MTV/VH1 not working #9613

miztertea · 2016-05-27T18:53:48Z

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youtube-dl -f "best[height<=720]" -A "http://www.vh1.com/full-episodes/uvodsd/love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-common-ground-season-5-ep-508" -v
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-f', u'best[height<=720]', u'-A', u'http://www.vh1.com/full-episodes/uvodsd/love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-common-ground-season-5-ep-508', u'-v']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.05.21.2
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-79630-g9ac154d, ffprobe N-79630-g9ac154d, rtmpdump 2.3
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-common-ground-season-5-ep-508: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-common-ground-season-5-ep-508: Downloading webpage
[generic] love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-common-ground-season-5-ep-508: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://www.vh1.com/full-episodes/uvodsd/love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-common-ground-season-5-ep-508
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "youtube_dl\extractor\generic.pyo", line 1413, in _real_extract
  File "youtube_dl\compat.pyo", line 280, in compat_etree_fromstring
  File "youtube_dl\compat.pyo", line 269, in _XML
  File "xml\etree\ElementTree.pyo", line 1642, in feed
  File "xml\etree\ElementTree.pyo", line 1506, in _raiseerror
ParseError: not well-formed (invalid token): line 29, column 57
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.pyo", line 676, in extract_info
  File "youtube_dl\extractor\common.pyo", line 341, in extract
  File "youtube_dl\extractor\generic.pyo", line 2105, in _real_extract
UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: http://www.vh1.com/full-episodes/uvodsd/love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-common-ground-season-5-ep-508

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I checked the supported sites tab and MTV and VH1 are listed, however I get an unsupported URL with the video above. I also tried a couple of others across both VH1 and MTV sites. I have a valid Cable Subscription Account I can use to login.

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StevenDTX · 2016-06-03T17:52:09Z

This is the same issue I reported back in January. That being said, MTV has changed their streaming again this week.

#8169

MrRobot12 · 2016-07-15T02:43:08Z

This is the method they are using now...

http://www.mtv.com/full-episodes/boj31q/are-you-the-one-perfect-match-at-first-sight-season-4-ep-401

Play the video and then search for mediagenerator with an url snooper. This will give you the first segment.

http://media-utils.mtvnservices.com/services/MediaGenerator/mgid:arc:video:mtv.com:4a5bda08-3172-11e6-8a89-0026b9414f30?device=iPad&isEpisode=true&format=json

Paste the above link into your browser and then it will give another url for the video as well as links for subs below that.

https://cp107857-f.akamaihd.net/i/mtvnorigin/gsp.alias/mediabus/mtv.com/2016/06/27/11/33/15/dcdd637c077048638420a8b06cf3a95b/1203039/0uhCtoTVOs_6469690_1203039_20160627113315990_,384x216_278,512x288_498,640x360_1028,768x432_1528,960x540_2128,1280x720_3128,1920x1080_5128,.mp4.csmil/master.m3u8?hdnea=st%3D1468549996%7Eexp%3D1468564396%7Eacl%3D%2Fi%2Fmtvnorigin%2Fgsp.alias%2Fmediabus%2Fmtv.com%2F2016%2F06%2F27%2F11%2F33%2F15%2Fdcdd637c077048638420a8b06cf3a95b%2F1203039%2F0uhCtoTVOs_6469690_1203039_20160627113315990_%2C384x216_278%2C512x288_498%2C640x360_1028%2C768x432_1528%2C960x540_2128%2C1280x720_3128%2C1920x1080_5128%2C.mp4.csmil%2F*%7Ehmac%3Daaf436db085bff1cd2e83e063e7bcccf27c7bf99448b23c36e617d593aed5a5a&__a__=off&__b__=450&__viacc__=NONE

Once the 1st segment is done playing the next segment will show up on your url snooper. There are usually around 7-9 segments for a 42 minute show. This should be easy enough to implement. All the videos use the same method.

MrRobot12 · 2016-07-18T01:38:04Z

Does this help guys? Adownloader is able to download the MTV segments/subs without a login, so I know it's possible.

Adownloader is buggy as hell though in general so I'd rather use youtube-dl.

miztertea · 2016-07-19T12:48:48Z

If you click on each segment in the video player timeline, you can get the mediagen url's much faster.

