YT Live - direct link

[pssh]

Is there any way to get the direct link for YT Live transmission?

The Live stream is geo-blocked for:

Bulgaria
Bahamas
Russia
Serbia
Romania
Georgia
Greenland
Croatia
Puerto Rico
Poland
Estonia
Montenegro
Macedonia
France
Finland
Norway
Switzerland
China
Canada
Czech Rep.
Slovakia
Slovenia
Kazakhstan
Sweden
Denmark
Germany
Algeria
United States
Latvia
Austria

I have tried:

yt-dlp --allow-u -F BN21N9YvNAk

233 mp4 audio only     │       m3u8  │ audio only        unknown    Default
234 mp4 audio only     │       m3u8  │ audio only        unknown    Default
269 mp4 256x144     15 │  290k m3u8  │ avc1.42C00B  290k video only
91  mp4 256x144     15 │  290k m3u8  │ avc1.42c00b       mp4a.40.5
229 mp4 426x240     30 │  546k m3u8  │ avc1.4D4015  546k video only
92  mp4 426x240     30 │  546k m3u8  │ avc1.4d4015       mp4a.40.5
230 mp4 640x360     30 │ 1210k m3u8  │ avc1.4D401E 1210k video only
93  mp4 640x360     30 │ 1210k m3u8  │ avc1.4d401e       mp4a.40.2
231 mp4 854x480     30 │ 1569k m3u8  │ avc1.4D401F 1569k video only
94  mp4 854x480     30 │ 1569k m3u8  │ avc1.4d401f       mp4a.40.2
232 mp4 1280x720    30 │ 2969k m3u8  │ avc1.4D401F 2969k video only
95  mp4 1280x720    30 │ 2969k m3u8  │ avc1.4d401f       mp4a.40.2
270 mp4 1920x1080   30 │ 5421k m3u8  │ avc1.640028 5421k video only
96  mp4 1920x1080   30 │ 5421k m3u8  │ avc1.640028       mp4a.40.2

And this one:

 yt-dlp --allow-u -F BN21N9YvNAk --verbose

233 mp4 audio only     │       m3u8  │ audio only        unknown    Default, IOS
234 mp4 audio only     │       m3u8  │ audio only        unknown    Default, IOS
269 mp4 256x144     15 │  290k m3u8  │ avc1.42C00B  290k video only IOS
91  mp4 256x144     15 │  290k m3u8  │ avc1.42c00b       mp4a.40.5  WEB
229 mp4 426x240     30 │  546k m3u8  │ avc1.4D4015  546k video only IOS
92  mp4 426x240     30 │  546k m3u8  │ avc1.4d4015       mp4a.40.5  WEB
230 mp4 640x360     30 │ 1210k m3u8  │ avc1.4D401E 1210k video only IOS
93  mp4 640x360     30 │ 1210k m3u8  │ avc1.4d401e       mp4a.40.2  WEB
231 mp4 854x480     30 │ 1569k m3u8  │ avc1.4D401F 1569k video only IOS
94  mp4 854x480     30 │ 1569k m3u8  │ avc1.4d401f       mp4a.40.2  WEB
232 mp4 1280x720    30 │ 2969k m3u8  │ avc1.4D401F 2969k video only IOS
95  mp4 1280x720    30 │ 2969k m3u8  │ avc1.4d401f       mp4a.40.2  WEB
270 mp4 1920x1080   30 │ 5421k m3u8  │ avc1.640028 5421k video only IOS
96  mp4 1920x1080   30 │ 5421k m3u8  │ avc1.640028       mp4a.40.2  WEB

Also checked the debug info, but I can't see any useful links to MPD/M3U8 files ....

And looked in F12 - Network to se if any MPD/M3U8 files are there,
but nothing .......

[white_snake]

YouTube doesn't have m3u8's or mpd's AFAIK. Btw stream is not encrypted, use ytarchive to grab the whole thing from the start.

[LZAA]

youtube-dl -g BN21N9YvNAk
https://manifest.googlevideo.com/api/manifest/hls_playlist/expire/1715637863/ei/BzpCZq...ist/index.m3u8

[pssh]

youtube-dl -g BN21N9YvNAk
https://manifest.googlevideo.com/api/manifest/hls_playlist/expire/1715637863/ei/BzpCZq...ist/index.m3u8

Thank you very much, this works with an VPN
Or does not if it is from Blocked Country and I hoped it would ...

[pssh]

YouTube doesn't have m3u8's or mpd's AFAIK. Btw stream is not encrypted, use ytarchive to grab the whole thing from the start.

I have tried this:
# Win Download YTarchive (elevated PS):

aria2c https://github.com/Kethsar/ytarchive/releases/download/latest/ytarchive_windows_amd64.zip --dir $home\Downloads\
tar -tzf $home\Downloads\ytarchive_windows_amd64.zip | findstr .exe
tar --verbose --extract --file=$home\Downloads\ytarchive_windows_amd64.zip -C C:\Windows\System32\ *.exe
exit

Then looking at the manual/examples and this TOOL only allows you to download live stream ...
(I have not found how to get the m3u8 URL ...
But handy tools to have as well, thank you.

Examples:
        ytarchive.exe -w
                Waits for a stream. Will prompt for a URL and quality.

        ytarchive.exe -w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnWDmKx9cQQ 1080p60/best
                Waits for the given stream URL. Will prioritize downloading in 1080p60.
                If 1080p60 is not an available quality, it will choose the best of what
                is available.

        ytarchive.exe --threads 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK1GXnz-1Lw best
                Downloads the given stream with 3 threads in the best available quality.
                Will ask if you want to wait if the stream is scheduled but not started.

        ytarchive.exe -r 30 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZlDXzGoo7d44bwdNObFacg/live best
                Will wait for a livestream at the given URL, checking every 30 seconds.

        ytarchive.exe -c cookies-youtube-com.txt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_touw1GND-M best
                Loads the given cookies file and attempts to download the given stream.
                Will ask if you want to wait.

        ytarchive.exe --no-wait --add-metadata https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvaTdHTWBGv3MKj3KVqJVCw/live best
                Attempts to download the given stream, and will add metadata to the
                final muxed file. Will not wait if there is no stream or if it has not
                started.

        ytarchive.exe -o '%(channel)s/%(upload_date)s_%(title)s' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxV9UAMN12o best
                Download the given stream to a directory with the channel name, and a
                file that will have the upload date and stream title. Will prompt to
                wait.

        ytarchive.exe -w -k -t --vp9 --merge --no-frag-files https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE8V5iNemBA best
                Waits, keeps the final .ts files, embeds the stream thumbnail, merges
                the downloaded files if download is stopped manually, and keeps
                fragments in memory instead of writing to intermediate files.
                Downloads the stream video in VP9 if available. This set of flags will
                not require any extra user input if something goes wrong.

        ytarchive.exe -k -t --vp9 --monitor-channel --no-frag-files https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvaTdHTWBGv3MKj3KVqJVCw/live best
                Same as above, but waits for a stream on the given channel, and will
                repeat the cycle after downloading each stream.

        ytarchive.exe --proxy http://127.0.0.1:9050 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aIdHTuyYMA best
                Downloads the given stream with a local HTTP proxy.