MPEG-DASH download with auth parameter not working?

[derdimi]

• I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2016.11.08.1
• I at least skimmed through README and most notably FAQ and BUGS sections
• I searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

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My favorite IPTV provider zattoo.com recently switched their streaming technology from Adobe HDS to MPEG-DASH. You can only access their content through a valid subscription (which is free) and an IP from one of the following countries: Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Denmark, UK. I used to start a video in the browser, pause it but leave the window open. That would create an authentication token and keep it valid, so I could download the HDS fragments from the command line using an external script.

Now that there is DASH implemented, I tried to use youtube-dl with the manifest URL:

> youtube-dl -v -f bestvideo+bestaudio http://zh2-2-dash-pvr.zahs.tv/HD_ard/1477757760/1477759800/manifest.mpd?z32=OVZWK4S7NFSD2MZUGUZTENZUEZWWS3TSMF2GKPJWGAYCM3LBPBZGC5DFHUYCM43JM46WMOBXMJSTEY3BGRSDMYJYGZRDCZJTMYYWKMZRGMZTONBUHAYDKOJGMNZWSZB5GE2DQNRWHFBEMNKDGRDDMM2CIEWTOMBVGNCECMKDHBATGRCFIRCTCJTJNZUXI2LBNRZGC5DFHUYA
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '-f', 'bestvideo+bestaudio', 'http://zh2-2-dash-pvr.zahs.tv/HD_ard/1477757760/1477759800/manifest.mpd?z32=OVZWK4S7NFSD2MZUGUZTENZUEZWWS3TSMF2GKPJWGAYCM3LBPBZGC5DFHUYCM43JM46WMOBXMJSTEY3BGRSDMYJYGZRDCZJTMYYWKMZRGMZTONBUHAYDKOJGMNZWSZB5GE2DQNRWHFBEMNKDGRDDMM2CIEWTOMBVGNCECMKDHBATGRCFIRCTCJTJNZUXI2LBNRZGC5DFHUYA']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.11.08.1
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-74054-gb16b8c8, ffprobe N-74054-gb16b8c8
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] manifest: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] manifest: Downloading webpage
[generic] manifest: Extracting information
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "__main__.py", line 19, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpee_sdt7t\build\youtube_dl\__init__.py", line 445, in main
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpee_sdt7t\build\youtube_dl\__init__.py", line 435, in _real_main
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpee_sdt7t\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 1791, in download
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpee_sdt7t\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 694, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpee_sdt7t\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 357, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpee_sdt7t\build\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 1653, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpee_sdt7t\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1735, in _parse_mpd_formats
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpee_sdt7t\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 1725, in add_segment_url
TypeError: %d format: a number is required, not str

