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[Bet] Only part of the video is downloaded #13954
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Listing 38:57 does not mean anything. Can you watch complete 38:57 in browser? Provide MSO credentials. |
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Actually, there are multiple HLS playlists like nick.com, and youtube-dl does fetch the URL to all of them, but then proceeds to only download the first one: Full log with
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How do you correctly download a single video which only seems to be available in multiple segments? The patch below works: diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/bet.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/bet.py
index d7ceaa85e..da4e17db9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/bet.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/bet.py
@@ -66,15 +66,16 @@ class BetIE(MTVServicesInfoExtractor):
mgid = self._extract_mgid(webpage)
videos_info = self._get_videos_info(mgid)
- info_dict = videos_info['entries'][0]
+ entries = videos_info['entries']
- upload_date = unified_strdate(self._html_search_meta('date', webpage))
- description = self._html_search_meta('description', webpage)
+ for video in entries:
+ upload_date = unified_strdate(self._html_search_meta('date', webpage))
+ description = self._html_search_meta('description', webpage)
- info_dict.update({
- 'display_id': display_id,
- 'description': description,
- 'upload_date': upload_date,
- })
+ video.update({
+ 'display_id': display_id,
+ 'description': description,
+ 'upload_date': upload_date,
+ })
- return info_dict
+ return entriesBut it gives me this warning: Also, the titles for the segments have random non-sequential IDs at the end with no way to tell the proper order without the user manually using autonumber, and IMO they shouldn't have to for downloading a single video. (Ideally, youtube-dl should merge all those to a single video file, but that would be more complicated to implement.) |
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So, how do I properly handle this? |
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This behavior is the same on BET, VH1, and I'm sure many more. You have to manually grab the (usually) As a sidenote, this workaround isn't too bad. I open the page with developer tools open and recording, then I click through and begin playing each segment in the video. Then, use the filter in developer tools to search for Hope this helps! |
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Can this be fixed to work automatically? |
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FastHub doesn't support issue templates, sorry. I'm using the latest version and have searched for existing issues.
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Link: http://www.bet.com/video/a-very-soul-train-special/r-and-b-groups/2017/full-show-hosted-by-sevyn-streeter-and-luke-james.html
The resulting file is 5 minutes and 40 seconds, despite the site listing it as 38 minutes 57 seconds. TV provider account is normally required but youtube-dl bypasses this for MTVN network sites.