tv.youtube.com doesn't work, or 2fa isn't working quite right, or both

[coldwaterq]

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

python -m youtube_dl --verbose -u REDACTED@gmail.com -w --ffmpeg-location ffmpeg -f worst -o %(upload_date)s.%(uploader)s.%(title)s.%(ext)s "https://tv.youtube.com/?v=VQ4H33iIPWY"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', '-u', 'PRIVATE', '-w', '--ffmpeg-location', 'ffmpeg', '-f', 'worst', '-o', '%(upload_date)s.%(uploader)s.%(title)s.%(ext)s', 'https://tv.youtube.com/?v=VQ4H33iIPWY']
Type account password and press [Return]:
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.08.18
[debug] Python version 3.6.2 - Windows-10-10.0.15063-SP0
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-76526-ga5202bc, ffprobe N-76526-ga5202bc
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Downloading login page
[youtube] Looking up account info
[youtube] Logging in
Type 2-step verification code and press [Return]:
[youtube] Submitting TFA code
WARNING: Unable to submit TFA code: HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error
WARNING: Unable to extract CheckCookie URL
[youtube] VQ4H33iIPWY: Downloading webpage
[youtube] VQ4H33iIPWY: Downloading video info webpage
ERROR: VQ4H33iIPWY: YouTube said: This video is not available.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\ColdwaterQ\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 776, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "C:\Users\ColdwaterQ\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 433, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "C:\Users\ColdwaterQ\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\youtube.py", line 1537, in _real_extract
    expected=True, video_id=video_id)
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: VQ4H33iIPWY: YouTube said: This video is not available.

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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: https://tv.youtube.com/?v=VQ4H33iIPWY
• Show: https://tv.youtube.com/?browse=UCspnjcbufE7wey4CHTFrwmw

I don't think the show necessarily should be included because of the copy right issue, but for the videos I would like to be able to grab news clips now and then. This time I was hoping to get some of the footage of the eclipse

Note that youtube-dl does not support sites dedicated to copyright infringement. In order for site support request to be accepted all provided example URLs should not violate any copyrights.

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I am not sure if this is a bug in 2fa, because google does the prompt on my phone, then I enter the code from authenticator, and in the verbose output I see 500 ERROR. So that could be it, or it could be trying to get the video on youtube.com instead of tv.youtube.com, which isn't the same even though the links use the same parameters.

If you need me to try anything else or look up anything just let me know and I will try to help.

[dstftw]

Post the output with --dump-pages.

[yan12125]

Most likely a duplicate of #13759, #1336 (comment) and #9857. Google Prompt is not supported yet.

[coldwaterq]

I created a new account without 2fa and I still get "youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: VQ4H33iIPWY: YouTube said: This video is not available." I can do --dump-pages, but I prefer to not submit my account information, is there a way to dump pages without disclosing anything personal?

[coldwaterq]

But looking at the --dump-pages output I get the line. "[youtube] Dumping request to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ4H33iIPWY&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1&bpctr=9999999999". And since TV content can't be loaded on the standard youtube domain I think that the problem is just that www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ4H33iIPWY != tv.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ4H33iIPWY

[coldwaterq]

I hacked the youtube.py extractor on my computer to force it to use tv.youtube.com instead of www.youtube.com and it is getting the unauthenticated tv.youtube.com page instead of the video when it goes to https://tv.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ4H33iIPWY&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1&bpctr=9999999999 and https://tv.youtube.com/get_video_info. So I think something with the authentication may need to be modified along with detecting tv vs not tv youtube links

[coldwaterq]

Is there a way I can help with the geo-restriction since I am in the area it is restricted to?

[yan12125]

The fastest way should be dumped files. There won't be passwords but your username and personal preferences may be leaked.

[coldwaterq]

This is the youtube.py that works for me on tv.youtube.com. https://gist.github.com/coldwaterq/0462b9411c72bea49883cbd8e9c1c72a

[judge2020]

I can confirm the above youtube.py works for making a connection to tv.youtube.com (without 2fa), however, there are issues with the content you download (possibly related to DRM).

Content issue:

The first 10 seconds, where the USA logo appears, are fine, however, after that, it's likely DRM kicks in for the actual content and displays this

While Windows 10 movies & TV ( as well as windows media player) aims to decode the file at any costs, VLC freezes on the last frame and stays there while the counter continues.

