Site support request: voe.sx

Checklist

• I’m reporting a new site support request
• I’ve verified that I’m running youtube-dl version 2021.06.06
• I’ve checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• I’ve checked that none of provided URLs violate any copyrights
• I’ve searched the bugtracker for similar site support requests including closed ones

Example URLs

• Single video: https://voe.sx/x63dioldjm1y
• Single video: https://voe.sx/e/x63dioldjm1y

Description

Some videos on VOE are restricted to embed view, but I didn’t find any of that kind by search, that would comply with the beforementioned rules for links. Those urls can be transformed, by simply adding/removing the “/e” in the url which makes them embed. Some videos also are restricted to embed view and restricted to watch by region. That can be bypassed sometimes, when one calls the non-embed video URL once and calls the embed URL afterwards in the same tab. Videos for both special cases, I found using search term “site:voe.sx”, but those videos where either NSFW or they violated copyrights, so if you can’t implement those special cases, because of the lack of safely obtainable information, it wouldn’t be neccessary.

[euclid2021]

For me, using the .m3u8 link from the HTML works. Example:

curl https://voe.sx/e/5vit9t9dgwwm | grep m3u8

Gives me: "hls": "https://delivery-node-gaber.voe-network.net/hls/,6oarn4lxvi33cszcrzu5h3zqwglee2gl4c65rxvbaer6rysvfmr2qqmz3f5q,.urlset/master.m3u8",

Now I can just download that link using youtube-dl:

youtube-dl https://delivery-node-gaber.voe-network.net/hls/,6oarn4lxvi33cszcrzu5h3zqwglee2gl4c65rxvbaer6rysvfmrx2w4z3f5q,.urlset/master.m3u8

[dirkf]

Remember to quote URLs passed to yt-dl, especially if they contain &. Also ensure that the entire URL from the page is passed.

But now, try the updated PR #29616.

$ python -m youtube_dl -F -v 'https://voe.sx/e/5vit9t9dgwwm'
[debug] System config: [u'--prefer-ffmpeg']
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-F', u'-v', u'https://voe.sx/e/5vit9t9dgwwm']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
[debug] Git HEAD: 774b346f9
[debug] Python version 2.7.17 (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: {}
[voe] 5vit9t9dgwwm: Downloading webpage
[voe] 5vit9t9dgwwm: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available formats for 5vit9t9dgwwm:
format code  extension  resolution note
0            mp4        720p       
353          m3u8       640x288     353k , avc1.640029, 23.974fps, mp4a.40.2 (best)
$