Playlist downloader for ustvgo.tv

Installation

Script uses Selenium & Firefox (Gecko driver), so make sure you've installed Firefox browser on your computer, all the rest get installed automatically.

git clone https://github.com/interlark/ustvgo_downloader
cd ustvgo_downloader
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. Use download.py to download playlist ustvgo.m3u8 from ustvgo.tv if you need it:

   It's not required, since you can use the already existing playlist, so you can skip this step.

   python3 download.py

   [1/81] Successfully collected link for GSN
   [2/81] Successfully collected link for LIFETIME MOVIES
   [3/81] Successfully collected link for ANIMAL PLANET
   [4/81] Successfully collected link for NBC SPORTS
   ...
   

2. Use update.py to update authentication key:

   Every key is valid for 4 hours.

   python3 update.py

   Recieved key: c2VakmPyX...aW52dRVzoTI1MA==
   Updating ustvgo.m3u8 playlist...
   

3. Play collected/updated playlist:

   vlc ustvgo.m3u8 --adaptive-use-access

Troubleshooting

• If you run script on dedicated headless server and bump into erros like Failed to collect link - seems like you don't have AVC codecs installed on your server, try install them with

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

if you have ubuntu server installed or commonly

sudo apt-get install libavcodec58 libav-tools

• If you get errors and now guessing what's going wrong, try to run script with --no-headless argument to see what's going on in the browser

python3 download.py --no-headless

or

python3 update.py --no-headless

Tips

• In case if you're not a native speaker and use TV, Cartoons, Movies and Shows to learn the language - on some channels you can turn on subtitles that make it easier pretty much.

CFLAGS="-I$(brew --prefix readline)/include -I$(brew --prefix openssl)/include -I$(xcrun --show-sdk-path)/usr/include" \
LDFLAGS="-L$(brew --prefix readline)/lib -L$(brew --prefix openssl)/lib" \
PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS=--enable-unicode=ucs2 \
pyenv install -v 2.7.11

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