Diff of the youtube.py files: https://www.diffchecker.com/TwxSZzvI

download output

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: [u'--netrc']
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://tv.youtube.com/?v=Bq6ug91Qeoc']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.10.20
[debug] Python version 2.7.14 - Windows-10-10.0.16299
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-88042-g72c3d9ae45, ffprobe N-88042-g72c3d9ae45
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube] Downloading login page
[youtube] Looking up account info
[youtube] Logging in
[youtube] Checking cookie
[youtube] Bq6ug91Qeoc: Downloading webpage
[youtube] Bq6ug91Qeoc: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] Bq6ug91Qeoc: Extracting video information
WARNING: unable to extract uploader nickname
[youtube] Bq6ug91Qeoc: Downloading embed webpage
[youtube] {146} signature length 40.41, html5 player vflN-B5oM
[youtube] {145} signature length 40.41, html5 player vflN-B5oM
[youtube] {224} signature length 40.41, html5 player vflN-B5oM
[youtube] {144} signature length 40.41, html5 player vflN-B5oM
[youtube] {222} signature length 40.41, html5 player vflN-B5oM
[youtube] {223} signature length 40.41, html5 player vflN-B5oM
[youtube] {143} signature length 40.41, html5 player vflN-B5oM
[youtube] {142} signature length 40.41, html5 player vflN-B5oM
[youtube] {161} signature length 40.41, html5 player vflN-B5oM
[youtube] {148} signature length 40.41, html5 player vflN-B5oM
[youtube] {149} signature length 40.41, html5 player vflN-B5oM
[youtube] {150} signature length 40.41, html5 player vflN-B5oM
[youtube] Bq6ug91Qeoc: Downloading MPD manifest
[debug] Default format spec: bestvideo+bestaudio/best
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r5---sn-5uaeznde.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?gcr=us&gir=yes&initcwndbps=1283750&pl=14&source=youtube&ms=auh&clen=908248452&mv=m&pfa=5&mt=1508902087&expire=1508923799&hightc=yes&requiressl=yes&ipbits=0&mn=sn-5uaeznde&mm=27&id=o-AHYFq3aZY0n-Jr-aLDMCVuf3P_UEHXAlXjv8V0oHxEYM&itag=146&ei=NwXwWZ_7A9bzqQXqlagg&ip=174.108.35.211&key=yt6&keepalive=yes&dur=2857.954&lmt=1508399865663141&cmbypass=yes&aitags=142%2C143%2C144%2C145%2C146%2C161%2C222%2C223%2C224&ctier=UD&mime=video%2Fmp4&sparams=aitags%2Cclen%2Ccmbypass%2Cctier%2Cdur%2Cei%2Cgcr%2Cgir%2Chightc%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Ckeepalive%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpfa%2Cpl%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cexpire&signature=CFE6BFD804B1D9ECC050C0A24BF21B271FA544B5.59102D4A934EA8E46253C9E9E9D56CF68B12CEE0&ratebypass=yes'
[download] Destination: Eps3.1undo.gz-Bq6ug91Qeoc.f146.mp4
[download] 100% of 866.17MiB in 01:06
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'https://r5---sn-5uaeznde.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?gcr=us&gir=yes&initcwndbps=1283750&pl=14&source=youtube&ms=auh&clen=92917250&mv=m&pfa=5&mt=1508902087&expire=1508923799&hightc=yes&requiressl=yes&ipbits=0&mn=sn-5uaeznde&mm=27&id=o-AHYFq3aZY0n-Jr-aLDMCVuf3P_UEHXAlXjv8V0oHxEYM&itag=150&ei=NwXwWZ_7A9bzqQXqlagg&ip=174.108.35.211&key=yt6&keepalive=yes&dur=2858.004&lmt=1508400112643637&cmbypass=yes&ctier=UD&mime=audio%2Fmp4&sparams=clen%2Ccmbypass%2Cctier%2Cdur%2Cei%2Cgcr%2Cgir%2Chightc%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Ckeepalive%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpfa%2Cpl%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cexpire&signature=35125FA2AE8ED73B5BEB63A05F6D8A8EBD40AC3B.6134463D593F25C492190B1EE448D661023A9EAD&ratebypass=yes'
[download] Destination: Eps3.1undo.gz-Bq6ug91Qeoc.f150.m4a
[download] 100% of 88.61MiB in 00:06
[ffmpeg] Merging formats into "Eps3.1undo.gz-Bq6ug91Qeoc.mp4"
[debug] ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -y -i "file:Eps3.1undo.gz-Bq6ug91Qeoc.f146.mp4" -i "file:Eps3.1undo.gz-Bq6ug91Qeoc.f150.m4a" -c copy -map "0:v:0" -map "1:a:0" "file:Eps3.1undo.gz-Bq6ug91Qeoc.temp.mp4"
Deleting original file Eps3.1undo.gz-Bq6ug91Qeoc.f146.mp4 (pass -k to keep)
Deleting original file Eps3.1undo.gz-Bq6ug91Qeoc.f150.m4a (pass -k to keep)

[austinarchibald]

Any update on this? Anyone figure out how to download tv.youtube.com videos?

[judge2020]

It's likely proprietary DRM protected, preventing many shows from being downloaded. That would explain why youtube TV recommends not to use the original, slower chromecast (buffers for longer since it takes longer to decrypt the stream).

[yan12125]

@judge2020: Could you add --write-pages and see what's in the MPD manifests (*.mpd)? youtube-dl already filters out ContentProtection-based DRM manifests.

Judging from your screenshot, I guess that's similar to HLS's SAMPLE-AES - decrypt after demux.

[remitamine]

i guess that it's .wvm video as the files has been downloaded with the builtin HttpFD downloader.

[judge2020]

@yan12125 Here's the mpd manifest: https://ghostbin.com/paste/btj36 I removed the links containing my IP and whatnot, if needed I can provide the unedited dump.

[yan12125]

Thanks! That's indeed DRM, and Google's open-sourced shaka-player can handle them (via close-sourced CDMs I guess) [1]. IIRC codes for calling CDMs are open-sourced. I remembered I've seen them in Chromium and Firefox's source trees.

[1] google/shaka-player#358

[lastb0isct]

Any movement on this issue?

[treesap32]

@coldwaterq @judge2020 I'm pretty new at this stuff but would like to test on additional programming on tv.youtube.com with the updated python script youtube.py. Any chance either of you could compile a new windows executable with tv.youtube.com support that I could test with?