LesMills on Demand

[spoonys]

• [ x] I'm reporting a broken site support issue
• [ x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.03.01
• [ x] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• [x ] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
• [x ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar bug reports including closed ones
• [ x] I've read bugs section in FAQ

Verbose log

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'https://embed.vhx.tv/videos/403340?api=1&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwatch.lesmillsondemand.com&vimeo=1&auth-user-token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzkwNDYyMiwiZXhwIjo
xNTgzMjMxOTQ1fQ.rjqpIycYhoy4eliFt2M6-CYzy0eSnZFfqHK7nOxOfa0', u'-o', u'THE TRIP #13.mp4']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.03.01
[debug] Python version 2.7.17 (CPython) - Linux-5.0.0-1031-gcp-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-18.04-bionic
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[vhx:embed] 403340: Downloading webpage
[vhx:embed] 403340: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (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 upd
ate. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 627, in _request_webpage
return self._downloader.urlopen(url_or_request)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 2238, in urlopen
return self._opener.open(req, timeout=self._socket_timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 467, in error
result = self._call_chain(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 654, in http_error_302
return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 473, in error
return self._call_chain(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)

Description

I have been trying to download from Les Mills on demand, which plays videos via Vimeo. I have gained the user auth token and the video is playable via a browser link. However, I have this error when trying to use youtube-dl to capture the video.

Any help is appreciated.

[remitamine]

Getting this message in the browser:

Sorry, you are not authorized to watch this video.

[BlueMM75]

For the record, this was definitely working on 2020-03-02, using youtube-dl 2020.01.24, but not now.
My investigation:
Correction: using 2020.01.24 on my laptop is working, but not on my PC (either that version or the latest one!)
Using the same cookies file, & using Firefox to grab the embedded iframe URL (they are short-lived, <2hr), the download with the laptop works & PC doesn't :-/
→ cookie file or youtube-dl version seems to not be a factor. So doesn't look like #23500
The embed urls are different, the PC includes referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwatch.lesmillsondemand.com%2Fbodybalance%3Fhtml%3D1%26sort%3Dalphabetical in the embed url, where the laptop only has referrer=
I then passed the url from the laptop to the PC, and it worked fine using either 2020.01.24 or the latest 2020.03.06
→ referrer is unimportant.
Trying a whole lot of embed URL's, some worked & some didn't.
Applying the auth-user-token= URL parameter from one that did work, to one that didn't (came back with a 403), made it work!
→ a successfully working embed URL, the auth-user-token= parameter can be applied to the other embed URL's, so they now work.

Therefore, it looks like nothing youtube-dl has changed, and I can't see how it could be changed to allow for it (given I don't know how youtube-dl works internally). So it looks like for embed.vhx.tv vidoes (or at least Les Mills ones) the unique auth-user-token= parameter for each URL, sometimes comes back with a 403, sometimes not :-/

Solution: Find an embed url that is successfully working with youtube-dl, and copy the auth-user-token= parameter into all the other urls.

[jimsaye]

For the record, this was definitely working on 2020-03-02, using youtube-dl 2020.01.24, but not now.
My investigation:
Correction: using 2020.01.24 on my laptop is working, but not on my PC (either that version or the latest one!)
Using the same cookies file, & using Firefox to grab the embedded iframe URL (they are short-lived, <2hr), the download with the laptop works & PC doesn't :-/
→ cookie file or youtube-dl version seems to not be a factor. So doesn't look like #23500
The embed urls are different, the PC includes referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwatch.lesmillsondemand.com%2Fbodybalance%3Fhtml%3D1%26sort%3Dalphabetical in the embed url, where the laptop only has referrer=
I then passed the url from the laptop to the PC, and it worked fine using either 2020.01.24 or the latest 2020.03.06
→ referrer is unimportant.
Trying a whole lot of embed URL's, some worked & some didn't.
Applying the auth-user-token= URL parameter from one that did work, to one that didn't (came back with a 403), made it work!
→ a successfully working embed URL, the auth-user-token= parameter can be applied to the other embed URL's, so they now work.