I also noticed that not all shows are on the "new" player. It seems like shows that started their season with the "old" player are finishing out that way and shows that new seasons started recently are on the new player.

Oh and Spike and VH1 seems to also now use this same player.

MrRobot12 · 2016-07-27T15:10:42Z

Bump.

dollabi11z · 2016-08-24T18:01:24Z

Bump.

MrRobot12 · 2016-10-14T18:03:04Z

So I see MTV is working now, but it downloads the 8 segments individually and doesn't mux them together into one file at the end. Is there anyway to get youtube-dl to do that?

joetex72 · 2016-11-28T09:04:25Z

vh1.com still doesn't work. :(

C:\YouTubeDL>youtube-dl --verbose "http://www.vh1.com/full-episodes/b3c239/dating-naked-stripped-searching-season-3-ep-301" --write-sub
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.vh1.com/full-episodes/b3c239/dating-naked-stripped-searching-season-3-ep-301', '--write-sub']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.11.27
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.14393
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-82536-gc493a53, ffprobe N-82536-gc493a53, rtmpdump 2.4-20151223-gfa8646d-LibreSSL_2.5.0-i686-static
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] dating-naked-stripped-searching-season-3-ep-301: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] dating-naked-stripped-searching-season-3-ep-301: Downloading webpage
[generic] dating-naked-stripped-searching-season-3-ep-301: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://www.vh1.com/full-episodes/b3c239/dating-naked-stripped-searching-season-3-ep-301
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpi2nj3req\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 694, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpi2nj3req\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 357, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpi2nj3req\build\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 2449, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: http://www.vh1.com/full-episodes/b3c239/dating-naked-stripped-searching-season-3-ep-301

Is the problem due to the video being split into segments?
@MrRobot12 : ffmpeg can do it with the "-f concat" switch.

joetex72 · 2016-12-05T04:47:33Z

The series using the new segmented player on mtv and vh1 are still giving errors.

MTV:

C:\>youtube-dl --update
youtube-dl is up-to-date (2016.12.01)

C:\>youtube-dl "http://www.mtv.com/full-episodes/xrxv4o/real-world-seattle-bad-blood-a-bloody-good-start-season-32-ep-3201" --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: ['-o', 'G:\\Video\\Audials Imported Movies\\%(title)s.%(ext)s', '--add-metadata', '--write-sub']
[debug] Command-line args: ['http://www.mtv.com/full-episodes/xrxv4o/real-world-seattle-bad-blood-a-bloody-good-start-season-32-ep-3201', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.12.01
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.14393
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-82721-g89092fa, ffprobe N-82721-g89092fa, rtmpdump 2.4-20151223-gfa8646d-LibreSSL_2.5.0-i686-static
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[mtv] real-world-seattle-bad-blood-a-bloody-good-start-season-32-ep-3201: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract mgid; 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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6j6yd3lp\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 694, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6j6yd3lp\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 357, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6j6yd3lp\build\youtube_dl\extractor\mtv.py", line 231, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6j6yd3lp\build\youtube_dl\extractor\mtv.py", line 225, in _extract_mgid
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6j6yd3lp\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 660, in _search_regex
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract mgid; 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.

VH1:

C:\>youtube-dl --update
youtube-dl is up-to-date (2016.12.01)

C:\>youtube-dl "http://www.vh1.com/full-episodes/ns2gw0/love-and-hip-hop-hollywood-california-dreaming-season-3-ep-301" --verbose
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: ['-o', 'G:\\Video\\Audials Imported Movies\\%(title)s.%(ext)s', '--add-metadata', '--write-sub']
[debug] Command-line args: ['http://www.vh1.com/full-episodes/ns2gw0/love-and-hip-hop-hollywood-california-dreaming-season-3-ep-301', '--verbose']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.12.01
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.14393
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-82721-g89092fa, ffprobe N-82721-g89092fa, rtmpdump 2.4-20151223-gfa8646d-LibreSSL_2.5.0-i686-static
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] love-and-hip-hop-hollywood-california-dreaming-season-3-ep-301: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] love-and-hip-hop-hollywood-california-dreaming-season-3-ep-301: Downloading webpage
[generic] love-and-hip-hop-hollywood-california-dreaming-season-3-ep-301: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://www.vh1.com/full-episodes/ns2gw0/love-and-hip-hop-hollywood-california-dreaming-season-3-ep-301
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6j6yd3lp\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 694, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6j6yd3lp\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 357, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmp6j6yd3lp\build\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 2433, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: http://www.vh1.com/full-episodes/ns2gw0/love-and-hip-hop-hollywood-california-dreaming-season-3-ep-301

