[Release] - Ozivine - Australian & NZ FTA Downloader

[wastedhate]

I compared Ozivine vs yt-dlp for that Ep 33. 653mb v 654mb, same bit rate, so not much in it. I did see some 1080p files online for the same episode. One can only presume these are being recorded directly from the live stream (as they have the 9 logo and not the 9Now logo which you'll get from any of the stuff on 9Now service).

This will be the comparison between the AVC and H264 versions of the stream I mentioned a few posts ago. For Ep33 the H264 stream gives you a drastically better version for this episode.


H264 Stream

File size : 874 MiB
Duration : 57 min 30 s
Overall bit rate : 2 125 kb/s
Frame rate : 25.000 FPS

AVC Stream

File size : 653 MiB
Duration  : 57 min 30 s
Overall bit rate  : 1 587 kb/s
Frame rate  : 25.000 FPS

[billybanana]

I've got a working solution to grab the H264 streams but they are direct http/https, so don't play with N_m3u8DL-RE and is a bit ugly in my script, so I'd need a bit of clean up work to produce a nicer aesthetic if I was to choose to do anything with it. Looking at the latest ep of "The Block" the AVC is 2205 Kbps and the h264 is 2124 Kbps, so it doesn't always follow they are much better quality.

[wastedhate]

Looking at the latest ep of "The Block" the AVC is 2205 Kbps and the h264 is 2124 Kbps, so it doesn't always follow they are much better quality.

The issue is that the pre-summary that shows on this episode that the AVC is higher is much more of an estimate. The h264 variant is closer to the final result. eg. The Block Ep 35



Based on that output summary from yt-dlp it does show that the AVC stream is slightly higher but the end results are different:

AVC

Complete name                            : G:\YT-DLP Scripts\AVC.mkv
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 4
File size                                : 805 MiB
Duration                                 : 55 min 56 s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 2 012 kb/s

H264

Complete name                            : G:\YT-DLP Scripts\H264.mkv
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 4
File size                                : 852 MiB
Duration                                 : 55 min 56 s
Overall bit rate                         : 2 130 kb/s

the H264 stream still comes out with a slightly higher file + bitrate. Admitantly this episode shows little difference but with the block this season I have seen as much as 40% difference.

[thejrod86]

I launched OziVine and the following appeared, any solutions?

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[billybanana]

Doesn't like double quotes in your config.yaml file ?

This is the default for the config file. You could try single quotes or no quotes.

downloads_path: "C:/YourPath/" # Example paths
wvd_device_path: "C:/YourPath/wvd/your_device_name.wvd"
cookies_path: "C:/YourPath/Ozivine/cookies/cookies.txt"

credentials:
  10play: username:password # Replace with your own credentials
  tvnz: username:password

Have you specified your paths correctly to downloads, wvd and cookies ?

[thejrod86]

billybanana this is what I have in config.yaml:

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[thejrod86]

Got it, it doesnt like network UIDs.

[thejrod86]

Now I have this issue

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[billybanana]

I was able to download that episode without issue. The error indicates an issue with your cookies file. I've had the best results using this extension to export cookies previously.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/open-cookiestxt/gdocmgbfkjnnpapoeobnolbbkoibbcif

[thejrod86]

I've redownloaded the cookies file, same issue.

[timetunnel]

Hi all!
I read that on SBS on demand you can download in HD
Can you say me the maximum resolution of this one?
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/watch/2403821123938
with yt-dlp it comes at 1280x720
Any chance to have with this APP ozivine a 1080p?

[billybanana]

Any chance to have with this APP ozivine a 1080p?

Nope, SBS streams at a maximum 720p. When I spoke to them last year, they claimed to be streaming a couple of shows at 1080p, but I've yet to see any of them eventuate.

[timetunnel]

Any chance to have with this APP ozivine a 1080p?

Nope, SBS streams at a maximum 720p. When I spoke to them last year, they claimed to be streaming a couple of shows at 1080p, but I've yet to see any of them eventuate.

thanks anyway

[billybanana]

First time I've seen an ABC video with the 720p version having a higher bitrate than the 1080p. Of course my script uses the "--select-video best" option. Hopefully that's just a one off, otherwise will need to maker some adjustments to the logic.

