[ARTE.tv] Unable to download JSON metadata

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2026-02-21 13:42:34 -05:00

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Originally created by @sebastienadam on GitHub (May 6, 2022).

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I'm reporting a broken site support issue
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
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 bug reports including closed ones
I've read bugs section in FAQ

Verbose log

$ youtube-dl --verbose https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/097516-000-A/operation-1005-les-effaceurs-de-crimes/
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/097516-000-A/operation-1005-les-effaceurs-de-crimes/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
[debug] Python version 3.8.10 (CPython) - Linux-5.13.0-40-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.29
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.4, ffprobe 4.2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[ArteTV] 097516-000-A: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by <HTTPError 404: 'Not Found'>); 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.
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 634, in _request_webpage
    return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2288, in urlopen
    return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 531, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 640, in http_response
    response = self.parent.error(
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 569, in error
    return self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 502, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 649, in http_error_default
    raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)

Description

I was trying to download a video from website https://arte.tv/. Before, youtube-dl was working well with this site, but not anymore. I tried to re-download previously (successfully) downloaded videos, but I still receive the same error. I guess the page format changed.

Thanks for your job.

Originally created by @sebastienadam on GitHub (May 6, 2022). ## Checklist - [x] I'm reporting a broken site support issue - [x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2021.12.17** - [x] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser - [x] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped - [x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar bug reports including closed ones - [x] I've read bugs section in FAQ ## Verbose log ``` $ youtube-dl --verbose https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/097516-000-A/operation-1005-les-effaceurs-de-crimes/ [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/097516-000-A/operation-1005-les-effaceurs-de-crimes/'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17 [debug] Python version 3.8.10 (CPython) - Linux-5.13.0-40-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.29 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.2.4, ffprobe 4.2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [ArteTV] 097516-000-A: Downloading JSON metadata ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by <HTTPError 404: 'Not Found'>); 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. File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 634, in _request_webpage return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request) File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2288, in urlopen return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 531, in open response = meth(req, response) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 640, in http_response response = self.parent.error( File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 569, in error return self._call_chain(*args) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 502, in _call_chain result = func(*args) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/urllib/request.py", line 649, in http_error_default raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp) ``` ## Description I was trying to download a video from website https://arte.tv/. Before, `youtube-dl` was working well with this site, but not anymore. I tried to re-download previously (successfully) downloaded videos, but I still receive the same error. I guess the page format changed. Thanks for your job.

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@dirkf commented on GitHub (May 6, 2022):

Although the log is not exactly the same, see #30878: in particular https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/30878#issuecomment-1141949627.

@dirkf commented on GitHub (May 6, 2022): Although the log is not exactly the same, see #30878: in particular https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/30878#issuecomment-1141949627.

deekerman commented

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@laryllian commented on GitHub (Jun 7, 2022):

@Zombo schrieb am 05.06.22 um 19:08 Uhr:
Do they have any English stuff? I would be willing to look at this,
but it needs to be something I might actually watch

Sure they do, so much wonderful stuff:
https://www.arte.tv/en/

They even have full concerts, e.g. Rolling stones – A bigger bang
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/105608-000-A/rolling-stones-a-bigger-bang/

I'd really apprechiate you looking into this. :D

Greetz and thank you
laryllian

@laryllian commented on GitHub (Jun 7, 2022): > @Zombo schrieb am 05.06.22 um 19:08 Uhr: > Do they have any English stuff? I would be willing to look at this, > but it needs to be something I might actually watch Sure they do, so much wonderful stuff: https://www.arte.tv/en/ They even have full concerts, e.g. Rolling stones – A bigger bang https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/105608-000-A/rolling-stones-a-bigger-bang/ I'd really apprechiate you looking into this. :D Greetz and thank you laryllian

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@DDBE12 commented on GitHub (Aug 6, 2022):

I've found a very easy workaround for this arte.tv problem with their API. No need to do any updates, download new PY files, or switch to a different code/app. After hours and hours of googling, I found a casual remark that just said, "API 2 simply means that you need to find the m3u8 URL."

So basically, all one has to do is google how to find find the URL for a blob video in your specific browser (the routines are a little different in Firefox and Chrome, respectively). Once you've found it, you only need to fetch the URL for the m3u8 file and paste it into youtube-dl, done.

@DDBE12 commented on GitHub (Aug 6, 2022): I've found a very easy workaround for this arte.tv problem with their API. No need to do any updates, download new PY files, or switch to a different code/app. After hours and hours of googling, I found a casual remark that just said, "API 2 simply means that you need to find the m3u8 URL." So basically, all one has to do is google how to find find the URL for a blob video in your specific browser (the routines are a little different in Firefox and Chrome, respectively). Once you've found it, you only need to fetch the URL for the m3u8 file and paste it into youtube-dl, done.

