Something worth saying.
BBC website, pre-recorded video, "manifest" file..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41826022
The heroin-ravaged city fighting back
Code:
C:\>streamlink.exe "http://vod-hds-uk-live.bbcfmt.hs.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/21a452-p051skl0/vf_p051skl0_0bd66164-b23d-4a18-a305-75be57e4e8de.ism/pc_hd_abr_v2_hds_master.f4m?s=1509935821&e=1509979021&h=343a818cbf79a3218a3cc8b86a530f97" best
[cli][info] Found matching plugin hds for URL http://vod-hds-uk-live.bbcfmt.hs.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/21a452-p051skl0/vf_p051skl0_0bd66164-b23d-4a18-a305-75be57e4e8de.ism/pc_hd_abr_v2_hds_master.f4m?s=1509935821&e=1509979021&h=343a818cbf79a3218a3cc8b86a530f97
[cli][info] Available streams: 216p (worst), 288p, 396p, 540p (best)
[cli][info] Opening stream: 540p (hds)
[cli][info] Starting player: C:\P\VLC\vlc.exe
[cli][info] Player closed
[cli][info] Stream ended
[cli][info] Closing currently open stream...
Code:
C:\>youtube-dl.exe -v -F --no-check-certificate "http://vod-hds-uk-live.bbcfmt.hs.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/21a452-p051skl0/vf_p051skl0_0bd66164-b23d-4a18-a305-75be57e4e8de.ism/pc_hd_abr_v2_hds_master.f4m?s=1509935821&e=1509979021&h=343a818cbf79a3218a3cc8b86a530f97"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '-F', '--no-check-certificate', 'http://vod-hds-uk-live.bbcfmt.hs.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/21a452-p051skl0/vf_p051skl0_0bd66164-b23d-4a18-a305-75be57e4e8de.ism/pc_hd_abr_v2_hds_master.f4m?s=1509935821&e=1509979021&h=343a818cbf79a3218a3cc8b86a530f97']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.10.29
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg n3.2.1, ffprobe N-87353-g183fd30, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] pc_hd_abr_v2_hds_master: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] pc_hd_abr_v2_hds_master: Downloading webpage
[generic] pc_hd_abr_v2_hds_master: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: http://vod-hds-uk-live.bbcfmt.hs.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/21a452-p051skl0/vf_p051skl0_0bd66164-b23d-4a18-a305-75be57e4e8de.ism/pc_hd_abr_v2_hds_master.f4m?s=1509935821&e=1509979021&h=343a818cbf79a3218a3cc8b86a530f97
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpk63cqkyt\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 784, in extract_info
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpk63cqkyt\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 434, in extract
File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpk63cqkyt\build\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 3059, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: http://vod-hds-uk-live.bbcfmt.hs.llnwd.net/usp/auth/vod/piff_abr_full_sd/21a452-p051skl0/vf_p051skl0_0bd66164-b23d-4a18-a305-75be57e4e8de.ism/pc_hd_abr_v2_hds_master.f4m?s=1509935821&e=1509979021&h=343a818cbf79a3218a3cc8b86a530f97
So far I get it with streamlink only.
Future is bright for streamlink and would-be forks.