viki only shows low-res options when using -F but plays 1080p when streaming

Checklist

• I’m reporting a new site support request
• I’ve verified that I’m running yt-dlp version 2022.02.04. (update instructions)
• I’ve checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• I’ve searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
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Region

USA

Example URLs

https://www.viki.com/videos/1192835v-love-unexpected-episode-1

Description

The new videos on Viki only shows low resolution options when using -F so it won’t download high-res videos. But when you play it online, it plays 1080p after a few seconds.

Verbose log

[debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', '-F', 'https://www.viki.com/videos/1192835v-love-unexpected-episode-1']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, out utf-8, err utf-8, pref cp1252
[debug] yt-dlp version 2022.02.04 [c1653e9ef]
[debug] Python version 3.9.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19043-SP0
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 2021-08-18-git-dbe40478e2-full_build-www.gyan.dev (setts), ffprobe 2021-08-18-git-dbe40478e2-full_build-www.gyan.dev
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
[debug] Proxy map: {}
Latest version: 2022.02.04, Current version: 2022.02.04
yt-dlp is up to date (2022.02.04)
[debug] [viki] Extracting URL: https://www.viki.com/videos/1192835v-love-unexpected-episode-1
[viki] 1192835v: Downloading video JSON
[viki] 1192835v: Downloading video streams JSON
[viki] 1192835v: Downloading initial MPD manifest
[viki] 1192835v: Downloading MPD manifest
[debug] Formats sorted by: hasvid, ie_pref, lang, quality, res, fps, hdr:12(7), vcodec:vp9.2(10), acodec, filesize, fs_approx, tbr, vbr, abr, asr, proto, vext, aext, hasaud, source, id
[info] Available formats for 1192835v:
ID         EXT   RESOLUTION FPS │   FILESIZE  TBR PROTO │ VCODEC       VBR ACODEC     ABR     ASR MORE INFO
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
image_jpeg mhtml unknown        │                 mhtml │ images                                  DASH storyboards (jpeg)
3          m4a   audio only     │ ~ 15.13MiB  65k https │ audio only       mp4a.40.2  65k 48000Hz [eng] DASH audio, m4a_dash
2          m4a   audio only     │ ~ 18.82MiB  81k https │ audio only       mp4a.40.2  81k 48000Hz [eng] DASH audio, m4a_dash
0          mp4   640x360     25 │ ~ 91.80MiB 398k https │ avc1.64001E 398k video only             DASH video, mp4_dash
1          mp4   852x480     25 │ ~142.99MiB 620k https │ avc1.64001E 620k video only             DASH video, mp4_dash

[nyuszika7h]

I’m guessing they’re probably crippling the non-DRM streams now… will take a look to see if I can figure out any way around it.

[lutierry]

same problem, seems only 360p videos now working i wonder if with cookies and paid account tiw orks? anybody tested with cookies and a registered account?

Paid account doesn’t work 0 mp4 640x360 1 mp4 852x480