drm free content batch downloader, widefrog

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

I don't get your issue. It's easy to obtain keys using tools like widevineproxy from the sticky threads. For your livestream you have

8d3c85fa30730fdc39efc09de476415f:8fdccd948bb2cc6d99d5305ccffebcb7

And then you can stream it using

ffplay -cenc_decryption_key 8fdccd948bb2cc6d99d5305ccffebcb7 "https://npo-nl-ams-p26-am5.cdn.streamgate.nl/<GENERATED_TOKEN>/live/npo/u_3_4/npoplus/drm/dash_cenc/npo-1/0/0/0/npo-1.isml/stream.mpd"

Obviously fresh mpd URL

[redlemon]

I don't get your issue. It's easy to obtain keys using tools like widevineproxy from the sticky threads. For your livestream you have

8d3c85fa30730fdc39efc09de476415f:8fdccd948bb2cc6d99d5305ccffebcb7

And then you can stream it using

ffplay -cenc_decryption_key 8fdccd948bb2cc6d99d5305ccffebcb7 "https://npo-nl-ams-p26-am5.cdn.streamgate.nl/<GENERATED_TOKEN>/live/npo/u_3_4/npoplus/drm/dash_cenc/npo-1/0/0/0/npo-1.isml/stream.mpd"

Obviously fresh mpd URL

Ohh amazing! Thank you so much for that hint, that's much appreciated!
I just tried this with WidevineProxy2 and it indeed works just fine!

I hope you don't mind me asking some questions, i just want to understand it
1. With network traffic monitoring (in browser, not with wireshark) on NPO i see no license requests at all besides that one cert file i linked to before. How does that work? Why does that work with WidevineProxy2? I don't get that.
2. How do i do the same on the command line to automate it? In other pinned topics i see things like specifying the license server (which i don't see) and the license request json (which i also don't see).

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

Alright, let's not go offtopic that much. Since you want to know more, I'm not gonna answer any questions because those are already answered. I'll simply redirect you to other posts

- If you want to know more about that tool and how it works, read the entire author's post + all comments from there + github explanations
- If you want to automate it, you first need to know how to do it manually. So you need to know about things like pssh, license etc. Read @angela's trilogy entirely from the sticky threads. After you know how to do it manually, there's a guide in my signature which talks about automating
- If you want to know more about npo nl specifically, use the forum search function
https://www.videohelp.com/search?siteurl=forum.videohelp.com&q=npo+nl

[me3850]

ok fix can del sorry

[EV Downloads]

Not being able to download from Eurovision. The content is available. Using windows version.

https://eurovisionsport.com/mediacard/athletics/EVS_250215_20250215EARoubaix_1

https://eurovisionsport.com/mediacard/athletics/EVS_250215_20250215EALyon_1

WARNING] External tool is not installed: mkvmerge. Download commands may not be launched properly.
[INFO] Starting the service initialization stage.
[INFO] Current progress: [1/1]
[INFO] Starting the collections extraction stage.
[INFO] Current progress: [1/1]
[INFO] Starting the media data extraction stage.
[USER_ERROR] Failed to download: https://eurovisionsport.com/mediacard/athletics/EVS_250215_20250215EARoubaix_1. Reason: The content isn't available. Solution: Do not attempt to download it.
[INFO] Finished generating the download commands.
[WARNING] Saved the failed URLs to app_files\cmds_failed.txt
[WARNING] No download commands have been generated.

-----------
I haven't used widefrog in a while, so I am not sure if things have changed. The version is latest.
I updated MKVToolNix and placed mkvmerge in the widefrog folder.
Now it tells me : [WARNING] Can't check if the external tools are installed. Reason: join() argument must be str, bytes, or os.PathLike object, not 'NoneType'. Download commands may not be launched properly.

But I always got the mkvmerge warning and the application still generated commands successfully, so I don't think this is relevant anyway.

[IceM]

Not being able to download from Eurovision. The content is available. Using windows version.

https://eurovisionsport.com/mediacard/athletics/EVS_250215_20250215EARoubaix_1

https://eurovisionsport.com/mediacard/athletics/EVS_250215_20250215EALyon_1

With WidevineProxy2

N_m3u8DL-RE "https://evs-dtvsports-ltcu-secure2.akamaized.net/out/v1/69cb1d0dae7f4eea8bb8405db47091cb/1d070030744542c29154b72ae7fda6e3/00ae4ea9015f4af8a03ad453186806c6/manifest.mpd" -H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0" -H "Accept: */*" -H "Referer: https://eurovisionsport.com/" -H "Origin: https://eurovisionsport.com" -H "DNT: 1" -H "Sec-GPC: 1" --key 7bd941182e4e4f129298a2e7a30c508b:403158e8094b824d012db7398f46768e --use-shaka-packager -M format=mkv

