[rla999]

So this new service from YouTube (in the United States only) launched called YouTube TV available at tv.youtube.com

I am on the 30-day trial and I am testing it out.
Of course I am trying to download from it like you would download regular videos.

These videos must be protected like YouTube Red videos are. YouTube Red videos are included in this service BTW. I can download YouTube Red videos by giving youtube-dl my YouTube username and password. They play fine and are in super HD with 5.1 audio!

I don't know about the specifics for DVR'ed content from YouTube TV but it gives me an error like this:

C:\Users\JOHN DOE\Downloads\youtube-dl>youtube-dl "https://tv.youtube.com/search?q=The%20Voice&v=QIFW9OlvEfg&vpp=2AEA&vp=0gEEEgIIAw%3D%3D" --verbose -u "*****@gmail.com" --password "******"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['https://tv.youtube.com/search?q=The%20Voice&v=QIFW9OlvEfg&vpp=2AEA&vp=0gEEEgIIAw%3D%3D', '--verbose', '-u', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.04.03
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.14986
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-83507-g8fa18e0, ffprobe N-83507-g8fa18e0, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[youtube:user] Downloading login page
[youtube:user] Logging in
[youtube:user] search: Downloading channel page
WARNING: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
[youtube:user] search: Downloading page #1
ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpam8ojdsi\build\youtube_dl\extractor\comm on.py", line 498, in _request_webpage
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpam8ojdsi\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 2100, 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

Original URL is this: https://tv.youtube.com/search?q=The%20Voice&v=QIFW9OlvEfg&vpp=2AEA&vp=0gEEEgIIAw%3D%3D

When I right click on video player and click Copy Debug Info, I get this long thing. Maybe there is a way to get encryption keys or something in there.

{
"ns": "yt",
"el": "detailpage",
"cpn": "JfXeZe7jrTLiCNqB",
"docid": "QIFW9OlvEfg",
"ver": 2,
"referrer": "https://tv.youtube.com/search?q=The%20Voice&v=QIFW9OlvEfg&vpp=2AEA&vp=0gEEEgIIAw%3D%3D",
"cmt": "2.977",
"plid": "AAVMhGKiAHs-njlJ",
"ei": "tZTmWOvYI8Sg8wTS3o_AAw",
"fmt": "146",
"fs": "0",
"rt": "352.334",
"of": "AJOl3SNUSLRvlGj11zsb5Q",
"euri": "",
"lact": 11,
"cl": "152334079",
"mos": 0,
"osid": "MWQ5ZjczYzM:AOeUNAaD0cyfG3EEtFnHu0lYC_JkOxsDWQ",
"state": "4",
"vm": "CAEQABgE",
"volume": 100,
"c": "WEB_UNPLUGGED",
"cver": "0.1",
"cplayer": "UNIPLAYER",
"cbr": "Chrome",
"cbrver": "56.0.2924.87",
"cos": "Windows",
"cosver": "10.0",
"hl": "en_US",
"cr": "US",
"len": "2600.078",
"fexp": "3300118,3300131,3300161,3313275,3313321,9406000,94 22596,9428398,9431012,9433221,9434046,9434289,9440 551,9441155,9445570,9446054,9446364,9449243,945070 7,9453078,9453897,9456640,9457141,9458230,9458576, 9460160,9461618,9462300,9462311,9462737,9463496,94 63528,9463594,9463691,9463965,9464341,9465315,9465 438,9465533,9465745,9465918,9466352,9466720,946677 7,9466777,9466793,9466795,9468072,9468483,9468989, 9469224,9469631,9470089,9470106,9470135",
"afmt": "149",
"cc": ".en.uYU-mmqFLq8",
"uoo": "1_1",
"upt": "CgM1MDESBTA2ODUxGgJVUw",
"vct": "2.977",
"vd": "2600.078",
"vpl": "0.000-2.777,",
"vbu": "0.000-16.016,",
"vpa": true,
"vsk": false,
"ven": false,
"vpr": 1,
"vrs": 4,
"vns": 2,
"vec": null,
"vvol": 0.3089939593596965,
"lct": "2.977",
"lsk": false,
"lmf": true,
"lbw": "1046566.207",
"lhd": "0.099",
"lst": "243.862",
"laa": "itag=149,seg=1,range=201327-332139,time=12.1-20.0",
"lva": "itag=146,seg=2,range=6318562-7717456,time=13.5-16.0",
"lar": "itag=149,seg=1,range=201327-332139,time=12.1-20.0",
"lvr": "itag=146,seg=3,range=7717457-9814608,time=16.0-19.8",
"lvh": "r8---sn-j5caxoxu-i2os",
"lab": "0.000-20.016,",
"lvb": "0.000-16.016,",
"drm": {
"systemInfo": {
"flavor": "widevine",
"keySystem": "com.widevine.alpha"
},
"sessions": [
{
"requestedKeyIds": [
"0d1y-8iMU-SJA-0lMWDe9Q"
],
"cryptoPeriodIndex": null,
"receivedKeys": [
{
"keyId": "CstEt6CsVwe_a0hJOSMvwA",
"type": "HD",
"status": "usable"
},
{
"keyId": "W784mi5vU_mq_q2xbozsrA",
"type": "AUDIO",
"status": "usable"
},
{
"keyId": "0d1y-8iMU-SJA-0lMWDe9Q",
"type": "SD",
"status": "usable"
}
]
},
{
"requestedKeyIds": [
"W784mi5vU_mq_q2xbozsrA"
],
"cryptoPeriodIndex": null,
"receivedKeys": [
{
"keyId": "CstEt6CsVwe_a0hJOSMvwA",
"type": "HD",
"status": "usable"
},
{
"keyId": "W784mi5vU_mq_q2xbozsrA",
"type": "AUDIO",
"status": "usable"
},
{
"keyId": "0d1y-8iMU-SJA-0lMWDe9Q",
"type": "SD",
"status": "usable"
}
]
},
{
"requestedKeyIds": [
"CstEt6CsVwe_a0hJOSMvwA"
],
"cryptoPeriodIndex": null,
"receivedKeys": [
{
"keyId": "CstEt6CsVwe_a0hJOSMvwA",
"type": "HD",
"status": "usable"
},
{
"keyId": "W784mi5vU_mq_q2xbozsrA",
"type": "AUDIO",
"status": "usable"
},
{
"keyId": "0d1y-8iMU-SJA-0lMWDe9Q",
"type": "SD",
"status": "usable"
}
]
}
]
},
"relative_loudness": "10.201",
"optimal format": "1080p",
"debug_videoId": "QIFW9OlvEfg",
"0sz": false,
"op": "",
"yof": false,
"dis": "",
"cgr": true,
"debug_playbackQuality": "hd1080",
"debug_date": "Thu Apr 06 2017 15:25:10 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)"
}

If any of you are in the US major cities such as NYC, Chicago, LA, or Philadelphia, I encourage you to sign up for it yourself.

Otherwise PM for credentials. And please make sure in your settings that you are enabled to receive PMs from all users.

[joejones15]

So you are unable to use youtube-dl as you do with YouTube Red?

[BilldozerVT]

I wanted to bump this thread as I recently signed up for Youtube TV and was hoping someone has found a way to record the streams. Thanks!

[marko988]

There's a way to download closed captions, both from live tv that from on-demand contents?