Live stream URLS not working anymore #21

pietje666 · 2018-06-05T20:17:09Z

Since few days live url streams are not working anymore. Apparently due to DRM

(changed title and content since, everyone is talking about the live streams. While actually that is a seperate issue not related to the original)

berntholer · 2018-06-15T06:46:34Z

First of all thanks for the plugin, it was great ... while it worked.

I pulled v1.1.2 yesterday and noticed that VRT's livestreams are not working either. If there is anything I can do to help out let me know.

Are you sure you need to perform a login to get a valid token? I tried watching the livestream from Sporza's website without being logged in to a vrt.nu account and that seemed to work.

dagwieers · 2018-06-15T12:34:53Z

I was told by a VRT spokesperson that in order to stream the FIFA Worldcup in 720p they had to encrypt the stream, which means it can only be played using specific browsers that supported DRM.

Dan hebben wij goed nieuws voor u: de kwaliteit van onze livestreaming zal verhogen van SD naar HD, dus naar 720p. Maar door de regelgeving van FIFA zullen we dan wel DRM moeten toepassen, dit zal tot gevolg hebben dat bepaalde browsers een foutmelding zullen geven. Hieronder volgt een overzicht van wat er mogelijk fout kan gaan bij bepaalde toestellen en wat de mogelijke oplossingen zijn.

Apple – iphone/ipad:

Google Chromebrowser werkt niet

Firefox browser werkt niet

Oplossing:

Safari browser gebruiken

Airplay werkt ook

Samsung – smartphones:

Samsungbrowser werkt niet

Oplossing:

Google Chrome browser gebruiken

IE 11:

VRT laptops werken niet

Potentieel andere “bedrijfslaptops” ook niet

Normale laptops werken wel.

Oplossing:

Google Chrome browser gebruiken

De browser binnen de Facebook app:

Als je VRT NU opent binnen de facebook app werkt het niet.

Oplossing:

Op Apple: surf via Safari browser naar VRT NU

Op Android: surf via Google Chrome browser naar VRT NU

Chromecasten naar TV:

Chromecast werkt niet met DRM

Oplossing:

Laptop via HDMI kabel verbinden met de TV of Airplay indien je een apple TV hebt.

Platformen die we standaard niet ondersteunen zoals smart TV’s of Kodi plugins: gedrag is onbekend maar zal waarschijnlijk niet werken.

michaelarnauts · 2018-06-15T19:53:48Z

I just tried casting to my Chromecast (2nd revision, and that seamed to work fine), so maybe DRM is supported just fine.

rafvanopdorp · 2018-06-15T21:55:16Z

I don't know if this is helpful but i watched the live stream tonight using the hls_aes stream i found here:

https://media-services-public.vrt.be/vualto-video-aggregator-web/rest/external/v1/videos/vualto_een_geo?vrtPlayerToken=b0@1346d33a1524c4cab1fc141b7303e6169b0a04bfcb6becaa957949ded582725f&client=vrtvideo

{
  "duration": 0,
  "skinType": "live",
  "title": "EEN_GEO",
  "shortDescription": null,
  "drm": "vrt|2018-06-15T22:59:03Z|JQ+5wYy/Tp9XH+ZTKSAoNEVid6kPznYl6noAaJxgq6G2oJlDx4Dt7hA1ctuYQDKyStOdCAcQC25FGtwJvqGNSfXFTpnehDBIGrIF+8os0vymX7tM4pR10v/3BYBTTenNSxm+jsgmbxsoFee3/B26guvbGkXFJjaKuE4ghiIGCAlobStTWYsDYiHuArUpx/Cm|1b6f7e08f445865f2c788e8a6866d79423405a82",
  "drmExpired": "2018-06-15T23:59:03.060Z",
  "aspectRatio": null,
  "targetUrls": [
    {
      "type": "mpeg_dash",
      "url": "https://live-vrt.akamaized.net/groupc/live/8edf3bdf-7db3-41c3-a318-72cb7f82de66/live.isml/.mpd"
    },
    {
      "type": "hls",
      "url": "https://live-vrt.akamaized.net/groupc/live/8edf3bdf-7db3-41c3-a318-72cb7f82de66/live.isml/.m3u8"
    },
    {
      "type": "hls_aes",
      "url": "https://live-vrt.akamaized.net/groupc/live/8edf3bdf-7db3-41c3-a318-72cb7f82de66/live_aes.isml/.m3u8"
    }
  ],
  "posterImageUrl": null,
  "channelId": "vualto_een_geo",
  "playlist": {
    "content": []
  },
  "chaptering": {
    "content": []
  }
}

I created a .strm file & was able to stream using kodi on a raspberry pi.

