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youtube-dl -v https://beta.rte.ie/player/series/whistleblower--the-maurice-mccabe-story/SI0000004409?epguid=IH000374544
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'https://beta.rte.ie/player/series/whistleblower--the-maurice-mccabe-story/SI0000004409?epguid=IH000374544']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.12.03
[debug] Python version 2.7.15rc1 (CPython) - Linux-4.15.0-42-generic-x86_64-with-LinuxMint-19-tara
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, ffprobe 3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] SI0000004409?epguid=IH000374544: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] SI0000004409?epguid=IH000374544: Downloading webpage
[generic] SI0000004409?epguid=IH000374544: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://beta.rte.ie/player/series/whistleblower--the-maurice-mccabe-story/SI0000004409?epguid=IH000374544
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 2339, in _real_extract
    doc = compat_etree_fromstring(webpage.encode('utf-8'))
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 2542, in compat_etree_fromstring
    doc = _XML(text, parser=etree.XMLParser(target=_TreeBuilder(element_factory=_element_factory)))
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 2531, in _XML
    parser.feed(text)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1659, in feed
    self._raiseerror(v)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 1523, in _raiseerror
    raise err
ParseError: syntax error: line 1, column 0
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 508, in extract
    ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py", line 3318, in _real_extract
    raise UnsupportedError(url)
UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://beta.rte.ie/player/series/whistleblower--the-maurice-mccabe-story/SI0000004409?epguid=IH000374544


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<end of log>

Sample url: https://beta.rte.ie/player/series/whistleblower--the-maurice-mccabe-story/SI0000004409?epguid=IH000374544

[macplaxton]

I don’t know if this is of any help, but here goes…someone might be able to fill in the missing pieces between the player page URL and the actual video URL.

OS: openSUSE Leap 15.0 Browser: Version 73.0.3683.75 (openSUSE Build) (64-bit) youtube-dl --version 2019.04.17

Starting form here https://www.rte.ie/player/series/the-late-late-show/SI0000001694?epguid=IH000368289

I was able to watch the adverts, but then ran up against a DRM error of some sort. To solve that error, I installed a further package chromium-plugin-widevinecdm 1.49.1076-lp150.1.1 from the Packman repository. This enable me to watch the main programme in the browser.

Whilst playing the content in the browser, right-clicking and opening inspect element shows the browser console. From this I was able to pluck the correct video link:

Cross-Origin Read Blocking (CORB) blocked cross-origin response https://vod.rte.ie/rte/vod/RTE_Prod_-_Prod/406/504/IH000368289/2cdd5b50-6ef8-4e46-858a-a01e1baadd6b_f73e1a09-a085-40e8-ad42-1f0333e215e0-1555752767765.ism/.mpd?available=1555713840&expiry=1558305840&ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx&token1=206c47ca9750935254bb44a00700fcd60ae86c0fc2d56741bad97a976a0a4eca&filter=systemBitrate<%3D7000000 with MIME type application/dash+xml. See https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5629709824032768 for more details.

Note: ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Irish IP address redacted.

Copied link and trimmed down to the end of the IH number. https://vod.rte.ie/rte/vod/RTE_Prod_-_Prod/406/504/IH000368289/

Browsed this which has a selection of stream links. There is a massive .ismv stream link, but there is also a mp4 link with a [VID] tag. Copy this link and right-click and save. This link will download with youtube-dl, the page of links won’t, nor will the link of the programme main page.

Despite the size being marked 6.1M it was ~930MB, video plays fine in VLC.

[Vangelis66]

It appears that if you possess a European Union (EU) IP address, you can still access streams 😉 . For https://www.rte.ie/player/series/the-late-late-show/SI0000001694 I didn’t even have to start watching (RTE Player was nagging me to disable uBlock Origin…).

Via Web Console (Basilisk web browser, a FirefoxESR 52 fork) I sniffed a lengthy “iframe” URI:

https://www.rte.ie/player/iframe/1.1.64/iframeEmbedSource-vjs.html?pid=https://link.eu.theplatform.com/s/1uC-gC/media/9dRvdSjq6SNM&signlanguage=off&mediatype=&playerprofile=391515:RTE_HTML5_Live&networkid=391515&serverurl=https://5f95b.v.fwmrm.net/&sitesectionid=RTE%20Player_Desktop_Web_NotRegistered&customid=fwVideoId&keyvaluesfield=fwKeyValues&mux_video_id=IH000368289&mux_video_title=Fri%2019%20April%202019&mux_video_series=The%20Late%20Late%20Show&mux_env_key=7rro99i9482rqqokaa3kuvgs4&mux_video_content_type=episode&mux_video_duration=6520.1&mux_video_stream_type=on-demand&mux_video_producer=No%20Provider&mux_player_version=1.1.64

