No 1080p on recent BBC broadcast?

[adrian44]

Using Get_Iplayer to download this

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001sgb2/bbc-children-in-need-2023-live-show

Using "fhd" in the command gives me an error stating that this quality is not available. When I change the command to "hd" I can only get the 720p video.

I suspect that I'm missing something because it's unlikely that such a recent broadcast isn't available in 1080p. Can you have a look and let me know what's up? Thanks

[iamghost]

You can get 1080p from there
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/411643-Freevine-A-downloader-for-free-streaming-services
and can get up to 2160p from vinetrimmer

[adrian44]

Thanks a lot. It's working now. Apparently I need to wait a few hours after live broadcasts for the FHD version to be available

[iamghost]

For Freevine and vinetrimmer you can download 5-8 mins before live

[adrian44]

Fantastic! Thank you. Do you know by the way if BBC upscales the 720p video to create a 1080p one? Some times I compare the exact frames from both 720p and 1080p videos and get the feeling that there is no new "information" or actual gain in detail. Seems like the 720p video is just enlarged.

[peterb999]

I don't personally know for sure, but if I were them I would use the broadcast video to encode 720p and 1080p from, I certainly wouldn't upscale them. Maybe the 720p is ready faster as the encode is a lot faster and they can encode it on the fly. I'm only guessing though.

[adrian44]

Edit: I might have been mistaken. Need more testing

[iamghost]

you can see 4k 2160p planet earth 3 from iplayer

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[adrian44]

you can see 4k 2160p planet earth 3 from iplayer

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Is this vinetrimmer? I need to go give myself a crash course on this thing

[sipho]

For Freevine and vinetrimmer you can download 5-8 mins before live

I've tried this for a couple of BBC shows without any luck. Using freevine though.

Anything special I need to do?

[bmfexp]

any guides for using vinetrimmer?

[stupid.345]

you can see 4k 2160p planet earth 3 from iplayer

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Hi there,
Do you know where to download winetrimmer?
I looked for it but i could not find it.

Thank you

[iamghost]

why would you need it for? its old, most of services wont work. it havent been update

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[stupid.345]

why would you need it for? its old, most of services wont work. it havent been update

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Does it not still work for iPlayer though? I saw your screenshot of downloading in 4k and I assumed that it was vinetrimmer

[iamghost]

Yeah it work on iplayer and channel 4 but some others not

[stupid.345]

Yeah it work on iplayer and channel 4 but some others not

Ahh ok. Do you know where I could download it? I had a look around but it seems that there are no surviving mirrors of it.

[stupid.345]

Please may I pm you?

[stupid.345]

nvm - freevine can do it

[iamghost]

yeah for 1080p at the moment, 4k not yet release. we dont know when

[stupid.345]

yeah for 1080p at the moment, 4k not yet release. we dont know when

I see. I had a look into downloading it in the past, and I found a list of certs that the server accepted, but I couldn't find any certs floating around on the internet.

Since there's no eta on 4k support through freevine, I'll try to see if I can find the list again and we can see if it is possible to create a simple downloader, as all bbc streams are unencrypted.

edited to remove incorrect reference to wireshark.

[stupid.345]

hi there again - I have reconstructed the command to see certs the server will accept

openssl s_client -showcerts -connect securegate.iplayer.bbc.co.uk:443

[stupid.345]

@iamghost If you have free time, please may you tell me where I could get a version of vinetrimmer that work for iplayer in 4k?

[iamghost]

https://github.com/sdhtele/VT/tree/main

[stupid.345]

https://github.com/sdhtele/VT/tree/main

Thank you so much for your quick reply, and sorry I did not see until today. I had a strange issue that I cannot seem to resolve this error. Is it fixable, or do I just need to move on? I am running Linux.