N_m3u8DL-RE "https://evs-dtvsports-ltcu-secure2.akamaized.net/out/v1/1ca3626abf6b4a07803bc68b986b45e2/1d070030744542c29154b72ae7fda6e3/00ae4ea9015f4af8a03ad453186806c6/manifest.mpd" -H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0" -H "Accept: */*" -H "Referer: https://eurovisionsport.com/" -H "Origin: https://eurovisionsport.com" -H "DNT: 1" -H "Sec-GPC: 1" --key f8c9813079584f1aa1fe950583c79055:76e63b88e95ff59e7a320093cd5314fd --use-shaka-packager -M format=mkv

[EV Downloads]

Not being able to download from Eurovision. The content is available. Using windows version.

https://eurovisionsport.com/mediacard/athletics/EVS_250215_20250215EARoubaix_1

https://eurovisionsport.com/mediacard/athletics/EVS_250215_20250215EALyon_1

With WidevineProxy2

N_m3u8DL-RE "https://evs-dtvsports-ltcu-secure2.akamaized.net/out/v1/69cb1d0dae7f4eea8bb8405db47091cb/1d070030744542c29154b72ae7fda6e3/00ae4ea9015f4af8a03ad453186806c6/manifest.mpd" -H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0" -H "Accept: */*" -H "Referer: https://eurovisionsport.com/" -H "Origin: https://eurovisionsport.com" -H "DNT: 1" -H "Sec-GPC: 1" --key 7bd941182e4e4f129298a2e7a30c508b:403158e8094b824d012db7398f46768e --use-shaka-packager -M format=mkv

N_m3u8DL-RE "https://evs-dtvsports-ltcu-secure2.akamaized.net/out/v1/1ca3626abf6b4a07803bc68b986b45e2/1d070030744542c29154b72ae7fda6e3/00ae4ea9015f4af8a03ad453186806c6/manifest.mpd" -H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0" -H "Accept: */*" -H "Referer: https://eurovisionsport.com/" -H "Origin: https://eurovisionsport.com" -H "DNT: 1" -H "Sec-GPC: 1" --key f8c9813079584f1aa1fe950583c79055:76e63b88e95ff59e7a320093cd5314fd --use-shaka-packager -M format=mkv

WidevineProxy2..... I am gonna check out this new tool in the market. Thanks for letting me know.

Edit : Working well. Thanks,

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

Not being able to download from Eurovision. The content is available. Using windows version.

It will be fixed in the next version. For the moment, you can edit the python file of the service. Replace line 113

        video_id = re.search(r"/mediacard/([^/]+)/?", source_element.url).group(1)

with

        video_id = source_element.url.split("/")[-1]

As for the other issues, delete everything and do a fresh reinstall.

[EV Downloads]

Not being able to download from Eurovision. The content is available. Using windows version.

It will be fixed in the next version. For the moment, you can edit the python file of the service. Replace line 113

        video_id = re.search(r"/mediacard/([^/]+)/?", source_element.url).group(1)

with

        video_id = source_element.url.split("/")[-1]

As for the other issues, delete everything and do a fresh reinstall.

Thanks mate. I will try that.

Edit: Editing the code has no effect. I will try to do a fresh installation later to see if the result is different.

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[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

You messed with the space indentation (which is very important in python), press backspace once right before video_id. It has to be at the same distance as the next line

[EV Downloads]

You messed with the space indentation (which is very important in python), press backspace once right before video_id. It has to be at the same distance as the next line

I made the change but it still does not work.
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I am not sure what suddenly changed for it to stop working like that.

Though I was able to get the commands using WidevineProxy2, I still need widefrog to be working normal.
It gives me this warning : [WARNING] Can't check if the external tools are installed. Reason: join() argument must be str, bytes, or os.PathLike object, not 'NoneType'. Download commands may not be launched properly.
I don't think this is an issue but I will do a fresh installation and try again.

[henrydatei]

Thanks for the tool. I'm trying to download https://plus.rtl.de/video-tv/shows/wer-wird-millionaer-94557/2025-2-1022506/episode-8-...022025-1013856 which is at the moment free (when the next episode is released, this episode will be behind a paywall), but I get the following error:

[WARNING] Firefox browser is not installed. Services that require browser cookies won't work as intended.
[INFO] Starting the service initialization stage.
[INFO] Current progress: [1/1]
[INFO] Starting the collections extraction stage.
[INFO] Current progress: [1/1]
[INFO] Starting the media data extraction stage.
[USER_ERROR]/[APP_ERROR] Failed to download: https://plus.rtl.de/video-tv/shows/wer-wird-millionaer-94557/2025-2-1022506/episode-8-sendung-vom-17022025-1013856. Reason: Failed to extract content data. Solution: Make sure you can play the content. If you can, then debug the plus_rtl_de service.
[INFO] Finished generating the download commands.
[WARNING] Saved the failed URLs to app_files/cmds_failed.txt
[WARNING] No download commands have been generated.

