[aenetworks] "The signature is invalid."

[2011]

• I'm reporting a broken site support
• I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.06.06
• I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
• I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

Verbose log

$ youtube-dl -v -F 'https://play.mylifetime.com/shows/the-rap-game/season-1/episode-1'              
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--restrict-filenames', '-o', '%(title)s-%(id)s-%(uploader)s.%(ext)s', '-w', '-v', '-F', 'https://play.mylifetime.com/shows/the-rap-game/season-1/episode-1']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.06.06
[debug] Python version 3.9.5 (CPython) - Linux-5.10.27...
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.4, ffprobe 4.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[aenetworks] /shows/the-rap-game/season-1/episode-1: Downloading JSON metadata
[aenetworks] /shows/the-rap-game/season-1/episode-1: Downloading JSON metadata
[aenetworks] 593877571572: Downloading JSON metadata
[aenetworks] 593877571572: Downloading hls_high_ak SMIL data
[aenetworks] 593877571572: Downloading high_video_s3 SMIL data
[aenetworks] 593877571572: Downloading hls_high_fastly SMIL data
ERROR: The signature is invalid.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 815, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 836, in __extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 534, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/aenetworks.py", line 174, in _real_extract
    return self._extract_aetn_info(domain, 'canonical', '/' + canonical, url)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/aenetworks.py", line 93, in _extract_aetn_info
    info.update(self._extract_aen_smil(media_url, video_id, auth))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/aenetworks.py", line 66, in _extract_aen_smil
    raise last_e
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/aenetworks.py", line 56, in _extract_aen_smil
    tp_formats, tp_subtitles = self._extract_theplatform_smil(
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/youtube_dl/extractor/theplatform.py", line 51, in _extract_theplatform_smil
    raise ExtractorError(
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: The signature is invalid.

Description

I literally "saw" this break. Worked fine up until a few hours ago, and then, all of a sudden, every download attempt produces this message (even ones that had worked right before whatever change they made).

[rautamiekka]

I confirm it ain't working (I used PowerShell 7.1.3 on Win10):

PowerShell 7.1.3
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.

https://aka.ms/powershell
Type 'help' to get help.

Loading personal and system profiles took 1244ms.
(base) PS C:\Windows\System32> youtube-dl --ignore-config --verbose --verbose --ignore-errors --no-mark-watched --format "bestvideo+bestaudio/best" --audio-format best --audio-quality 0 --ffmpeg-location "C:/Users/Public/Downloads/ffmpeg/bin" --no-playlist --output "I:/SEAGATE_2TB_0/_DOWNLOADS_/_websites_/com/youtube/%(uploader_id)s/%(title)s %(resolution)s #%(id)s#.%(ext)s" --console-title --no-mtime --retries infinite --continue --no-overwrites --fragment-retries infinite -v -F 'https://play.mylifetime.com/shows/the-rap-game/season-1/episode-1'
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--ignore-config', '--verbose', '--verbose', '--ignore-errors', '--no-mark-watched', '--format', 'bestvideo+bestaudio/best', '--audio-format', 'best', '--audio-quality', '0', '--ffmpeg-location', 'C:/Users/Public/Downloads/ffmpeg/bin', '--no-playlist', '--output', 'I:/SEAGATE_2TB_0/_DOWNLOADS_/_websites_/com/youtube/%(uploader_id)s/%(title)s %(resolution)s #%(id)s#.%(ext)s', '--console-title', '--no-mtime', '--retries', 'infinite', '--continue', '--no-overwrites', '--fragment-retries', 'infinite', '-v', '-F', 'https://play.mylifetime.com/shows/the-rap-game/season-1/episode-1']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.06.06
[debug] Python version 3.8.10 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19042-SP0
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2021-04-14-git-c5ca18fd1b-full_build-www.gyan.dev, ffprobe 2021-04-14-git-c5ca18fd1b-full_build-www.gyan.dev
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[aenetworks] /shows/the-rap-game/season-1/episode-1: Downloading JSON metadata
[aenetworks] 593877571572: Downloading JSON metadata
[aenetworks] 593877571572: Downloading hls_high_ak SMIL data
[aenetworks] 593877571572: Downloading high_video_s3 SMIL data
[aenetworks] 593877571572: Downloading hls_high_fastly SMIL data
ERROR: The signature is invalid.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\programdata\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 815, in wrapper
    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "c:\programdata\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 836, in __extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "c:\programdata\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 534, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "c:\programdata\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\aenetworks.py", line 174, in _real_extract
    return self._extract_aetn_info(domain, 'canonical', '/' + canonical, url)
  File "c:\programdata\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\aenetworks.py", line 93, in _extract_aetn_info
    info.update(self._extract_aen_smil(media_url, video_id, auth))
  File "c:\programdata\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\aenetworks.py", line 66, in _extract_aen_smil
    raise last_e
  File "c:\programdata\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\aenetworks.py", line 56, in _extract_aen_smil
    tp_formats, tp_subtitles = self._extract_theplatform_smil(
  File "c:\programdata\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\theplatform.py", line 51, in _extract_theplatform_smil
    raise ExtractorError(
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: The signature is invalid.