USER@HOSTNAME ~/Documents/plex/VT$ poetry run vt dl -w S01E01 ip p04tjbtx                                                                                  1 ↵  ✹main 
2023-12-31 23:04:09 [I] root : Vinetrimmer version 0.0.7 Copyright (c) 2019-2021 the Vinetrimmer Contributors
2023-12-31 23:04:09 [I] root : Convenient Widevine-DRM Downloader and Decrypter.
2023-12-31 23:04:09 [I] root : https://github.com/rlaphoenix/vinetrimmer
2023-12-31 23:04:09 [I] root : [Root Config]     : /home/USER/.config/vinetrimmer/vinetrimmer.toml
2023-12-31 23:04:09 [I] root : [Service Configs] : /home/USER/.config/vinetrimmer/Services
2023-12-31 23:04:09 [I] root : [Cookies]         : /home/USER/.local/share/vinetrimmer/Cookies
2023-12-31 23:04:09 [I] root : [WVDs]            : /home/USER/.local/share/vinetrimmer/WVDs
2023-12-31 23:04:09 [I] root : [Cache]           : /home/USER/.cache/vinetrimmer
2023-12-31 23:04:09 [I] root : [Logs]            : /home/USER/.cache/vinetrimmer/log
2023-12-31 23:04:09 [I] root : [Temp Files]      : /var/tmp/vinetrimmer
2023-12-31 23:04:09 [I] root : [Downloads]       : /home/USER/Downloads/vinetrimmer
2023-12-31 23:04:09 [I] download :  + 0 Local Vaults
2023-12-31 23:04:09 [I] download :  + 0 Remote Vaults
2023-12-31 23:04:09 [I] download :  + Loaded LocalDevice: 4464 (L3)
2023-12-31 23:04:09 [I] iP : Creating a Python-requests Session
2023-12-31 23:04:09 [I] iP :  + Set Common Headers
2023-12-31 23:04:09 [I] iP :  + Set Cookies
2023-12-31 23:04:09 [I] iP :  + Loaded [BBCiPlayer] Class instance
2023-12-31 23:04:09 [I] iP : Retrieving Titles
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/USER/.cache/pypoetry/virtualenvs/vinetrimmer-yiuEISbQ-py3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1157, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/USER/.cache/pypoetry/virtualenvs/vinetrimmer-yiuEISbQ-py3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1078, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/USER/.cache/pypoetry/virtualenvs/vinetrimmer-yiuEISbQ-py3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1688, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/USER/.cache/pypoetry/virtualenvs/vinetrimmer-yiuEISbQ-py3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1688, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/USER/.cache/pypoetry/virtualenvs/vinetrimmer-yiuEISbQ-py3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1657, in _process_result
    value = ctx.invoke(self._result_callback, value, **ctx.params)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/USER/.cache/pypoetry/virtualenvs/vinetrimmer-yiuEISbQ-py3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 783, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/USER/.cache/pypoetry/virtualenvs/vinetrimmer-yiuEISbQ-py3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 33, in new_func
    return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/USER/Documents/plex/VT/vinetrimmer/commands/dl.py", line 252, in result
    titles = Titles(as_list(service.get_titles()))
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/USER/Documents/plex/VT/vinetrimmer/services/bbciplayer.py", line 77, in get_titles
    for season in r["slices"]:
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable
USER@HOSTNAME ~/Documents/plex/VT$

[iamghost]

