Trouble finding license request on npo.nl (allhell3)

[Sandeep Agmundr]

This needs a Dutch IP to verify.

I am using allhell3. (Thanks for this software!)

Looking at this series on NPO.nl, I can perfectly identify the appropriate MPD and license requests for season 2. There is an obvious stream.mpd, and an authentication request for the license:


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For season 1, however, the server appears to use a different method. I cannot identify a license. There is one request with a "sentry_key" that looks like it might be relevant, and looking at all POST requests there's a few links that mention "licensing", but I've tried all of their cURLs in allhell3, without any luck.


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How can we get to this season 1?

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

Season 1 doesn't use DRM. Thus, no keys to obtain and no license request to get.

Edit: You can also download the entire series at once using

python widefrog.py "https://npo.nl/start/serie/onze-man-in-teheran"

[Sandeep Agmundr]

Thanks, 2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi, I guess that does explain it. Using Widefrog, I can get the files. Unfortunately, audio and video (and subtitles) seem to be out of sync in the final files. Is there a way to tweak this?

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

Unfortunately, audio and video (and subtitles) seem to be out of sync in the final files. Is there a way to tweak this?

Hmm. Can you give a specific video URL (not series) where you encounter this? I'll look into it. I suppose the sync issue is there even if you download manually using the key extractor addons.

[Sandeep Agmundr]

Hmm. Can you give a specific video URL (not series) where you encounter this? I'll look into it. I suppose the sync issue is there even if you download manually using the key extractor addons.

For season 1 episode 2, for example

./widefrog.exe "https://npo.nl/start/serie/onze-man-in-teheran/seizoen-1/het-land-waar-niks-mag-maar-alles-kan_1/afspelen"

results in an mkv with an English-speaking part around the 25-minute mark, making it easy to spot the desync. This is the case for all episodes from season 1. (I didn't thoroughly test it, but it doesn't appear to happen with season 2 episodes.) As you can see, I'm using the executable here. I did not try a manual download.

[2nHxWW6GkN1l916N3ayz8HQoi]

Yep. You're right. Nice find. N_m3u8DL-RE is a mess when it comes to muxing and syncing for specific videos and scenarios. In the generated commands text file, edit and replace "-M format=mkv:muxer=mkvmerge" with "-M format=mkv" (find all replace notepad++ does the job).

Also the external non-manifest subtitles used by the video cause problems with the sync merging as well. In the config json file put "ADDITIONAL_SUBS" to false (instead of true). I downloaded it (twice to double-check) with these changes and the sync issues are gone. You can play later with the external subs if you want them.

[Sandeep Agmundr]

Excellent, yes, that worked. Thanks for your help!