Therefore, it looks like nothing youtube-dl has changed, and I can't see how it could be changed to allow for it (given I don't know how youtube-dl works internally). So it looks like for embed.vhx.tv vidoes (or at least Les Mills ones) the unique auth-user-token= parameter for each URL, sometimes comes back with a 403, sometimes not :-/

Solution: Find an embed url that is successfully working with youtube-dl, and copy the auth-user-token= parameter into all the other urls.

hello i'm new on youtube-dl can you explain me how to dowload from the mills on demand ?i have a account on the mills
thank's

[KeyboardDabbler]

For the record, this was definitely working on 2020-03-02, using youtube-dl 2020.01.24, but not now.
My investigation:
Correction: using 2020.01.24 on my laptop is working, but not on my PC (either that version or the latest one!)
Using the same cookies file, & using Firefox to grab the embedded iframe URL (they are short-lived, <2hr), the download with the laptop works & PC doesn't :-/
→ cookie file or youtube-dl version seems to not be a factor. So doesn't look like #23500
The embed urls are different, the PC includes referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwatch.lesmillsondemand.com%2Fbodybalance%3Fhtml%3D1%26sort%3Dalphabetical in the embed url, where the laptop only has referrer=
I then passed the url from the laptop to the PC, and it worked fine using either 2020.01.24 or the latest 2020.03.06
→ referrer is unimportant.
Trying a whole lot of embed URL's, some worked & some didn't.
Applying the auth-user-token= URL parameter from one that did work, to one that didn't (came back with a 403), made it work!
→ a successfully working embed URL, the auth-user-token= parameter can be applied to the other embed URL's, so they now work.

Therefore, it looks like nothing youtube-dl has changed, and I can't see how it could be changed to allow for it (given I don't know how youtube-dl works internally). So it looks like for embed.vhx.tv vidoes (or at least Les Mills ones) the unique auth-user-token= parameter for each URL, sometimes comes back with a 403, sometimes not :-/

Solution: Find an embed url that is successfully working with youtube-dl, and copy the auth-user-token= parameter into all the other urls.

I am not sure if your method works any more, i have tried many urls and have not found a working one yet.

youtube-dl https://embed.vhx.tv/videos/797972?api=1&auth-user-token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ8.eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNDc3ODM4OCwiZXhwIjoxNTg3ODcxNTU4fQ.0EnM10fD3jZCEatoLWh-aIPPbeBG8pd0vTFWn0hHG6U
[vhx:embed] 797972: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract ott data; 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.
'auth-user-token' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

[Margalida-MB]

Hi!
How did you get the auth-user-token= parameter from a working URL?
I've tried using Firefox to grab the embedded iframe URL as BlueMM75 says, but I can't seem to find it... I've found the u0026token= and TOKEN= parameters but they don't follow the same string pattern than yours, and adding them to a different URL doesn't make the video playable via a browser link.

Many thanks in advance! 😄

[KeyboardDabbler]

Hi!
How did you get the auth-user-token= parameter from a working URL?
I've tried using Firefox to grab the embedded iframe URL as BlueMM75 says, but I can't seem to find it... I've found the u0026token= and TOKEN= parameters but they don't follow the same string pattern than yours, and adding them to a different URL doesn't make the video playable via a browser link.

Many thanks in advance! 😄

You need to login to a account with membership access. I clicked on one of the videos until it played, click "View page source" instead of view "iframe source" and then you can find the <iframe> tag in the <section> tag with the id="watch-player". You will find the full src there with auth-user-token=

Report back if you get any further. I tested more url tonight with no joy.

just a FYI the auth-user-token= is also located in the "iframe source" after window.OTTData =

[Margalida-MB]

Thanks a lot for your answer! 😄
I've been trying several URL and cookies combinations, and no luck either... 😢
For the moment, I've found the https://very.ninja/ website allows you to manually download videos introducing URLs with the following format: https://embed.vhx.tv/videos/XXXXXX?api=1&auth-user-token=XXXXXX
It's not ideal, but it works 🤷