Both episodes are free and require no account like the topic label says. You can test with these free links:

http://www.mtv.com/video-clips/z783wg/are-you-the-one-sneak-peek-trouble-in-the-boom-boom-room
http://www.vh1.com/video-clips/wekuo5/love-and-hip-hop-hollywood-nikki-and-teairra-catch-up

All the bonus clips on both sites are free to watch but youtube-dl supports none of them. Atresmedia Downloader (Adownloader) is doing the job for now, but that program always feels like it's going to crash my system and doesn't feel as clean as youtube-dl.

NO ACCOUNT is needed to watch the first episodes and bonus clips of the new series that use the segmented player.

joetex72 · 2017-01-11T08:32:35Z

Anyone willing to tackle this if I provide a free account?

StevenDTX · 2017-07-07T13:41:06Z

MTV has been working for quite some time, but VH1 still gives an "Unsupported URL" error.

c:\support\youtube-dl.exe --download-archive D:\scripts\Auto-TV-Download\archive.txt --restrict-filenames --continue --no-check-certificate --ignore-errors --verbose -f "best[height=720]" -o "D:\scripts\Auto-TV-Download\TEMP\Love..Hip.Hop.Atlanta.S06E16.The.End.Is.Near-%(playlist_index)s.mp4" "http://www.vh1.com/episodes/z5wzin/love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-the-end-is-near-season-6-ep-616"

[debug] Command-line args: ['--download-archive', 'D:\\scripts\\Auto-TV-Download\\archive.txt', '--restrict-filenames', '--continue', '--no-check-certificate', 
'--ignore-errors', '--verbose', '-f', 'best[height=720]', '-o', 'D:\\scripts\\Auto-TV-Download\\TEMP\\Love..Hip.Hop.Atlanta.S06E16.The.End.Is.Near-%(playlist_index)s.mp4', 
'http://www.vh1.com/episodes/z5wzin/love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-the-end-is-near-season-6-ep-616']

[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp1252, pref cp1252

[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.07.02

[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.14393

[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-82966-g6993bb4, ffprobe N-72383-g7206b94, rtmpdump 2.4

[debug] Proxy map: {}

[generic] love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-the-end-is-near-season-6-ep-616: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.

[generic] love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-the-end-is-near-season-6-ep-616: Downloading webpage
[generic] love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-the-end-is-near-season-6-ep-616: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://www.vh1.com/episodes/z5wzin/love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-the-end-is-near-season-6-ep-616

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpcnuqbtg0\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 762, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpcnuqbtg0\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 433, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpcnuqbtg0\build\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 2824, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: http://www.vh1.com/episodes/z5wzin/love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-the-end-is-near-season-6-ep-616

miztertea · 2017-07-07T14:32:32Z

Looks like they are using a new player for the URL in the last comment that gets a playlist from somewhere with a master.m3u8 for each segment.

StevenDTX · 2017-10-15T13:52:41Z

Thanks @mhartkorn and @remitamine

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problem with this url : http://www.vh1.com/full-episodes/cqxu0a/americas-next-top-model-business-brand-boss-season-23-ep-2301 #11464

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vh1 No Longer Supported? #11662

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vh1.py hasn't been updated in over 2 years #11838

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MTV/VH1 not working #9613

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miztertea commented May 27, 2016 • edited

Please follow the guide below

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MrRobot12 commented Jul 18, 2016 • edited

miztertea commented Jul 19, 2016 • edited

MrRobot12 commented Jul 27, 2016

dollabi11z commented Aug 24, 2016

MrRobot12 commented Oct 14, 2016

joetex72 commented Nov 28, 2016

joetex72 commented Dec 5, 2016

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miztertea commented May 27, 2016 •

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Make sure you are using the latest version: run `youtube-dl --version` and ensure your version is 2016.05.21.2. If it's not read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

MrRobot12 commented Jul 18, 2016 •

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