New BBC iPlayer Protocol?

[12321]

Seems BBC iPlayer has changed up their protocols and now when I go to download with rtmpdump, I get a NetStream.Failed message. Anyone else experiencing issues with this? Could it be I now need a proxy when downloading, rather than just when grabbing the URL with rtmpsrv?

[nullacht]

RTMP links are still available:

youtube-dl -F "http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02nb70t/peter-kays-car-share-episode-5"

[bbc.co.uk] p02nb70t: Downloading video page
[bbc.co.uk] b05wgqn1: Downloading media selection XML
[info] Available formats for b05wgqn1:
format code                                extension  resolution note
iplayer_streaming_h264_flv_lo_akamai       flv        640x360    h264@ 480k, 100.79MiB
iplayer_streaming_h264_flv_lo_limelight    flv        640x360    h264@ 480k, 100.79MiB
iplayer_streaming_h264_flv_akamai          flv        640x360    h264@ 796k, 157.43MiB
iplayer_streaming_h264_flv_limelight       flv        640x360    h264@ 796k, 157.43MiB
iplayer_streaming_h264_flv_high_akamai     flv        832x468    h264@1500k, 294.72MiB
iplayer_streaming_h264_flv_high_limelight  flv        832x468    h264@1500k, 294.72MiB
pc_streaming_hd_akamai                     flv        1280x720   h264@2800k, 471.56MiB
pc_streaming_hd_level3                     flv        1280x720   h264@2800k, 471.56MiB (best)

youtube-dl -g "http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02nb70t/peter-kays-car-share-episode-5"

rtmp://iplayertokfs.fplive.net/iplayertok?token=c3RhcnRfdGltZT0yMDE1MDUyMTAyMTExMSZlbmRfdGltZT0yMDE1MDUyMTA2MTExMSZkaWdlc3Q9ZWVhNzg4YzVlMzdhOTJkYzEzYjRkYWUyY2YzYTI0ZmI=mp4:3200kbps/modav/bUnknown-02121dad-7922-4e92-a6fd-6bf42081d683_b05wgqn1_1431245340392

[12321]

Originally Posted by nullacht

RTMP links are still available:

Thanks. I am still able to get the RTMP links using rtmpsrv but it seems the host has changed from bbcmedia.fcod.llnwd.net to bbcfmt.fcod.llnwd.net, and from the latter is where I get the NetStream failed error.

The link you posted (below) is just for the little advert that plays prior to the actual content.

rtmp://iplayertokfs.fplive.net/iplayertok?token=c3RhcnRfdGltZT0yMDE1MDUyMTAyMTExMSZlbmRfdGltZT0yMDE1MDUyMTA2MTExMSZkaWdlc3Q9ZWVhNzg4YzVlMzdhOTJkYzEzYjRkYWUyY2YzYTI0ZmI=mp4:3200kbps/modav/bUnknown-02121dad-7922-4e92-a6fd-6bf42081d683_b05wgqn1_1431245340392

[nullacht]

No. It's the actual content.

[12321]

Originally Posted by nullacht

No. It's the actual content.

Interesting, seems the HD works but the SD does not...thanks!

[12321]

I am trying to download this at the moment and I am still getting that NetStream.Failed message on the bbcfmt.fcod.llnwd.net stream as there is no HD option for this one. Any suggestions?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05xcv1h/the-football-league-show-20142015-25052015

[stinkfoot]

Originally Posted by 12321

I am trying to download this at the moment and I am still getting that NetStream.Failed message on the bbcfmt.fcod.llnwd.net stream as there is no HD option for this one. Any suggestions?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05xcv1h/the-football-league-show-20142015-25052015

yes working
is you yes being inside britain land?
akamai, limelight yes needing britain proxy vpn working
level3 no needing proxy

[12321]

Originally Posted by stinkfoot

yes working
is you yes being inside britain land?
akamai, limelight yes needing britain proxy vpn working
level3 no needing proxy

I am not in Britain, that must be it. I never had any issues with it though, and the stream still plays (am able to get the command through rtmpsrv) it is just that I can't download with rtmpdump. Is there anyway to use a proxy with rtmpdump? I believe you can use a socks proxy with -s

[stinkfoot]

if it playing you ip good.

what happening when using youtube-dl?

[12321]

Originally Posted by stinkfoot

if it playing you ip good.

what happening when using youtube-dl?

I can get it to play using an HTTP proxy, but not download. I tested it using a VPN and it worked fine, but I can't download the whole thing as its a free trial VPN and don't have enough space.

youtube-dl with an HTTP proxy yields this error

ERROR: Unable to download XML: [Errno 10054] An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host (caused by error(10054, 'An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host')); 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.