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@oblab commented on GitHub (Sep 9, 2022):

on firefox, open Developer Tools, go to Media tab, search for mp4 file, the copy the url

@oblab commented on GitHub (Sep 9, 2022): on firefox, open Developer Tools, go to Media tab, search for mp4 file, the copy the url

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@Vangelis66 commented on GitHub (Sep 19, 2022):

... Backporting from current yt-dlp might be necessary to restore ARTE.tv downloads in youtube-dl;
sample URL available (and working) at the time of writing:

https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/

yt-dlp -v -F "https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/" --ie ArteTV => 

[debug] Command-line config: ['--ffmpeg-location', '..', '--downloader-args', 'ffmpeg:-v 8 -stats', '-v', '-F', 'https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1253, fs utf-8, pref cp1253, out utf-8 (No VT), error utf-8 (No VT), screen utf-8 (No VT)
[debug] ytdl-patched/yt-dlp version 2022.09.19.40298 [bd21f4d] (win32_exe)
[debug] ** This build is unofficial daily builds, provided for ease of use.
[debug] ** Please do not ask for any support.
[debug] Python 3.7.9 (CPython 32bit) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2
[debug] Checking exe version: "..\ffmpeg" -bsfs
[debug] Checking exe version: "..\ffprobe" -bsfs
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.4.1 (setts), ffprobe 4.4.1, phantomjs 2.1.1
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.09.14, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Loaded 1 extractors
[debug] [ArteTV] Extracting URL: https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading JSON metadata
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Formats sorted by: hasvid, ie_pref, lang, quality, res, fps, hdr:12(7),vcodec:vp9.2(10), channels, acodec, filesize, fs_approx, tbr, vbr, abr, asr, proto, vext, aext, hasaud, source, id
[info] Available formats for 067103-000-A:
ID                             EXT RESOLUTION FPS |   FILESIZE   TBR PROTO | VCODEC        VBR ACODEC     MORE INFO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VO-STA-program_audio_0-VO      mp4 audio only     |                  m3u8  | audio only        unknown    [ru] German (Subtitles) [subDE]
VO-STE_ESP_-program_audio_0-VO mp4 audio only     |                  m3u8  | audio only        unknown    [ru] Spanish (Subtitles) [OGsub-ESP]
VO-STE_ITA_-program_audio_0-VO mp4 audio only     |                  m3u8  | audio only        unknown    [ru] Italian (Subtitles) [OGsub-ITA]
VO-STE_POL_-program_audio_0-VO mp4 audio only     |                  m3u8  | audio only        unknown    [ru] Polish (Subtitles) [OGsub-POL]
VO-STF-program_audio_0-VO      mp4 audio only     |                  m3u8  | audio only        unknown    [ru] French (Subtitles) [subFR]
VO-STE_ANG_-program_audio_0-VO mp4 audio only     |                  m3u8  | audio only        unknown    [ru] English (Subtitles) [OGsub-ANG]
VO-STA-426                     mp4 384x216     25 | ~248.75MiB  426k m3u8  | avc1.42e00d  426k video only German (Subtitles) [subDE]