I should add that I want to use widefrog at a server, that's why there will be no firefox. But it should not be required if I understood it correctly. What am I doing wrong?

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

Are you using the latest version? I don't see it in your logs

[Lostion]

I think you need a German IP to do the API requests.

[Dafalgan]

Vrt is not working anymore, is it possible to fix this?
Also is it mayby possible to add somthing for converting colored subs to normal subs?

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

They changed something recently for vrt.be . It will be fixed in the next version. For the moment, to fix you can delete in the service py file all appearances of the text

thumbnailMeta {\n      ...metaFragment\n      __typename\n    }\n

As for subtitles, the tool always downloads them on their original format. So unfortunately I won't add a feature like that even if it's useful. You could try writing a bat script that extracts subs, converts them, and adds them back, or look for other tools that are suitable for your particular use case.

[Lostion]

SubtitleEdit is great for that also it can be used through command line/bat.

[henrydatei]

Are you using the latest version? I don't see it in your logs

I'm using the Linux version from page 1, so it should be 2.1.0

And yes, I have a German IP adress

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

Oh. I don't update the linux and macos versions that often so they arent up to date. You can use the python release.

[henrydatei]

Oh. I don't update the linux and macos versions that often so they arent up to date. You can use the python release.

Yes, it works now

[rlbndqdwbqetzdxwxf]

@2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi Thanks for creating this awesome too!

The Shahid plugin is broken. response is always `None` but I don't know how to fix it. I'd appreciate if you could take a look?

```
response = re.search(
r'"static/chunks/"[^({]*\({([^)}]+)}\)[^\"]*"([^\"]+)"',
response
)
```

Thanks in advance

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

As always, thanks for reporting the issue. It is fixed and will be introduced in the new version. I won't explain the fix now since it's more than modifying one line of code.

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

v2.12.0:
=> + nemzetiarchivum.hu
=> + rtlplay.be
=> + viu.com

Minor changes:
=> fixed some bugs for: eurovisionsport.com, plus.rtl.de, shahid.mbc.net, tf1.fr, vrt.be

[esamax2000]

the script works very well
thank you very much

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

v3.0.0:
=> + goplay.be
=> + play.tv3.lv
=> + rts.ch

[billybanana]

Nice work Pepe. You are a machine

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

Thanks for the kind words @bill

[bLuBlUB]

hey! also, big thanks from me for the work you’re putting into this.

in v3.0.0, i tried downloading from goplay.be, but got this error:

  File "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\frog\services\goplay_be.py", line 79, in get_bearer
    refresh_url = json.loads(base64.b64decode(v.split(".")[1]).decode())["iss"]
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\base64.py", line 88, in b64decode
    return binascii.a2b_base64(s, strict_mode=validate)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
binascii.Error: Incorrect padding

i did some debugging, and even though base64 decoded fine on base64decode.org, python wasn’t having it.
here’s how i fixed it:

def safe_b64decode(b64_string):
    missing_padding = len(b64_string) % 4
    if missing_padding:
        b64_string += '=' * (4 - missing_padding)
    return base64.b64decode(b64_string)

if "accesstoken" in c_name:
refresh_url = json.loads(safe_b64decode(v.split(".")[1]).decode())['iss']
refresh_url = "/".join(refresh_url.split("/")[:-1]) + "/"

you're probably a better python pro than me, so maybe you’ve got a better fix. but hopefully this helps a bit.

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

Nice catch. In the context of python and base64, you can just add == even if it's useless padding and doesn't follow the standard. So there's not even a need to check for padding % 4 (bit of a lazy hack but eh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ). You can do something like

                refresh_url = json.loads(base64.b64decode(v.split(".")[1]  + "==").decode())["iss"]

Will add it in the next version

[gibolin]

Hi, I tried to download from tf1.fr tonight (both v2.11 and v3.0), and I got

[APP_ERROR] Failed to download: ... Reason: Failed to initialize the tf1_fr service.

So I debugged the service, and it looks like the values retrieved by the get_tf1_info() method are now inside escaped JSON (with \\" instead of ").
My working fix was quite simple: add .replace('\\"', '"') at the end of the 1st line:

    @staticmethod
    def get_tf1_info():
        response = requests.get(tf1_fr.BASE_URL).content.decode().replace('\\"', '"')
        api_key = re.findall(r'"apiKey":"([^"]+)"', response)[0]
        consent_ids = re.findall(r'neededConsentIds":\[(.*?)]', response)[0].replace("\"", "").split(",")

        player_version = re.findall(
            rf'"playerEndpoint":"{tf1_fr.PLAYER_URL}/","version":"([^"]+)"', response
        )[0]
        return api_key, consent_ids, tf1_fr.format_version(player_version)