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Thomas Buch
Feb 9, 2022, 10:39:32 AM2/9/22
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Normal there have been no problem but now it cannot detect any Videostream
If you like you can try it https://www.dr.dk/drtv/se/tv-avisen_-dronningen-er-smittet-med-coronavirus_298605
If you like you can try it https://www.dr.dk/drtv/se/tv-avisen_-dronningen-er-smittet-med-coronavirus_298605
Thomas Buch
Feb 9, 2022, 10:40:53 AM2/9/22
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Firefox 96 add on
Wild Willy
Feb 9, 2022, 6:30:23 PM2/9/22
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I went to the URL you provided & got the rather odd result you can see in the attached
image #01. The player in the window never did open. I just got the spinning graphic
forever. But you can see that VDH did offer me something to download, so I picked the
first one & downloaded it. As you can see in attached image #02, the download proceeded
normally. Windows Resource Monitor showed I was getting between 2 & 3 million bytes per
second service from this web site, quite good. The download completed in about 4 minutes
& gave me the results you can see in attached image #03. It played fine in VLC, as shown
in attached image #04. I believe that says your Queen has caught COVID-19. My
sympathies. So I cannot confirm your results.
I'm using Windows 7 64-bit, Firefox 97.0 64-bit, licensed VDH 7.6.3a1 beta, CoApp 1.6.3.
Wild Willy
Feb 11, 2022, 3:23:26 AM2/11/22
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I had a thought about how you might be able to work around your problem. First, I
deleted all the dr.dk cookies I had. Then I opened your web page & the video started
playing fine in the embedded player. I guess there was something in my cookies that was
blocking playback. In any case, I also had the Network Monitor open, filtering on .m3u8.
We're in luck. This site does supply a master manifest. I ran ffprobe against it & it
looks like my alternative technique for downloading from this site would work. You can
find that over here:
https://groups.google.com/g/video-downloadhelper-q-and-a/c/BzPLK2YyL-s
Do a string search in there for "alternative" & look for the reference to what you can do
when you encounter something VDH cannot download. Click the link there & see if you can
follow the instructions.
One warning. The manifest showed that there are timed_id3 streams in this content. This
is a type of data that has caused VDH problems in other threads you can find in this
forum by searching on that string (timed_id3). So if you do use my alternative
technique, be sure to avoid the timed_id3 streams. These things may be captions but even
ffmpeg doesn't know what to do with them. I suspect that's because there is some special
timed_id3 switch that has to be enabled when ffmpeg is built & the switch wasn't turned
on. I certainly wouldn't know enough to know what switch is involved, & there's no way
I'm going to try to build ffmpeg myself. But if you avoid the timed_id3 streams, you
should be able to download their content. I was able to get the item with ffmpeg without
problems.
I was also able to get the item with VDH. Apparently, Michel has done something to VDH
so that it no longer fails on timed_id3 data. I don't remember him ever saying he had
fixed that, not that it matters. I'm glad that type of data no longer causes problems
for VDH.
It's very strange that you're not getting anything in the VDH menu. At least there's the
workaround of the alternative technique.
deleted all the dr.dk cookies I had. Then I opened your web page & the video started
playing fine in the embedded player. I guess there was something in my cookies that was
blocking playback. In any case, I also had the Network Monitor open, filtering on .m3u8.
We're in luck. This site does supply a master manifest. I ran ffprobe against it & it
looks like my alternative technique for downloading from this site would work. You can
find that over here:
https://groups.google.com/g/video-downloadhelper-q-and-a/c/BzPLK2YyL-s
Do a string search in there for "alternative" & look for the reference to what you can do
when you encounter something VDH cannot download. Click the link there & see if you can
follow the instructions.
One warning. The manifest showed that there are timed_id3 streams in this content. This
is a type of data that has caused VDH problems in other threads you can find in this
forum by searching on that string (timed_id3). So if you do use my alternative
technique, be sure to avoid the timed_id3 streams. These things may be captions but even
ffmpeg doesn't know what to do with them. I suspect that's because there is some special
timed_id3 switch that has to be enabled when ffmpeg is built & the switch wasn't turned
on. I certainly wouldn't know enough to know what switch is involved, & there's no way
I'm going to try to build ffmpeg myself. But if you avoid the timed_id3 streams, you
should be able to download their content. I was able to get the item with ffmpeg without
problems.
I was also able to get the item with VDH. Apparently, Michel has done something to VDH
so that it no longer fails on timed_id3 data. I don't remember him ever saying he had
fixed that, not that it matters. I'm glad that type of data no longer causes problems
for VDH.
It's very strange that you're not getting anything in the VDH menu. At least there's the
workaround of the alternative technique.
Thomas Buch
Feb 14, 2022, 10:56:24 AM2/14/22
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Got hit by Covid-19 -
will be back soon
Wild Willy
Feb 14, 2022, 9:19:02 PM2/14/22
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I wish you a speedy recovery without complications.
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