VO-STE_ESP_-426                mp4 384x216     25 | ~248.75MiB  426k m3u8  | avc1.42e00d  426k video only Spanish (Subtitles) [OGsub-ESP]
VO-STE_ITA_-426                mp4 384x216     25 | ~248.75MiB  426k m3u8  | avc1.42e00d  426k video only Italian (Subtitles) [OGsub-ITA]
VO-STE_POL_-426                mp4 384x216     25 | ~248.75MiB  426k m3u8  | avc1.42e00d  426k video only Polish (Subtitles) [OGsub-POL]
VO-STF-426                     mp4 384x216     25 | ~248.75MiB  426k m3u8  | avc1.42e00d  426k video only French (Subtitles) [subFR]
VO-STA-927                     mp4 640x360     25 | ~541.19MiB  927k m3u8  | avc1.4d401e  927k video only German (Subtitles) [subDE]
VO-STE_ESP_-927                mp4 640x360     25 | ~541.19MiB  927k m3u8  | avc1.4d401e  927k video only Spanish (Subtitles) [OGsub-ESP]
VO-STE_ITA_-927                mp4 640x360     25 | ~541.19MiB  927k m3u8  | avc1.4d401e  927k video only Italian (Subtitles) [OGsub-ITA]
VO-STE_POL_-927                mp4 640x360     25 | ~541.19MiB  927k m3u8  | avc1.4d401e  927k video only Polish (Subtitles) [OGsub-POL]
VO-STF-927                     mp4 640x360     25 | ~541.19MiB  927k m3u8  | avc1.4d401e  927k video only French (Subtitles) [subFR]
VO-STA-1617                    mp4 768x432     25 | ~943.97MiB 1617k m3u8  | avc1.4d401e 1617k video only German (Subtitles) [subDE]
VO-STE_ESP_-1617               mp4 768x432     25 | ~943.97MiB 1617k m3u8  | avc1.4d401e 1617k video only Spanish (Subtitles) [OGsub-ESP]
VO-STE_ITA_-1617               mp4 768x432     25 | ~943.97MiB 1617k m3u8  | avc1.4d401e 1617k video only Italian (Subtitles) [OGsub-ITA]
VO-STE_POL_-1617               mp4 768x432     25 | ~943.97MiB 1617k m3u8  | avc1.4d401e 1617k video only Polish (Subtitles) [OGsub-POL]
VO-STF-1617                    mp4 768x432     25 | ~943.97MiB 1617k m3u8  | avc1.4d401e 1617k video only French (Subtitles) [subFR]
VO-STA-2313                    mp4 1280x720    25 | ~  1.32GiB 2313k m3u8  | avc1.4d401f 2313k video only German (Subtitles) [subDE]
VO-STE_ESP_-2313               mp4 1280x720    25 | ~  1.32GiB 2313k m3u8  | avc1.4d401f 2313k video only Spanish (Subtitles) [OGsub-ESP]
VO-STE_ITA_-2313               mp4 1280x720    25 | ~  1.32GiB 2313k m3u8  | avc1.4d401f 2313k video only Italian (Subtitles) [OGsub-ITA]
VO-STE_POL_-2313               mp4 1280x720    25 | ~  1.32GiB 2313k m3u8  | avc1.4d401f 2313k video only Polish (Subtitles) [OGsub-POL]
VO-STF-2313                    mp4 1280x720    25 | ~  1.32GiB 2313k m3u8  | avc1.4d401f 2313k video only French (Subtitles) [subFR]
VO-STE_ANG_-426                mp4 384x216     25 | ~248.75MiB  426k m3u8  | avc1.42e00d  426k video only English (Subtitles) [OGsub-ANG]
VO-STE_ANG_-927                mp4 640x360     25 | ~541.19MiB  927k m3u8  | avc1.4d401e  927k video only English (Subtitles) [OGsub-ANG]
VO-STE_ANG_-1617               mp4 768x432     25 | ~943.97MiB 1617k m3u8  | avc1.4d401e 1617k video only English (Subtitles) [OGsub-ANG]
VO-STE_ANG_-2313               mp4 1280x720    25 | ~  1.32GiB 2313k m3u8  | avc1.4d401f 2313k video only English (Subtitles) [OGsub-ANG]

@Vangelis66 commented on GitHub (Sep 19, 2022): ... Backporting from current `yt-dlp` might be necessary to restore **ARTE.tv** downloads in `youtube-dl`; sample URL available (and working) at the time of writing: https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/ ``` yt-dlp -v -F "https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/" --ie ArteTV => [debug] Command-line config: ['--ffmpeg-location', '..', '--downloader-args', 'ffmpeg:-v 8 -stats', '-v', '-F', 'https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1253, fs utf-8, pref cp1253, out utf-8 (No VT), error utf-8 (No VT), screen utf-8 (No VT) [debug] ytdl-patched/yt-dlp version 2022.09.19.40298 [bd21f4d] (win32_exe) [debug] ** This build is unofficial daily builds, provided for ease of use. [debug] ** Please do not ask for any support. [debug] Python 3.7.9 (CPython 32bit) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2 [debug] Checking exe version: "..\ffmpeg" -bsfs [debug] Checking exe version: "..\ffprobe" -bsfs [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.4.1 (setts), ffprobe 4.4.1, phantomjs 2.1.1 [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.09.14, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Loaded 1 extractors [debug] [ArteTV] Extracting URL: https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/ [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading JSON metadata [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [debug] Formats sorted by: hasvid, ie_pref, lang, quality, res, fps, hdr:12(7),vcodec:vp9.2(10), channels, acodec, filesize, fs_approx, tbr, vbr, abr, asr, proto, vext, aext, hasaud, source, id [info] Available formats for 067103-000-A: ID EXT RESOLUTION FPS | FILESIZE TBR PROTO | VCODEC VBR ACODEC MORE INFO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VO-STA-program_audio_0-VO mp4 audio only | m3u8 | audio only unknown [ru] German (Subtitles) [subDE] VO-STE_ESP_-program_audio_0-VO mp4 audio only | m3u8 | audio only unknown [ru] Spanish (Subtitles) [OGsub-ESP] VO-STE_ITA_-program_audio_0-VO mp4 audio only | m3u8 | audio only unknown [ru] Italian (Subtitles) [OGsub-ITA] VO-STE_POL_-program_audio_0-VO mp4 audio only | m3u8 | audio only unknown [ru] Polish (Subtitles) [OGsub-POL] VO-STF-program_audio_0-VO mp4 audio only | m3u8 | audio only unknown [ru] French (Subtitles) [subFR] VO-STE_ANG_-program_audio_0-VO mp4 audio only | m3u8 | audio only unknown [ru] English (Subtitles) [OGsub-ANG] VO-STA-426 mp4 384x216 25 | ~248.75MiB 426k m3u8 | avc1.42e00d 426k video only German (Subtitles) [subDE] VO-STE_ESP_-426 mp4 384x216 25 | ~248.75MiB 426k m3u8 | avc1.42e00d 426k video only Spanish (Subtitles) [OGsub-ESP] VO-STE_ITA_-426 mp4 384x216 25 | ~248.75MiB 426k m3u8 | avc1.42e00d 426k video only Italian (Subtitles) [OGsub-ITA] VO-STE_POL_-426 mp4 384x216 25 | ~248.75MiB 426k m3u8 | avc1.42e00d 426k video only Polish (Subtitles) [OGsub-POL] VO-STF-426 mp4 384x216 25 | ~248.75MiB 426k m3u8 | avc1.42e00d 426k video only French (Subtitles) [subFR] VO-STA-927 mp4 640x360 25 | ~541.19MiB 927k m3u8 | avc1.4d401e 927k video only German (Subtitles) [subDE] VO-STE_ESP_-927 mp4 640x360 25 | ~541.19MiB 927k m3u8 | avc1.4d401e 927k video only Spanish (Subtitles) [OGsub-ESP] VO-STE_ITA_-927 mp4 640x360 25 | ~541.19MiB 927k m3u8 | avc1.4d401e 927k video only Italian (Subtitles) [OGsub-ITA] VO-STE_POL_-927 mp4 640x360 25 | ~541.19MiB 927k m3u8 | avc1.4d401e 927k video only Polish (Subtitles) [OGsub-POL] VO-STF-927 mp4 640x360 25 | ~541.19MiB 927k m3u8 | avc1.4d401e 927k video only French (Subtitles) [subFR] VO-STA-1617 mp4 768x432 25 | ~943.97MiB 1617k m3u8 | avc1.4d401e 1617k video only German (Subtitles) [subDE] VO-STE_ESP_-1617 mp4 768x432 25 | ~943.97MiB 1617k m3u8 | avc1.4d401e 1617k video only Spanish (Subtitles) [OGsub-ESP] VO-STE_ITA_-1617 mp4 768x432 25 | ~943.97MiB 1617k m3u8 | avc1.4d401e 1617k video only Italian (Subtitles) [OGsub-ITA] VO-STE_POL_-1617 mp4 768x432 25 | ~943.97MiB 1617k m3u8 | avc1.4d401e 1617k video only Polish (Subtitles) [OGsub-POL] VO-STF-1617 mp4 768x432 25 | ~943.97MiB 1617k m3u8 | avc1.4d401e 1617k video only French (Subtitles) [subFR] VO-STA-2313 mp4 1280x720 25 | ~ 1.32GiB 2313k m3u8 | avc1.4d401f 2313k video only German (Subtitles) [subDE] VO-STE_ESP_-2313 mp4 1280x720 25 | ~ 1.32GiB 2313k m3u8 | avc1.4d401f 2313k video only Spanish (Subtitles) [OGsub-ESP] VO-STE_ITA_-2313 mp4 1280x720 25 | ~ 1.32GiB 2313k m3u8 | avc1.4d401f 2313k video only Italian (Subtitles) [OGsub-ITA] VO-STE_POL_-2313 mp4 1280x720 25 | ~ 1.32GiB 2313k m3u8 | avc1.4d401f 2313k video only Polish (Subtitles) [OGsub-POL] VO-STF-2313 mp4 1280x720 25 | ~ 1.32GiB 2313k m3u8 | avc1.4d401f 2313k video only French (Subtitles) [subFR] VO-STE_ANG_-426 mp4 384x216 25 | ~248.75MiB 426k m3u8 | avc1.42e00d 426k video only English (Subtitles) [OGsub-ANG] VO-STE_ANG_-927 mp4 640x360 25 | ~541.19MiB 927k m3u8 | avc1.4d401e 927k video only English (Subtitles) [OGsub-ANG] VO-STE_ANG_-1617 mp4 768x432 25 | ~943.97MiB 1617k m3u8 | avc1.4d401e 1617k video only English (Subtitles) [OGsub-ANG] VO-STE_ANG_-2313 mp4 1280x720 25 | ~ 1.32GiB 2313k m3u8 | avc1.4d401f 2313k video only English (Subtitles) [OGsub-ANG] ```

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@muelli commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2023):

I just figured out that https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp appears to work, just in case somebody needs a solution urgently. I hope, though, that the support can be added to youtube-dl proper.

@muelli commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2023): I just figured out that https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp appears to work, just in case somebody needs a solution urgently. I hope, though, that the support can be added to youtube-dl proper.

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@Vangelis66 commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2023):

I just figured out that
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
appears to work

... The sample ARTE.tv link I used back in Sep of last year now produces different results with latest yt-dlp:

[debug] Command-line config: ['--ffmpeg-location', '..\\FFmpeg', '--downloader-args', 'ffmpeg:-v 8 -stats', '-v', '-F', 'https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/', '--ie', 'ArteTV']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1253, fs utf-8, pref cp1253, out utf-8 (No VT), error utf-8 (No VT), screen utf-8 (No VT)
[debug] yt-dlp version 2023.02.14 [8b37c58f8] (win_x86_exe)
[debug] Python 3.8.16 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2 (OpenSSL 1.1.1s  1 Nov 2022)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg n5.2-dev-2245-N-109649-gab8cde6 (setts), ffprobe n5.2-dev-2245-N-109649-gab8cde6, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.17, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.12.07, mutagen-1.46.0, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Extractor Plugins: AGB+NSIG (YoutubeIE)
[debug] Plugin directories: ['<redacted>\\yt-dlp-plugins\\YTAgeGateBypass.zip\\yt_dlp_plugins', '<redacted>\\yt-dlp-plugins\\YTNSigProxy.zip\\yt_dlp_plugins']
[debug] Loaded 1 extractors
[ArteTV] Extracting URL: https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading JSON metadata
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[debug] Formats sorted by: hasvid, ie_pref, lang, quality, res, fps, hdr:12(7), vcodec:vp9.2(10), channels, acodec, filesize, fs_approx, tbr, vbr, abr, asr, proto, vext, aext, hasaud, source, id
[info] Available formats for 067103-000-A:
ID                        EXT RESOLUTION FPS |   FILESIZE   TBR PROTO | VCODEC      VBR ACODEC     MORE INFO
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VO-STF-program_audio_0-VO mp4 audio only     |                  m3u8  | audio only        unknown    [ru] French (Subtitles) [subFR]
VO-STF-426                mp4 384x216     25 | ~248.75MiB  426k m3u8  | avc1.42e00d  426k video only French (Subtitles) [subFR]
VO-STF-927                mp4 640x360     25 | ~541.19MiB  927k m3u8  | avc1.4d401e  927k video only French (Subtitles) [subFR]
VO-STF-1617               mp4 768x432     25 | ~943.97MiB 1617k m3u8  | avc1.4d401e 1617k video only French (Subtitles) [subFR]
VO-STF-2313               mp4 1280x720    25 | ~  1.32GiB 2313k m3u8  | avc1.4d401f 2313k video only French (Subtitles) [subFR]

... And a "word" of caution:

yt-dlp "https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/" --list-subs => 

[ArteTV] Extracting URL: https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading JSON metadata
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available subtitles for 067103-000-A:
Language Formats
en       vtt
fr       vtt
de       vtt
es       vtt
pl       vtt
it       vtt

If you prefer your subs (like myself 😉) in the old but trusted .srt format,

yt-dlp "https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/" --skip-download --write-subs --sub-langs en --convert-subs srt => 

[ArteTV] Extracting URL: https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading JSON metadata
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] 067103-000-A: Downloading subtitles: en
[info] 067103-000-A: Downloading 1 format(s): VO-STF-2313+VO-STF-program_audio_0-VO
[info] Writing video subtitles to: Mariupol [067103-000-A].en.vtt
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 1
[download] Destination: Mariupol [067103-000-A].en.vtt
[download] 100% of   39.89KiB in 00:00:02 at 19.65KiB/s
[SubtitlesConvertor] Converting subtitles
Deleting original file Mariupol [067103-000-A].en.vtt (pass -k to keep)

... will leave you with an empty Mariupol [067103-000-A].en.srt file 😞 😭 😠 ...
This is because the specific webvtt subs format ARTE serve is not palatable to FFmpeg, used for the conversion vtt => srt...

Simply fetch the original vtt subs:

yt-dlp "https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/" --skip-download --write-subs --sub-langs en

and use another tool to convert them to .srt (I found fairly recent 😉 releases of SubtitleEdit to work OK for the task 👍 ) ...

