Twitch - download sub-only vods (without login)

[4g03fhju]

Checklist

• I'm reporting a site feature request
• I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version 2022.04.08 (update instructions) or later (specify commit)
• I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
• I've read the guidelines for opening an issue
• I've read about sharing account credentials and I'm willing to share it if required

Region

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Example URLs

Description

TwitchRecover can do this, can this feature be implemented on yt-dlp?

TwitchRecover: https://github.com/twitchrecover/twitchrecover

Verbose log

D:\youtube-dl>yt-dlp.exe -vU https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1448256575
[debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1448256575']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, err utf-8, pref cp1252
[debug] yt-dlp version 2022.04.08 [7884ade] (win_exe)
[debug] Python version 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19043-SP0
[debug] Checking exe version: ffmpeg -bsfs
[debug] Checking exe version: ffprobe -bsfs
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg n5.0-ffmpeg-windows-build-helpers (fdk,setts), ffprobe n5.0-ffmpeg-windows-build-helpers, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.3
[debug] Optional libraries: brotli, certifi, Cryptodome, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
[debug] Proxy map: {}
Latest version: 2022.04.08, Current version: 2022.04.08
yt-dlp is up to date (2022.04.08)
[debug] [twitch:vod] Extracting URL: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1448256575
[twitch:vod] 1448256575: Downloading stream metadata GraphQL
[twitch:vod] 1448256575: Downloading video access token GraphQL
[twitch:vod] 1448256575: Downloading m3u8 information
ERROR: [twitch:vod] 1448256575: Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by <HTTPError 403: 'Forbidden'>); please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 641, in extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\twitch.py", line 395, in _real_extract
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 2129, in _extract_m3u8_formats
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 2140, in _extract_m3u8_formats_and_subtitles
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 800, in _download_webpage_handle
  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 785, in _request_webpage

  File "yt_dlp\extractor\common.py", line 767, in _request_webpage
  File "yt_dlp\YoutubeDL.py", line 3601, in urlopen
  File "urllib\request.py", line 531, in open
  File "urllib\request.py", line 640, in http_response
  File "urllib\request.py", line 569, in error
  File "urllib\request.py", line 502, in _call_chain
  File "urllib\request.py", line 649, in http_error_default
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

[reallyuniquename]

While this protection is not DRM (which is explicitly not getting any support by the devs) I can imagine Twitch will patch this bypass the moment it hits any major download tools. Just keep that in mind, @4g03fhju.

[Xiaoia8]

Use https://vodvod.top, once you find the vod you are interested in copy the link and download it with yt-dlp