That is what the manifest looks like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MPD xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xmlns="urn:mpeg:dash:schema:mpd:2011"
 xsi:schemaLocation="urn:mpeg:dash:schema:mpd:2011 http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/MPEG-DASH_schema_files/DASH-MPD.xsd"
 minBufferTime="PT1S"
 profiles="urn:mpeg:dash:profile:isoff-main:2011"
 type="static"
 mediaPresentationDuration="PT2040S">
  <Period duration="PT2040S" start="PT0S">
    <AdaptationSet id="0" mimeType="video/mp4" segmentAlignment="true" startWithSAP="1">
      <Role schemeIdUri="urn:mpeg:dash:role:2011" value="main"/>
      <SegmentTemplate presentationTimeOffset="0" media="video-time=$Time$-$Bandwidth$-0.m4s?z32=MNZWSZB5GE2DQNRWHFBEMNKDGRDDMM2CIEWTOMBVGNCECMKDHBATGRCFIRCTCJTNMF4HEYLUMU6TKMBQGATHK43FOJPWSZB5GM2DKMZSG42CM43JM46TGMC7MJSGKNBRMU4GGMZZMZSGGMTGGBQTMNJYMNRTCYRXMNQWKNLEHE3A" initialization="video-$Bandwidth$-0.mp4?z32=MNZWSZB5GE2DQNRWHFBEMNKDGRDDMM2CIEWTOMBVGNCECMKDHBATGRCFIRCTCJTNMF4HEYLUMU6TKMBQGATHK43FOJPWSZB5GM2DKMZSG42CM43JM46TGMC7MJSGKNBRMU4GGMZZMZSGGMTGGBQTMNJYMNRTCYRXMNQWKNLEHE3A" timescale="1000" >
        <SegmentTimeline>
          <S d="4000" r="509"/>
        </SegmentTimeline>
      </SegmentTemplate>
      <Representation id="0" codecs="avc1.4d4020" width="1280" height="720" frameRate="50" bandwidth="4800000"/>
      <Representation id="1" codecs="avc1.4d401f" width="1280" height="720" frameRate="25" bandwidth="2800000"/>
      <Representation id="2" codecs="avc1.4d401e" width="768" height="432" frameRate="25" bandwidth="1300000"/>
      <Representation id="3" codecs="avc1.4d4015" width="512" height="288" frameRate="25" bandwidth="700000"/>
      <Representation id="4" codecs="avc1.4d4015" width="512" height="288" frameRate="25" bandwidth="500000"/>
    </AdaptationSet>
    <AdaptationSet id="1" lang="ger" mimeType="audio/mp4" codecs="mp4a.40.2" segmentAlignment="true" startWithSAP="1">
      <AudioChannelConfiguration schemeIdUri="urn:mpeg:mpegB:cicp:ChannelConfiguration" value="2"/>
      <SegmentTemplate presentationTimeOffset="0" media="audio-time=$Time$-$Bandwidth$-0.m4s?z32=MNZWSZB5GE2DQNRWHFBEMNKDGRDDMM2CIEWTOMBVGNCECMKDHBATGRCFIRCTCJTOMF2GS5TFHU2TAMBQEZ2XGZLSL5UWIPJTGQ2TGMRXGQTHG2LHHUZTAX3GGUZWKNBSMNQWKYZXME4TIMDFGFQTCMTCME4GEYJUMQZGKYLFGU" initialization="audio-$Bandwidth$-0.mp4?z32=MNZWSZB5GE2DQNRWHFBEMNKDGRDDMM2CIEWTOMBVGNCECMKDHBATGRCFIRCTCJTOMF2GS5TFHU2TAMBQEZ2XGZLSL5UWIPJTGQ2TGMRXGQTHG2LHHUZTAX3GGUZWKNBSMNQWKYZXME4TIMDFGFQTCMTCME4GEYJUMQZGKYLFGU" timescale="1000" >
        <SegmentTimeline>
          <S d="3200" r="636"/>
          <S d="1600"/>
        </SegmentTimeline>
      </SegmentTemplate>
      <Representation id="5" bandwidth="128000"/>
    </AdaptationSet>
    <AdaptationSet id="2" lang="mis" mimeType="audio/mp4" codecs="mp4a.40.2" segmentAlignment="true" startWithSAP="1">
      <AudioChannelConfiguration schemeIdUri="urn:mpeg:mpegB:cicp:ChannelConfiguration" value="2"/>
      <SegmentTemplate presentationTimeOffset="0" media="audio-time=$Time$-$Bandwidth$-1.m4s?z32=MNZWSZB5GE2DQNRWHFBEMNKDGRDDMM2CIEWTOMBVGNCECMKDHBATGRCFIRCTCJTOMF2GS5TFHU2TAMBQEZ2XGZLSL5UWIPJTGQ2TGMRXGQTHG2LHHUZTAX3GGUZWKNBSMNQWKYZXME4TIMDFGFQTCMTCME4GEYJUMQZGKYLFGU" initialization="audio-$Bandwidth$-1.mp4?z32=MNZWSZB5GE2DQNRWHFBEMNKDGRDDMM2CIEWTOMBVGNCECMKDHBATGRCFIRCTCJTOMF2GS5TFHU2TAMBQEZ2XGZLSL5UWIPJTGQ2TGMRXGQTHG2LHHUZTAX3GGUZWKNBSMNQWKYZXME4TIMDFGFQTCMTCME4GEYJUMQZGKYLFGU" timescale="1000" >
        <SegmentTimeline>
          <S d="3200" r="636"/>
          <S d="1600"/>
        </SegmentTimeline>
      </SegmentTemplate>
      <Representation id="6" bandwidth="128000"/>
    </AdaptationSet>
    <AdaptationSet id="3" lang="deu" mimeType="application/mp4" codecs="stpp">
      <Role schemeIdUri="urn:mpeg:dash:role:2011" value="main"/>
      <SegmentTemplate presentationTimeOffset="0" media="subs-time=$Time$-5000000-0.m4s?z32=MNZWSZB5GE2DQNRWHFBEMNKDGRDDMM2CIEWTOMBVGNCECMKDHBATGRCFIRCTCJTOMF2GS5TFHU2TAMBQEZ2XGZLSL5UWIPJTGQ2TGMRXGQTHG2LHHUZTAX3GGUZWKNBSMNQWKYZXME4TIMDFGFQTCMTCME4GEYJUMQZGKYLFGU" initialization="subs-5000000-0.mp4?z32=MNZWSZB5GE2DQNRWHFBEMNKDGRDDMM2CIEWTOMBVGNCECMKDHBATGRCFIRCTCJTOMF2GS5TFHU2TAMBQEZ2XGZLSL5UWIPJTGQ2TGMRXGQTHG2LHHUZTAX3GGUZWKNBSMNQWKYZXME4TIMDFGFQTCMTCME4GEYJUMQZGKYLFGU" timescale="1000" >
        <SegmentTimeline>
          <S d="4000" r="509"/>
        </SegmentTimeline>
      </SegmentTemplate>
      <Representation id="7" bandwidth="100"/>
    </AdaptationSet>
  </Period>
</MPD>

For comparison I also tried it without the auth token:

> youtube-dl -v -f bestvideo+bestaudio http://zh2-2-dash-pvr.zahs.tv/HD_ard/1477757760/1477759800/manifest.mpd
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '-f', 'bestvideo+bestaudio', 'http://zh2-2-dash-pvr.zahs.tv/HD_ard/1477757760/1477759800/manifest.mpd']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.11.08.1
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-74054-gb16b8c8, ffprobe N-74054-gb16b8c8
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] manifest: Requesting header
WARNING: Could not send HEAD request to http://zh2-2-dash-pvr.zahs.tv/HD_ard/1477757760/1477759800/manifest.mpd: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized
[generic] manifest: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpee_sdt7t\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 404, in _request_webpage
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpee_sdt7t\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2001, in urlopen
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 508, in error
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default

I am pretty sure that a download should be possible. Could you please tell me what I am doing wrong?