ustv247.tv a site that retransmits CNN etc.

[bonacker1]

http://ustv247.tv

This is a site that retransmits CNN, Fox, MSNBC and a dozen other cable channels. Until today, its html source contained the direct URL to the live video for playing or recording in VLC. It has been up for a year or more, so I assume it isn't violating copyrights. It must have agreements with its partners.

This was the URL for CNN that worked yesterday:

http://peer3.savitar.tv/CNN/myStream/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTEvMzAvMjAxOSAxMjowMTo1MyBBTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPWVOWVd2STlETU51TFJTTVlLOFJhTXc9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9MzYwJmlkPTA=

That URL expired every 3 hours or so but could be easily refreshed. Now the source code only has http://peer2.savitar.tv/CNN/myStream/playlist.m3u8 . The authorization key is missing.

When sniffing with a browser (F12), the only video URLs found are
http://peer2.savitar.tv/NBC/myStream/chunks.m3u8 and the individual .ts chunks. These go to 403, forbidden.

They evidently have changed the way they authorize viewing their streams.

1. How are they doing this? How do they hide the process from being sniffed? There is a small icon at the bottom of the webpage now that may have not been there before the change. It's a "protected by reCAPTCHA." Could this have something to do with it?

2. I would appreciate it if YouTube-dl could add this to its supported sites.

Thanks a lot!

Checklist

• [ x] I'm reporting a new site support request
• [ x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2019.11.28
• [ x] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• [x ] I've checked that none of provided URLs violate any copyrights
• [ x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar site support requests including closed ones

Example URLs

• Single video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc
• Single video: https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc
• Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lCao7KL_QFVb7Iudeipvc2BCavECqzc

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[michaelcrossland1979]

Please don't add there site because they have changed there way of making the url's work and they change every time it's called for now, that was because 3 android apps that I know of keep trying to take there feeds and add it to there apps.