[go] abc.go.com has issue with authentication

[StevenDTX]

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Add -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with, copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

E:\>youtube-dl.exe --restrict-filenames --continue --no-check-certificate --verbose --cookies e:\cookies\cookies-ABC.txt -o shark.tank.S08E02.mp4 "http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/episode-guide/season-08/2-episode-2"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--restrict-filenames', '--continue', '--no-check-certificate', '--verbose', '--cookies', 'e:\\cookies\\cookies-ABC.txt', '-o', 'shark.tank.S08E02.mp4', 'http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/episode-guide/season-08/2-episode-2']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.09.27
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.10586
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-72383-g7206b94, ffprobe N-72383-g7206b94, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Go] episode-2: Downloading webpage
[Go] 3413012: Downloading JSON metadata
[Go] 3413012: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Go said: 1007:Unable to retrieve required files for playback. Please try again in a few minutes.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpaa64pv68\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 694, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpaa64pv68\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 355, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpaa64pv68\build\youtube_dl\extractor\go.py", line 74, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Go said: 1007:Unable to retrieve required files for playback. Please try again in a few minutes.


E:\>youtube-dl.exe --restrict-filenames --continue --no-check-certificate --verbose --ap-mso DTV --ap-username PRIVATE --ap-password PRIVATE -o shark.tank.S08E02.mp4 "http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/episode-guide/season-08/2-episode-2"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--restrict-filenames', '--continue', '--no-check-certificate', '--verbose', '--ap-mso', 'DTV', '--ap-username', 'PRIVATE', '--ap-password', 'PRIVATE', '-o', 'shark.tank.S08E02.mp4', 'http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/episode-guide/season-08/2-episode-2']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.09.27
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.10586
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-72383-g7206b94, ffprobe N-72383-g7206b94, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[Go] episode-2: Downloading webpage
[Go] 3413012: Downloading JSON metadata
[Go] 3413012: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Go said: 1007:Unable to retrieve required files for playback. Please try again in a few minutes.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpaa64pv68\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 694, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpaa64pv68\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 355, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpaa64pv68\build\youtube_dl\extractor\go.py", line 74, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: Go said: 1007:Unable to retrieve required files for playback. Please try again in a few minutes.

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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

• Single video: http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/episode-guide/season-08/2-episode-2

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"Free" videos work just fine. I have tries both with --cookies and --ap-mso and neither seem to allow me to download videos requiring authentication.

[krind24]

Thanks for opening this, StevenDTX. I didn't try the command with cookies and stuff, but the --ap-mso did not work for me either. I do have a workaround, which is to use the "inspect element," specifically the "Network" tab, when you fire up a "locked" video (requires sign in). I use chrome and just search for m3u8 to find the playlist file. I open the m3u8 playlist URL in a new tab and it downloads the file, from which I grab the HD playlist URL. Then I just use ffmpeg through cmd with that URL and it's able to download the video.

[StevenDTX]

bump :)

[StevenDTX]

Thanks @remitamine , it works great.