10:44:15.944 INFO : N_m3u8DL-RE (Beta version) 20241203
10:44:15.955 INFO : Loading URL: https://iview-vod.akamaized.net/prod/fa2/FA2435H010S00MA1D1/20250407211202/mpegdash/1080.mpd
10:44:16.313 INFO : Content Matched: Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP
10:44:16.314 INFO : Parsing streams...
10:44:16.316 WARN : Writing meta json
10:44:16.325 INFO : Extracted, there are 9 streams, with 8 basic streams, 1 audio streams, 0 subtitle streams
10:44:16.326 INFO : Vid *CENC 1280x720 | 4178 Kbps | 4500000 | avc1.640028 | 1 Segment | ~16m02s
10:44:16.326 INFO : Vid *CENC 1920x1080 | 4066 Kbps | 6000000 | avc1.640028 | 1 Segment | ~16m02s
10:44:16.326 INFO : Vid *CENC 1280x720 | 2747 Kbps | 3000000 | avc1.640028 | 1 Segment | ~16m02s
10:44:16.327 INFO : Vid *CENC 1024x576 | 1766 Kbps | 1500000 | avc1.640028 | 1 Segment | ~16m02s
10:44:16.327 INFO : Vid *CENC 800x450 | 1202 Kbps | 1000000 | avc1.640028 | 1 Segment | ~16m02s
10:44:16.327 INFO : Vid *CENC 640x360 | 622 Kbps | 650000 | avc1.4D401E | 1 Segment | ~16m02s
10:44:16.327 INFO : Vid *CENC 512x288 | 504 Kbps | 500000 | avc1.4D401E | 1 Segment | ~16m02s
10:44:16.328 INFO : Vid *CENC 320x180 | 211 Kbps | 220000 | avc1.4D401E | 1 Segment | ~16m02s
10:44:16.328 INFO : Aud *CENC audio-und-mp4a | 137 Kbps | mp4a.40.2 | 2CH | 1 Segment | ~16m02s
10:44:16.329 INFO : Parsing streams...
10:44:16.329 INFO : Selected streams:
10:44:16.329 INFO : Vid *CENC 1280x720 | 4178 Kbps | 4500000 | avc1.640028 | 1 Segment | ~16m02s
10:44:16.330 INFO : Aud *CENC audio-und-mp4a | 137 Kbps | mp4a.40.2 | 2CH | 1 Segment | ~16m02s
10:44:16.330 WARN : Writing meta json
10:44:16.331 INFO : Save Name: Media.Watch.Monday.7_4_2025.1080p.ABCiView.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264

[wastedhate]

First time I've seen an ABC video with the 720p version having a higher bitrate than the 1080p.

Looks like a false positive. Just ran it with the ouput and it still outputs a 720P file but the bitrate is down around 1.2mb/s

[massoma]

Hi @billybanana, i've been testing your script, i really like that it exports the videos on .mkv and it downloads at great speed, but on SBS on Demand i'm having trouble getting any subtitles at all no matter what show, even if the show has the subtitles available it just ignores them, says 0 subtitles streams. Am i missing something?? this show as an example: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/watch/2396903491955


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Thank you.

[billybanana]

on SBS on Demand i'm having trouble getting any subtitles at all no matter what show, even if the show has the subtitles available it just ignores them, says 0 subtitles streams. Am i missing something?

No you're not. Looks like they made a site change (or developed a bug) back in March. I always thought SBS hard coded the subs into their videos. Anyway I'll have a look at it and see what I can do.

[CMak]

Subs are definitely still there on SBS videos. This one from something I downloaded on Monday.


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[wastedhate]

ive found SBS will differ with its subtitle file depending on whats needed.

Usually the most common is a dfxp file, which can easily be converted to srt with something like subtitle edit. On occiaison this will default to a vtt file.

if they need forced subs so non-english content youll get two vtt files. One for forced subs and the other for normal subs.

[hamishegg]

is there a workable solution for the live streams without using the provider apps

[billybanana]

is there a workable solution for the live streams without using the provider apps

You can use Matt Huisman's links for live tv. No point reinventing the wheel.

https://i.mjh.nz/au/