2023-12-31 22:16:12 [I] download :  + 1 Local Vaults
2023-12-31 22:16:12 [I] download :  + 0 Remote Vaults
2023-12-31 22:16:12 [I] download :  + Loaded LocalDevice: 4464 (L3)
2023-12-31 22:16:12 [I] iP : Creating a Python-requests Session
2023-12-31 22:16:12 [I] iP :  + Set Common Headers
2023-12-31 22:16:12 [I] iP :  + Set Cookies
2023-12-31 22:16:12 [I] iP : Obtaining a proxy to "gb"
2023-12-31 22:16:13 [I] iP :  + Proxy was skipped as current region matches
2023-12-31 22:16:13 [I] iP :  + Loaded [BBCiPlayer] Class instance
2023-12-31 22:16:13 [I] iP : Retrieving Titles
2023-12-31 22:16:13 [I] Titles : Title: Blue Planet II
2023-12-31 22:16:13 [I] Titles : Total Episodes: 8
2023-12-31 22:16:13 [I] Titles : By Season: 0 (1), 1 (7)
2023-12-31 22:16:13 [I] iP : Getting tracks for Blue Planet II S00E00 - Oceans of Wonder
2023-12-31 22:16:14 [I] iP : > All Tracks:
2023-12-31 22:16:14 [I] Tracks : 12 Video Tracks:
2023-12-31 22:16:14 [I] Tracks : VID | [avc1.64002A, SDR] | en | 1920x1080 @ 12000 kb/s, 50.000 FPS
2023-12-31 22:16:14 [I] Tracks : VID | [avc1.640020, SDR] | en | 1280x720 @ 5070 kb/s, 50.000 FPS
2023-12-31 22:16:14 [I] Tracks : VID | [avc1.64001F, SDR] | en | 960x540 @ 2812 kb/s, 50.000 FPS
2023-12-31 22:16:14 [I] Tracks : VID | [avc1.64001F, SDR] | en | 960x540 @ 1604 kb/s, 50.000 FPS

[Jonas9881]

2023-12-31 22:16:12 [I] download :  + 1 Local Vaults
2023-12-31 22:16:12 [I] download :  + 0 Remote Vaults
2023-12-31 22:16:12 [I] download :  + Loaded LocalDevice: 4464 (L3)
2023-12-31 22:16:12 [I] iP : Creating a Python-requests Session
2023-12-31 22:16:12 [I] iP :  + Set Common Headers
2023-12-31 22:16:12 [I] iP :  + Set Cookies
2023-12-31 22:16:12 [I] iP : Obtaining a proxy to "gb"
2023-12-31 22:16:13 [I] iP :  + Proxy was skipped as current region matches
2023-12-31 22:16:13 [I] iP :  + Loaded [BBCiPlayer] Class instance
2023-12-31 22:16:13 [I] iP : Retrieving Titles
2023-12-31 22:16:13 [I] Titles : Title: Blue Planet II
2023-12-31 22:16:13 [I] Titles : Total Episodes: 8
2023-12-31 22:16:13 [I] Titles : By Season: 0 (1), 1 (7)
2023-12-31 22:16:13 [I] iP : Getting tracks for Blue Planet II S00E00 - Oceans of Wonder
2023-12-31 22:16:14 [I] iP : > All Tracks:
2023-12-31 22:16:14 [I] Tracks : 12 Video Tracks:
2023-12-31 22:16:14 [I] Tracks : VID | [avc1.64002A, SDR] | en | 1920x1080 @ 12000 kb/s, 50.000 FPS
2023-12-31 22:16:14 [I] Tracks : VID | [avc1.640020, SDR] | en | 1280x720 @ 5070 kb/s, 50.000 FPS
2023-12-31 22:16:14 [I] Tracks : VID | [avc1.64001F, SDR] | en | 960x540 @ 2812 kb/s, 50.000 FPS
2023-12-31 22:16:14 [I] Tracks : VID | [avc1.64001F, SDR] | en | 960x540 @ 1604 kb/s, 50.000 FPS

What command did you use to make it work?

[iamghost]

poetry run vt dl -sl all -l en -w s00e00 IP p04tjbtx

[Jonas9881]

poetry run vt dl -sl all -l en -w s00e00 IP p04tjbtx

Whats mean with: IP p04tjbtx?

And whats mean with: en -w s00e00?

[iamghost]

ip = service- iplayer
p04tjbtx = iplayer programmes ID
-w = want season# episode#
-sl = subtitle language
-l = audio lanuage
read readme.txt they tell you how to use with services list

[Jonas9881]

ip = service- iplayer
p04tjbtx = iplayer programmes ID
-w = want season# episode#
-sl = subtitle language
-l = audio lanuage
read readme.txt they tell you how to use with services list

I only see readme.md, and not so good on english but will try it later.