how to download a video of higher quality from abyss.to (hydrax)

[cibkosglowendnl]

They've just updated the player and broken the method

[atalanta]

Is there any new method or workaround already?

[cibkosglowendnl]

Looks like the scripts from my previous post is updated

[cibkosglowendnl]

Looking at the decoded stuff

{"width":"100%","height":"100%","preload":"auto","doNotSaveCookies":false,"fullscreenOrientationLock":"none","sources":[{"label":"360p","res_id":2,"size":81347747,"codec":"h264","status":true,"type":"mp4"},{"label":"720p","res_id":4,"size":144260576,"codec":"h264","status":true,"type":"mp4"},{"label":"1080p","res_id":5,"size":252999150,"codec":"h264","status":true,"type":"mp4"},{"label":"1440p","res_id":7,"size":470973337,"codec":"h264","status":true,"type":"mp4"},{"label":"2160p","res_id":8,"size":657687005,"codec":"h264","status":true,"type":"mp4"}],"id":"d34478903cd03b5fef","slug":"K8R6OOjS7","sessionId":"lneWjc0vgjxXrTAW4JXw_KxQqq490Lvc","md5_id":23103742,"user_id":13771,"domain":"csqg6fuj2m9.globalcdn96.one","preview":true}

They got the "sessionId" included. The new core lib calculates a hash and POST it with session ID. Could this be a way to download 1440p, 2160p?

[LZAA]

URL '2160p'?

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

Can you give me a 4k sample video from hydrax? js code injection still works lol. They're bad at fixing exploits.

edit: lol @lzaa, nice timing

edit 2: @lzaa you can try the classic bunny demo from https://abyss.to/ . At first I didn't get 4k but after a few refreshes, it loaded

For anyone else interested in a way to download 4k, the public js method still works

https://www.transfernow.net/dl/20240815veFUYpRo

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If the js method is too complicated and you're ok with 1080p max, see
https://github.com/PatrickL546/Hydrax-Abyss.to-DownloadHelper-Python/tree/master

[atalanta]

Looks like the scripts from my previous post is updated

It's broken again

[cibkosglowendnl]

Lol, they are really fighting back so fast. How many devs they got updating it everytime it gets fixed

[cibkosglowendnl]

Here's a more readable js with anti-debug removed. If someone wants to look at it. You can use to override the js

https://pastecode.io/s/261hvok3

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

I don't think they need a lot of devs for the changes they do. They simply change some encoding and brick the python downloader instantly. It can get fixed as fast so it becomes a tiring game of back and forth.

[larley]

Maybe download the js file, inject some code and run it in node or playwright.
(I'm thinking of this because I'm currently creating a learnyst downloader. I've already got the key, so the manifest is next)

[cibkosglowendnl]

It's pretty funny. It went from not being obfuscated, to being obfuscated, then more and more

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

Yeah, you could do that. I purposely didn't bother since the more a way of downloading is accessible to the average user, the faster it's gonna get fixed. And in this case, their devs lurk around the forums like rats. I explained what code needs to be injected and where at least. That was more interesting to find.

[cibkosglowendnl]

I'll try making my own downloader with mitmproxy to save the videos. That sounds harder to patch

[meliotablet]

It looks like the person maintaining the python script abandoned the project, repo is in archived mode. Can anyone point me to the working alternative? I read the previous message but I am not sure which one is the working one.

[cibkosglowendnl]

They probably won't make it a public script since it gets patch everyday.

#5 post here is the JS injection, more complicated than the script

[hunter7]

https://github.com/abdlhay/AbyssVideoDownloader/

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

Works for 4k content as well. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing