description: Full video description.
uploader: Full name of the video uploader.
license: License name the video is licensed under.
- creator: The main artist who created the video.
+ creator: The creator of the video.
release_date: The date (YYYYMMDD) when the video was released.
timestamp: UNIX timestamp of the moment the video became available.
upload_date: Video upload date (YYYYMMDD).
def _parse_f4m_formats(self, manifest, manifest_url, video_id, preference=None, f4m_id=None,
transform_source=lambda s: fix_xml_ampersands(s).strip(),
fatal=True):
+ # currently youtube-dl cannot decode the playerVerificationChallenge as Akamai uses Adobe Alchemy
+ akamai_pv = manifest.find('{http://ns.adobe.com/f4m/1.0}pv-2.0')
+ if akamai_pv is not None and ';' in akamai_pv.text:
+ playerVerificationChallenge = akamai_pv.text.split(';')[0]
+ if playerVerificationChallenge.strip() != '':
+ return []
+
formats = []
manifest_version = '1.0'
media_nodes = manifest.findall('{http://ns.adobe.com/f4m/1.0}media')
def _extract_m3u8_formats(self, m3u8_url, video_id, ext=None,
entry_protocol='m3u8', preference=None,
m3u8_id=None, note=None, errnote=None,
- fatal=True):
+ fatal=True, live=False):
formats = [{
'format_id': '-'.join(filter(None, [m3u8_id, 'meta'])),
if m3u8_id:
format_id.append(m3u8_id)
last_media_name = last_media.get('NAME') if last_media and last_media.get('TYPE') != 'SUBTITLES' else None
- format_id.append(last_media_name if last_media_name else '%d' % (tbr if tbr else len(formats)))
+ # Bandwidth of live streams may differ over time thus making
+ # format_id unpredictable. So it's better to keep provided
+ # format_id intact.
+ if not live:
+ format_id.append(last_media_name if last_media_name else '%d' % (tbr if tbr else len(formats)))
f = {
'format_id': '-'.join(format_id),
'url': format_url(line.strip()),