HTTP Error 404 by Download from TVNow

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Add the -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (youtube-dl -v <your command line>), copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [-v', 'https://www.tvnow.de/shows/grill-den-henssler-2471']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp866, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.12.09
[debug] Python version3.4.4 (C Python) - Windows-8.1-6.3.9600
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[TVNowShow] grill-den-henssler-2471: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by HT
TPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you ar
e using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update. Be sure to call yout
ube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpg8efod20\bu
ild\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 605, in _request_webpage
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpg8efod20\bu
ild\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2212, in urlopen
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 470, in open
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 580, in http_response
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 508, in error
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 442, in _call_chain
  File "C:\Python\Python34\lib\urllib\request.py", line 588, in http_error_default
<end of log>

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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

• Playlist: https://www.tvnow.de/shows/grill-den-henssler-2471
• Single-Video: https://www.tvnow.de/shows/buschi-vs-koeppen-15474/staffel-1/episode-2-samba-in-rio-1327175

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[fabki]

Hmm seems not to be so easy as i thought.

Only free content can be grabed with new api, but script also needs modification (i’m not good with python 😦 ). The DRM-free “Premium-Content” can not be accessed without credentials. (i.e. older episodes of free content)

The “good” one: Simple need to grab the ID - i.e. 1333774 -> https://apigw.tvnow.de/module/player/1333774 - and getting all informations that we need to format and download.

[fabki]

Should not be a major re-programming part.

API changed from https://api.tvnow.de/v3/ to https://apigw.tvnow.de/