youtube-dl: [Crunchyroll] can't download in 720p and 1080p

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I’m reporting a broken site support
I’ve verified that I’m running youtube-dl version 2019.05.20
I’ve checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
I’ve checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
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Verbose log

.\youtube-dl.exe -v -F 'https://www.crunchyroll.com/it/a-certain-magical-index/episode-1-unrest-777723'
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '-F', 'https://www.crunchyroll.com/it/a-certain-magical-index/episode-1-unrest-777723']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2019.05.20
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.17763
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-91961-g5109c38162, ffprobe N-91961-g5109c38162
[debug] Proxy map: {'no': '192.168.99.100'}
[crunchyroll] 777723: Downloading webpage
[crunchyroll] 777723: Downloading media info for 480p
[crunchyroll] 777723: Downloading stream info for 480p
[crunchyroll] 777723: Downloading m3u8 information
[crunchyroll] 777723: Downloading media info for 360p
[crunchyroll] 777723: Downloading stream info for 360p
[crunchyroll] 777723: Downloading m3u8 information
[crunchyroll] 777723: Downloading media info for 1080p
[crunchyroll] 777723: Downloading stream info for 1080p
[crunchyroll] 777723: Downloading media info for 720p
[crunchyroll] 777723: Downloading stream info for 720p
[crunchyroll] 777723: Downloading media info
[info] Available formats for 777723:
format code  extension  resolution note
hls-398-0    mp4        428x240     398k , avc1.42c015, 23.974fps, mp4a.40.2
hls-398-1    mp4        428x240     398k , avc1.42c015, 23.974fps, mp4a.40.2
hls-398-2    mp4        428x240     398k , avc1.42c015, 23.974fps, mp4a.40.2
hls-398-3    mp4        428x240     398k , avc1.42c015, 23.974fps, mp4a.40.2
hls-398-4    mp4        428x240     398k , avc1.42c015, 23.974fps, mp4a.40.2
hls-398-5    mp4        428x240     398k , avc1.42c015, 23.974fps, mp4a.40.2
hls-559-0    mp4        640x360     559k , avc1.4d401e, 23.974fps, mp4a.40.2
hls-559-1    mp4        640x360     559k , avc1.4d401e, 23.974fps, mp4a.40.2
hls-559-2    mp4        640x360     559k , avc1.4d401e, 23.974fps, mp4a.40.2
hls-559-3    mp4        640x360     559k , avc1.4d401e, 23.974fps, mp4a.40.2
hls-559-4    mp4        640x360     559k , avc1.4d401e, 23.974fps, mp4a.40.2
hls-559-5    mp4        640x360     559k , avc1.4d401e, 23.974fps, mp4a.40.2
hls-1034-0   mp4        848x480    1034k , avc1.4d401f, 23.974fps, mp4a.40.2
hls-1034-1   mp4        848x480    1034k , avc1.4d401f, 23.974fps, mp4a.40.2
hls-1034-2   mp4        848x480    1034k , avc1.4d401f, 23.974fps, mp4a.40.2
hls-1034-3   mp4        848x480    1034k , avc1.4d401f, 23.974fps, mp4a.40.2
hls-1034-4   mp4        848x480    1034k , avc1.4d401f, 23.974fps, mp4a.40.2
hls-1034-5   mp4        848x480    1034k , avc1.4d401f, 23.974fps, mp4a.40.2 (best)

Description

The maximum resolution for any video of Crunchyroll is now only 480p. From the website I can watch the same episodes in 720p or 1080p without being logged in. The same behavior is on single episode, playlist and different locale urls. Also it’s no more visible the language of the versions (it seems that there isn’t any subbed version among the 480p).

About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 5 years ago
Reactions: 3
Comments: 17

Commits related to this issue

Theoretical fix for https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/21243 — committed to AlexIIL/youtube-dl by AlexIIL 5 years ago
[vrv] extract adaptive_hls formats(closes #21243) — committed to XionZhao/youtube-dl by remitamine 5 years ago
[vrv] extract adaptive_hls formats(closes #21243) — committed to cantre/youtube-dl by remitamine 5 years ago
[vrv] extract adaptive_hls formats(closes #21243) — committed to meunierd/youtube-dl by remitamine 5 years ago
[vrv] extract adaptive_hls formats(closes #21243) — committed to meunierd/youtube-dl by remitamine 5 years ago

Most upvoted comments

Essentially I made this change to the code: https://github.com/AlexIIL/youtube-dl/commit/f85a1a32b59e15dad00b7b62c126930a5143f470. However I’ve not worked in python or with youtube-dl before so those might not be enough (ignoring the debug print statements).

AlexIIL on Jun 1, 2019

If you start playing the episode in your browser in 1080p; then use your browser’s dev tools to get the URL of the m3u8 file; then feed the URL into youtube-dl; youtube-dl will download the episode in 1080p with no problems.

I’ve never had any sort of account with Crunchyroll, premium or not, and I’ve managed to download the last two episodes of Shield Hero in 1080p using this method. The point being, there’s no problem with youtube-dl being able to download the higher resolution streams, at the moment it just can’t find where they are.

TommoCrabb on May 31, 2019