(base) PS C:\Windows\System32>

[Mr-Jake]

Not every [aenetworks] is broken. Lifetime gives the "The signature is invalid." error, but the A&E and History sites still work.

[2011]

Not every [aenetworks] is broken. Lifetime gives the "The signature is invalid." error, but the A&E and History sites still work.

Unsurprisingly, History no longer works (with the same error message).

[AlainGyger]

I'm getting the same error, running Ubuntu's standard version 2021.04.07.

[ericblau]

Looks like they changed at least the secret and key (_THEPLATFORM_KEY and _THEPLATFORM_SECRET) that they use to construct the hmac signature. Looks like the new secret should be 'S10BPXHMlb' (533130425058484d6c62), at least for History channel--haven't looked at any others. My attempt to use hashcat to figure out the key failed--I'm not at all sure I wasn't doing something wrong.

[TheQuiz03]

same issue with some history videos:

C:>youtube-dl.exe --verbose https://play.history.com/shows/the-machines-that-built-america/season-1/episode-1
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://play.history.com/shows/the-machines-that-built-america/season-1/episode-1']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.06.06
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.19041
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-89409-g4678339e74, ffprobe N-89409-g4678339e74
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[aenetworks] /shows/the-machines-that-built-america/season-1/episode-1: Downloading JSON metadata
[aenetworks] 1922850371860: Downloading JSON metadata
[aenetworks] 1922850371860: Downloading hls_high_ak SMIL data
[aenetworks] 1922850371860: Downloading high_video_s3 SMIL data
[aenetworks] 1922850371860: Downloading hls_high_fastly SMIL data
ERROR: The signature is invalid.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpkqxnwl31\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 815, in wrapper
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpkqxnwl31\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 836, in __extract_info
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpkqxnwl31\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 534, in extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpkqxnwl31\build\youtube_dl\extractor\aenetworks.py", line 174, in _real_extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpkqxnwl31\build\youtube_dl\extractor\aenetworks.py", line 93, in _extract_aetn_info
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpkqxnwl31\build\youtube_dl\extractor\aenetworks.py", line 66, in _extract_aen_smil
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpkqxnwl31\build\youtube_dl\extractor\aenetworks.py", line 57, in _extract_aen_smil
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpkqxnwl31\build\youtube_dl\extractor\theplatform.py", line 52, in _extract_theplatform_smil
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: The signature is invalid.

[wesnm]

@ericblau Where did you extract that secret from?

Never mind, I see. The key looks like it is hidden in some obfuscated javascript that you'll probably need to load into an interpreter or something else to decode. It also looks like it has grown to 48 characters / 192 bytes, so possibly a sha-256-192 signature?

[wesnm]

Update. The new parameters are (thank you chrome):
_THEPLATFORM_KEY = '43jXaGRQud'
_THEPLATFORM_SECRET = 'S10BPXHMlb'

Can download from history.com now.

[goatmale]

Update. The new parameters are (thank you chrome): _THEPLATFORM_KEY = '43jXaGRQud' _THEPLATFORM_SECRET = 'S10BPXHMlb'

Can download from history.com now.

Thanks man - editing "C:\Users{USERNAME}\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\youtube_dl\extractor\aenetworks.py" manually with the keys you referenced worked right away in Windows 10!

[eflister]

just hit this with https://play.history.com/shows/alone/season-1/episode-5, the key/secret worked, thanks! any way to get this merged?