They are in fact using the theplatform.com API to generate MPDs (mpeg-dash manifests, DRM’ed with common encryption, ergo WidevineCDM): https://link.eu.theplatform.com/s/1uC-gC/media/9dRvdSjq6SNM?formats=mpeg-dash&format=SMIL =>

<smil xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/SMIL21/Language">
<head>
	<meta name="title" content="The Late Late Show E15"/>
	<meta name="startingBitrate" content="2500000"/>
</head>
<body>
<seq>
	<ref src="https://ads.freewheel.tv" no-skip="true" tags="preroll">
	</ref>
<switch>
	<video src="https://vod.rte.ie/rte/vod/RTE_Prod_-_Prod/406/504/IH000368289/2cdd5b50-6ef8-4e46-858a-a01e1baadd6b_f73e1a09-a085-40e8-ad42-1f0333e215e0-1555752767765.ism/.mpd?available=1555713840&amp;expiry=1558305840&amp;ip=<snipped>&amp;token1=91d637deeeb62b0074d387a7cf8744eb17c372aa40c8417209df8fa10947bc0c&amp;filter=systemBitrate%3C%3D7000000" system-bitrate="0" height="1080" width="1920"/>
	<ref src="https://vod.rte.ie/rte/vod/RTE_Prod_-_Prod/406/504/IH000368289/2cdd5b50-6ef8-4e46-858a-a01e1baadd6b_f73e1a09-a085-40e8-ad42-1f0333e215e0-1555752767765.ism/.mpd?available=1555713840&amp;expiry=1558305840&amp;ip=<snipped>&amp;token1=91d637deeeb62b0074d387a7cf8744eb17c372aa40c8417209df8fa10947bc0c&amp;filter=systemBitrate%3C%3D7000000" title="1-1" dur="6524887ms" guid="IH000368289" type="application/dash+xml" height="1080" width="1920" clipBegin="0:00" clipEnd="25:54.985" security="commonEncryption">
		<param name="fwVideoId" value="IH000368289"/>
	</ref>
</switch>
	<ref src="https://ads.freewheel.tv" no-skip="true" tags="midroll">
	</ref>
<switch>
	<video src="https://vod.rte.ie/rte/vod/RTE_Prod_-_Prod/406/504/IH000368289/2cdd5b50-6ef8-4e46-858a-a01e1baadd6b_f73e1a09-a085-40e8-ad42-1f0333e215e0-1555752767765.ism/.mpd?available=1555713840&amp;expiry=1558305840&amp;ip=<snipped>&amp;token1=91d637deeeb62b0074d387a7cf8744eb17c372aa40c8417209df8fa10947bc0c&amp;filter=systemBitrate%3C%3D7000000" system-bitrate="0" height="1080" width="1920"/>
	<ref src="https://vod.rte.ie/rte/vod/RTE_Prod_-_Prod/406/504/IH000368289/2cdd5b50-6ef8-4e46-858a-a01e1baadd6b_f73e1a09-a085-40e8-ad42-1f0333e215e0-1555752767765.ism/.mpd?available=1555713840&amp;expiry=1558305840&amp;ip=<snipped>&amp;token1=91d637deeeb62b0074d387a7cf8744eb17c372aa40c8417209df8fa10947bc0c&amp;filter=systemBitrate%3C%3D7000000" title="The Late Late Show E15" dur="6524887ms" guid="IH000368289" type="application/dash+xml" height="1080" width="1920" clipBegin="25:54.985" security="commonEncryption">
		<param name="fwVideoId" value="IH000368289"/>
	</ref>
</switch>
	<ref src="https://ads.freewheel.tv" no-skip="true" tags="postroll">
	</ref>
</seq>
</body>
</smil>

From that SMIL file you can take the .mpd URI up until the .ism part and substitute the .ism extension with .mp4:

-https://vod.rte.ie/rte/vod/RTE_Prod_-_Prod/406/504/IH000368289/2cdd5b50-6ef8-4e46-858a-a01e1baadd6b_f73e1a09-a085-40e8-ad42-1f0333e215e0-1555752767765.ism
+https://vod.rte.ie/rte/vod/RTE_Prod_-_Prod/406/504/IH000368289/2cdd5b50-6ef8-4e46-858a-a01e1baadd6b_f73e1a09-a085-40e8-ad42-1f0333e215e0-1555752767765.mp4

… and there you have the direct HTTPS link to the video file… What @macplaxton has discovered is the unencrypted SOURCE video file at the root of the directory, which is being streamed via encrypted (cenc) MPEG-DASH format 🥇 …

Sadly, now that this is out in the open, I expect this loophole to be swiftly patched… Enjoy while you can 😜