@Vangelis66 commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2023): > I just figured out that https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp appears to work ... The sample `ARTE.tv` link I used [back in Sep of last year](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/30919#issuecomment-1251658962) now produces different results with latest `yt-dlp`: ```shell [debug] Command-line config: ['--ffmpeg-location', '..\\FFmpeg', '--downloader-args', 'ffmpeg:-v 8 -stats', '-v', '-F', 'https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/', '--ie', 'ArteTV'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1253, fs utf-8, pref cp1253, out utf-8 (No VT), error utf-8 (No VT), screen utf-8 (No VT) [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.02.14 [8b37c58f8] (win_x86_exe) [debug] Python 3.8.16 (CPython x86 32bit) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2 (OpenSSL 1.1.1s 1 Nov 2022) [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg n5.2-dev-2245-N-109649-gab8cde6 (setts), ffprobe n5.2-dev-2245-N-109649-gab8cde6, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.17, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.12.07, mutagen-1.46.0, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [debug] Extractor Plugins: AGB+NSIG (YoutubeIE) [debug] Plugin directories: ['<redacted>\\yt-dlp-plugins\\YTAgeGateBypass.zip\\yt_dlp_plugins', '<redacted>\\yt-dlp-plugins\\YTNSigProxy.zip\\yt_dlp_plugins'] [debug] Loaded 1 extractors [ArteTV] Extracting URL: https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/ [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading JSON metadata [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [debug] Formats sorted by: hasvid, ie_pref, lang, quality, res, fps, hdr:12(7), vcodec:vp9.2(10), channels, acodec, filesize, fs_approx, tbr, vbr, abr, asr, proto, vext, aext, hasaud, source, id [info] Available formats for 067103-000-A: ID EXT RESOLUTION FPS | FILESIZE TBR PROTO | VCODEC VBR ACODEC MORE INFO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VO-STF-program_audio_0-VO mp4 audio only | m3u8 | audio only unknown [ru] French (Subtitles) [subFR] VO-STF-426 mp4 384x216 25 | ~248.75MiB 426k m3u8 | avc1.42e00d 426k video only French (Subtitles) [subFR] VO-STF-927 mp4 640x360 25 | ~541.19MiB 927k m3u8 | avc1.4d401e 927k video only French (Subtitles) [subFR] VO-STF-1617 mp4 768x432 25 | ~943.97MiB 1617k m3u8 | avc1.4d401e 1617k video only French (Subtitles) [subFR] VO-STF-2313 mp4 1280x720 25 | ~ 1.32GiB 2313k m3u8 | avc1.4d401f 2313k video only French (Subtitles) [subFR] ``` ... And a "word" of caution: ```shell yt-dlp "https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/" --list-subs => [ArteTV] Extracting URL: https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/ [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading JSON metadata [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [info] Available subtitles for 067103-000-A: Language Formats en vtt fr vtt de vtt es vtt pl vtt it vtt ``` If you prefer your subs (like myself :wink:) in the old but trusted `.srt` format, ```shell yt-dlp "https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/" --skip-download --write-subs --sub-langs en --convert-subs srt => [ArteTV] Extracting URL: https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/ [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading JSON metadata [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [info] 067103-000-A: Downloading subtitles: en [info] 067103-000-A: Downloading 1 format(s): VO-STF-2313+VO-STF-program_audio_0-VO [info] Writing video subtitles to: Mariupol [067103-000-A].en.vtt [hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest [hlsnative] Total fragments: 1 [download] Destination: Mariupol [067103-000-A].en.vtt [download] 100% of 39.89KiB in 00:00:02 at 19.65KiB/s [SubtitlesConvertor] Converting subtitles Deleting original file Mariupol [067103-000-A].en.vtt (pass -k to keep) ``` ... will leave you with an **empty** `Mariupol [067103-000-A].en.srt` file 😞 😭 😠 ... This is because the specific `webvtt` subs format ARTE serve is **not palatable** to **FFmpeg**, used for the conversion `vtt => srt`... Simply fetch the original `vtt` subs: ``` yt-dlp "https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/" --skip-download --write-subs --sub-langs en ``` and use another tool to convert them to `.srt` (I found fairly recent :wink: releases of [SubtitleEdit](https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/subtitleedit/releases) to work OK for the task 👍 ) ...

deekerman commented

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@dirkf commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2023):

As the PR for the yt-dlp extractor has been merged, the only reason not to update the yt-dl extractor is that yt-dl doesn't have the subtitle extraction API used by yt-dlp, but I see that is problematic, pending a fix for the format conversion. So:

$ python -m youtube_dl -v -F 'https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/'
[debug] System config: [u'--prefer-ffmpeg']
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'-F', u'https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
[debug] Git HEAD: dd9aa74be
[debug] Python version 2.7.18 (CPython) - Linux-4.4.0-210-generic-i686-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
[debug] exe versions: avconv 4.3, avprobe 4.3, ffmpeg 4.3, ffprobe 4.3
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading JSON metadata
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available formats for 067103-000-A:
format code                     extension  resolution note
VO-STE_ANG_-program_audio_0-VO  mp4        audio only [ru] English (Subtitles) [?] 
VO-STE_ANG_-1617                mp4        768x432    English (Subtitles) [?] 1617k , avc1.4d401e, 25.0fps, video only
VO-STE_ANG_-2313                mp4        1280x720   English (Subtitles) [?] 2313k , avc1.4d401f, 25.0fps, video only
VO-STE_ANG_-927                 mp4        640x360    English (Subtitles) [?]  927k , avc1.4d401e, 25.0fps, video only
VO-STE_ANG_-426                 mp4        384x216    English (Subtitles) [?]  426k , avc1.42e00d, 25.0fps, video only (best)
$

If anyone has a replacement test video for ArteTVEmbed, please submit it. It might be like this one that is no longer valid:
https://www.arte.tv/player/v5/index.php?json_url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.arte.tv%2Fapi%2Fplayer%2Fv2%2Fconfig%2Fde%2F100605-013-A&lang=de&autoplay=true&mute=0100605-013-A

G doesn't admit to having indexed any pages with URL https://www.arte.tv/player/v5/....

Otherwise this extractor will be marked as not _WORKING.

And see updated PR #29653.

