.type == 'CONTENT':
                keys.append(f"{key.kid.hex}:{key.key.hex()}")

Or wait and I'll check through all channels and will release a correction tomorrow..
The error was mine, with a bad edit during a general code clean-up: keys were being returned without the KeyId - so only one half of the pair KeyId:Key was being returned. Because it all downloaded fine I never spotted it was unplayable.

[BenDWire]

Many thanks A_n_g_e_l_a. That works perfectly for me now.

[BenDWire]

A_n_g_e_l_a, it seems that a series search on UKTV lists the episodes starting at Zero instead of 1. (e.g. Bangers & Cash Restoring Classics: The latest episode is 6, but it's shown as 5). I've not noticed this behaviour on any other channels.

It's only cosmetic, of course, but I thought you might like to add it to your to-do list.

[darkell]

Looks to be my error introduced in 14.6 partly.

Or wait and I'll check through all channels and will release a correction tomorrow..
The error was mine, with a bad edit during a general code clean-up: keys were being returned without the KeyId - so only one half of the pair KeyId:Key was being returned. Because it all downloaded fine I never spotted it was unplayable.

Thanks Angela for looking into it and working out the error. I'll try and have a go at updating the code myself when I get home from work, but most likely I'll wait for your update/correction haha. Thanks again.

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

A_n_g_e_l_a, it seems that a series search on UKTV lists the episodes starting at Zero instead of 1. (e.g. Bangers & Cash Restoring Classics: The latest episode is 6, but it's shown as 5). I've not noticed this behaviour on any other channels.

It's only cosmetic, of course, but I thought you might like to add it to your to-do list.

!
B***er! Didn't use to that - so it is another induced error from me after a code clean-up! I'll see if i can sort it, but errors like this do my head-in! 'Like' he says?

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

https://files.videohelp.com/u/301890/uk-fta_14_8.zip Latest update. Fix for ITV non-playable video and Episode sequence incorrect UKTVPlay.

[BenDWire]

You're a star, thank you!

Feel free to ignore any bug reports I make but I used to wrangle / herd software engineers for a living, so I do know what you people really like!

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

You're a star, thank you!

Feel free to ignore any bug reports I make but I used to wrangle / herd software engineers for a living, so I do know what you people really like!

The bugs were mainly ironed, out only I decided to refactor the code to align the style of channels more closely. I also introduced bugs!
Never a software engineer; I retired nearly 30 years ago. Python is self taught.

[darkell]

Thanks Angela, very much appreciated

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Don't forget - life become easier if you -

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set the gui to always be on top!

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Where did it go?

[PSXman_uk]

Don't see always on top in windows env for some reason unless it's my setup.

[A_n_g_e_l_a]

Don't see always on top in windows env for some reason unless it's my setup.

Mmm. Windows is naff isn't it? Install PowerToys; Google said. So I did. An now winkey+ctrl+T sets 'always on top'.


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