rafvanopdorp · 2018-06-15T22:18:49Z

This returns a valid token:

curl -X POST https://media-services-public.vrt.be/vualto-video-aggregator-web/rest/external/v1/tokens --header "Content-Type:application/json"

pietje666 · 2018-06-16T09:33:38Z

Changed the title, since this issue was actually about using the new media services (not about the livestreams). If it is DRM related like @dagwieers said then i am not sure if i can solve it. Anyway thanks all for responding i will try to solve the issue

basrieter · 2018-06-16T14:51:38Z

So if there is a list of live url's we can just use that? I used to use https://services.vrt.be/videoplayer/r/live.json to find all the live streams, but they are no longer valid.

rafvanopdorp · 2018-06-16T18:22:14Z

I was able to get working stream URL's using the following procedure:

Request a token

Make an empty json post request to https://media-services-public.vrt.be/vualto-video-aggregator-web/rest/external/v1/tokens

curl -X POST https://media-services-public.vrt.be/vualto-video-aggregator-web/rest/external/v1/tokens --header "Content-Type:application/json"

Get the streams

You can get the streams by making requests to the following links using the token.

Canvas

Een

Ketnet

The tokens expire but i'm still getting the same stream URL i used to watch "Een" yesterday.

pietje666 · 2018-06-16T18:45:32Z

Excellent! Will implement it like this tomorrow!

dagwieers · 2018-06-16T21:05:05Z

Are these streams 540p or 720p ? Also for the world cup streams ? (Can't test right now)

basrieter · 2018-06-17T12:29:23Z

Anyone that could find the Sporza streams?

peno64 · 2018-06-17T15:24:47Z

For sporza, I tried:

https://media-services-public.vrt.be/vualto-video-aggregator-web/rest/external/v1/videos/vualto_sporza_geo?vrtPlayerToken=b0@1ee0bc110eded7a0fba69c678fe39e6001c372aa29800ad5d618b2e253ec6413&client=vrtvideo

This gives:

{"duration":0,"skinType":"live","title":"","shortDescription":null,"drm":"vrt|2018-06-17T16:21:32Z|wpEiUuhDIPmGB4hf++tasPXQnlxxquRyxVjWztpq937TKp6uxHlNVcDKnRcN5OkcGSjoxFLT5YmAStABzfi+mhmn1wvqMHmefwTqq9W+IkKMYKFziEcfARj11ndZiIQaSxm+jsgmbxsoFee3/B26guvbGkXFJjaKuE4ghiIGCAlobStTWYsDYiHuArUpx/Cm|957336a14795b9e38fa31261464ad845c496e878","drmExpired":"2018-06-17T17:21:32.266Z","aspectRatio":null,"targetUrls":[{"type":"mpeg_dash","url":"https://live-vrt.akamaized.net/groupa/live/7d5f0e4a-3429-4861-91d4-aa3229d7ad7b/live.isml/.mpd"},{"type":"hls","url":"https://live-vrt.akamaized.net/groupa/live/7d5f0e4a-3429-4861-91d4-aa3229d7ad7b/live.isml/.m3u8"},{"type":"hls_aes","url":"https://live-vrt.akamaized.net/groupa/live/7d5f0e4a-3429-4861-91d4-aa3229d7ad7b/live_aes.isml/.m3u8"}],"posterImageUrl":null,"channelId":"vualto_sporza_geo","playlist":{"content":[]},"chaptering":{"content":[]}}

Is this usefull?

basrieter · 2018-06-17T15:29:53Z

I think so!

pietje666 · 2018-06-17T19:05:49Z

@dagwieers its 540p

pietje666 · 2018-06-17T19:20:12Z

Fixed in commit 0118de9. Thanks all for helping!

dagwieers · 2018-06-18T00:05:31Z

This change is working great !

So the 720p stream with DRM mentioned seems to be the stream through the online VRT.NU player only ?

pietje666 · 2018-06-18T10:47:54Z

Guess so, the others gave 404 errors. Lets hope this one sticks around

pietje666 · 2018-06-24T11:56:23Z

Btw if anyone knows how to get a token from https://media-services-public.vrt.be/vualto-video-aggregator-web/rest/external/v1/tokens containing a token starting with "b1" i can solve issue #22 as well!
Maybe you @rafvanopdorp ?

pietje666 added enhancement New feature or request help wanted Extra attention is needed labels Jun 5, 2018

pietje666 changed the title ~~Use new VRT Media Services~~ Live stream URLS not working anymore Jun 16, 2018

pietje666 closed this as completed Jun 17, 2018

dagwieers removed the help wanted Extra attention is needed label Aug 16, 2019

basrieter mentioned this issue Aug 21, 2019

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