@dirkf commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2023): As the PR for the yt-dlp extractor has been merged, the only reason not to update the yt-dl extractor is that yt-dl doesn't have the subtitle extraction API used by yt-dlp, but I see that is problematic, pending a fix for the format conversion. So: ```shellsession $ python -m youtube_dl -v -F 'https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/' [debug] System config: [u'--prefer-ffmpeg'] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'-F', u'https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17 [debug] Git HEAD: dd9aa74be [debug] Python version 2.7.18 (CPython) - Linux-4.4.0-210-generic-i686-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial [debug] exe versions: avconv 4.3, avprobe 4.3, ffmpeg 4.3, ffprobe 4.3 [debug] Proxy map: {} [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading JSON metadata [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [info] Available formats for 067103-000-A: format code extension resolution note VO-STE_ANG_-program_audio_0-VO mp4 audio only [ru] English (Subtitles) [?] VO-STE_ANG_-1617 mp4 768x432 English (Subtitles) [?] 1617k , avc1.4d401e, 25.0fps, video only VO-STE_ANG_-2313 mp4 1280x720 English (Subtitles) [?] 2313k , avc1.4d401f, 25.0fps, video only VO-STE_ANG_-927 mp4 640x360 English (Subtitles) [?] 927k , avc1.4d401e, 25.0fps, video only VO-STE_ANG_-426 mp4 384x216 English (Subtitles) [?] 426k , avc1.42e00d, 25.0fps, video only (best) $ ``` If anyone has a replacement test video for `ArteTVEmbed`, please submit it. It might be like this one that is no longer valid: `https://www.arte.tv/player/v5/index.php?json_url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.arte.tv%2Fapi%2Fplayer%2Fv2%2Fconfig%2Fde%2F100605-013-A&lang=de&autoplay=true&mute=0100605-013-A` G doesn't admit to having indexed any pages with URL `https://www.arte.tv/player/v5/...`. Otherwise this extractor will be marked as not `_WORKING`. And see updated PR #29653.

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@andreygursky commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2023):

The following video https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/060738-167-A/blow-up-rainer-werner-fassbinder-in-bildern/ (ID: 060738-167-A) is claimed to be available until 01.08.2114 (though it might change without notice, which renders such availability declarations ad absurdum).

@andreygursky commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2023): The following video https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/060738-167-A/blow-up-rainer-werner-fassbinder-in-bildern/ (ID: 060738-167-A) is claimed to be available until 01.08.2114 (though it might change without notice, which renders such availability declarations ad absurdum).

deekerman commented

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@Vangelis66 commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2023):

... Apparently, a "fix" for (default) format sorting (according to increasing resolution) will also be needed:

(redacted for brevity)
[info] Available formats for 067103-000-A:
format code                     extension  resolution note
VO-STE_ANG_-program_audio_0-VO  mp4        audio only [ru] English (Subtitles) [?] 
VO-STE_ANG_-1617                mp4        768x432    English (Subtitles) [?] 1617k , avc1.4d401e, 25.0fps, video only
VO-STE_ANG_-2313                mp4        1280x720   English (Subtitles) [?] 2313k , avc1.4d401f, 25.0fps, video only
VO-STE_ANG_-927                 mp4        640x360    English (Subtitles) [?]  927k , avc1.4d401e, 25.0fps, video only
VO-STE_ANG_-426                 mp4        384x216    English (Subtitles) [?]  426k , avc1.42e00d, 25.0fps, video only (best)

Notice how 216p has been labeled as "(best)"?
Reminds me of a similar issue with the dwIE I reported here...

@Vangelis66 commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2023): ... Apparently, a "fix" for (default) **format sorting (according to increasing resolution)** will also be needed: ```shell (redacted for brevity) [info] Available formats for 067103-000-A: format code extension resolution note VO-STE_ANG_-program_audio_0-VO mp4 audio only [ru] English (Subtitles) [?] VO-STE_ANG_-1617 mp4 768x432 English (Subtitles) [?] 1617k , avc1.4d401e, 25.0fps, video only VO-STE_ANG_-2313 mp4 1280x720 English (Subtitles) [?] 2313k , avc1.4d401f, 25.0fps, video only VO-STE_ANG_-927 mp4 640x360 English (Subtitles) [?] 927k , avc1.4d401e, 25.0fps, video only VO-STE_ANG_-426 mp4 384x216 English (Subtitles) [?] 426k , avc1.42e00d, 25.0fps, video only (best) ``` Notice how `216p` has been labeled as "**(best)**"? Reminds me of a similar issue with the `dwIE` I reported [here](https://github.com/dirkf/youtube-dl/commit/76d2e50a853b514262b3a8bebd33416bc9959652#commitcomment-85207652)...

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@Vangelis66 commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2023):

see updated PR https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/29653.

At its latest commit, cdcb4af1c3, works adequately well, without addressing the format sorting issue I reported above:

yt-dl -vF "https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/" => 

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--ffmpeg-location', '.\\FFmpeg', '--external-downloader-args', '-v 8 -stats', '-vF', 'https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1253, fs mbcs, out cp737, pref cp1253
[debug] youtube-dl version 2023.02.14.1919
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg n5.2-dev-2245-N-109649-gab8cde6, ffprobe n5.2-dev-2245-N-109649-gab8cde6, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading JSON metadata
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available formats for 067103-000-A:
format code                extension  resolution note
VO-STF-program_audio_0-VO  mp4        audio only [ru] French (Subtitles) [subFR]
VO-STF-1617                mp4        768x432    French (Subtitles) [subFR] 1617k , avc1.4d401e, 25.0fps, video only
VO-STF-2313                mp4        1280x720   French (Subtitles) [subFR] 2313k , avc1.4d401f, 25.0fps, video only
VO-STF-927                 mp4        640x360    French (Subtitles) [subFR]  927k , avc1.4d401e, 25.0fps, video only
VO-STF-426                 mp4        384x216    French (Subtitles) [subFR]  426k , avc1.42e00d, 25.0fps, video only (best)

@Vangelis66 commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2023): > see updated PR https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/29653. At its latest commit, cdcb4af1c3257d955404ac5ea34becbb2bb1b1d3, works adequately well, **without addressing the format sorting issue** I reported above: ```shell yt-dl -vF "https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/" => [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: [] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['--ffmpeg-location', '.\\FFmpeg', '--external-downloader-args', '-v 8 -stats', '-vF', 'https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/067103-000-A/mariupol/'] [debug] Encodings: locale cp1253, fs mbcs, out cp737, pref cp1253 [debug] youtube-dl version 2023.02.14.1919 [debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-Vista-6.0.6003-SP2 [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg n5.2-dev-2245-N-109649-gab8cde6, ffprobe n5.2-dev-2245-N-109649-gab8cde6, phantomjs 2.1.1, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {} [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading JSON metadata [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [ArteTV] 067103-000-A: Downloading m3u8 information [info] Available formats for 067103-000-A: format code extension resolution note VO-STF-program_audio_0-VO mp4 audio only [ru] French (Subtitles) [subFR] VO-STF-1617 mp4 768x432 French (Subtitles) [subFR] 1617k , avc1.4d401e, 25.0fps, video only VO-STF-2313 mp4 1280x720 French (Subtitles) [subFR] 2313k , avc1.4d401f, 25.0fps, video only VO-STF-927 mp4 640x360 French (Subtitles) [subFR] 927k , avc1.4d401e, 25.0fps, video only VO-STF-426 mp4 384x216 French (Subtitles) [subFR] 426k , avc1.42e00d, 25.0fps, video only (best) ```

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@dirkf commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2023):

... a "fix" for (default) format sorting (according to increasing resolution) will also be needed:

How true. You can imagine the back-porting process:

Think "remember to find where the formats are collected and sort them, since yt-dlp moved that to the core".
Fix a swathe of minor issues.
"Yay, the tests all pass".
Forget (1).

The PR was updated from the same code as used above and will shortly be brought into line.

Given the change in (1), a test for height or some similar metadata item needs to be included in at least one test-case for each back-ported extractor.

The following video ... is claimed to be available ...

Thanks, but that's just a normal ArteTV URL. I'm looking for a URL that matches the pattern r'https?://(?:www\.)?arte\.tv/player/v\d+/index\.php\?.*?\bjson_url=.+', eg has /player/v after the domain name and a query parameter json_url, as in the existing test URL shown above.

@dirkf commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2023): >... a "fix" for (default) format sorting (according to increasing resolution) will also be needed: How true. You can imagine the back-porting process: 1. Think "remember to find where the formats are collected and sort them, since yt-dlp moved that to the core". 2. Fix a swathe of minor issues. 3. "Yay, the tests all pass". 4. Forget (1). The PR was updated from the same code as used above and will shortly be brought into line. Given the change in (1), a test for `height` or some similar metadata item needs to be included in at least one test-case for each back-ported extractor. >The following video ... is claimed to be available ... Thanks, but that's just a normal `ArteTV` URL. I'm looking for a URL that matches the pattern `r'https?://(?:www\.)?arte\.tv/player/v\d+/index\.php\?.*?\bjson_url=.+'`, eg has `/player/v` after the domain name and a query parameter `json_url`, as in the existing test URL shown above.

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@andreygursky commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2023):

... I'm looking for a URL ...

Following works in a browser tab:
https://www.arte.tv/player/v7/index.php?json_url=https://api.arte.tv/api/player/v2/config/de/060738-167-A
Optional appending "?lang=de&autoplay=false&mute=0"

@andreygursky commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2023): > ... I'm looking for a URL ... Following works in a browser tab: https://www.arte.tv/player/v7/index.php?json_url=https://api.arte.tv/api/player/v2/config/de/060738-167-A Optional appending "?lang=de&autoplay=false&mute=0"

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@dirkf commented on GitHub (Feb 16, 2023):

Thanks, both variants of that are working with the PR code. Actually I realised that you can invent these URLs from any non-embedded URL, so I used this:

https://www.arte.tv/player/v5/index.php?json_url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.arte.tv%2Fapi%2Fplayer%2Fv2%2Fconfig%2Fpl%2F100103-000-A&lang=pl&autoplay=true&mute=100103-000-A

@dirkf commented on GitHub (Feb 16, 2023): Thanks, both variants of that are working with the PR code. Actually I realised that you can invent these URLs from any non-embedded URL, so I used this: ``` https://www.arte.tv/player/v5/index.php?json_url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.arte.tv%2Fapi%2Fplayer%2Fv2%2Fconfig%2Fpl%2F100103-000-A&lang=pl&autoplay=true&mute=100103-000-A ```

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