DRM MPD: DAZN Speeds

jpp72

Has anyone tried downloading from DAZN?

When the download first starts, it has a very bad speed of about 2.5 MB/s (I get 50+ MB/s with Amazon Prime Video) and at exactly 50%, the speed starts declining very quickly and settles down to 45 KB/s.

I am not using VPN or anything like that.

What speeds are you guys getting?

I really wish the DEVs would implement something like aria2c so that the speeds would quadruple by having 4 simultaneous threads downloading segments...

Chameleon

I get 390 kbps download speed with a few of the providers. I don't mind I just do something else while downloading.

Cats4U

Has anyone tried downloading from DAZN?

I really wish the DEVs would implement something like aria2c so that the speeds would quadruple by having 4 simultaneous threads downloading segments...
jpp72

This is the second time that I read you write about this. What makes you think that they don't use it? It can be found right at: C:\Program Files\DVDFab\StreamFab\YouTubeDL\aria2c.exe

You had previously also mentioned that SF uses youtube-dl and in your opinion that they should use yt-dlp instead. I'd like you to show where you found the youtube-dl.exe file in SF. There is a folder by the name YouTubeDL but you won't find the youtube-dl executable anywhere in it or in any other SF folder.

The developers have proven time and time again that they know what they are doing. If yt-dlp was the answer, there'd be 100+ free streaming downloaders available that could download HBO, Netflix, HULU, and Amazon instead of 100+ free streaming downloaders that can't. For all intents and purposes, there only 2 programs that can do that and SF is one of them.

Cats4U

JPP72,
I just want to apologize for my last message. I came off a little harder on you than I should have. I just think that the developers have the best vantage point to see what tools work best to achieve their goals. So far I am extremely happy with their results.

jpp72

No Worries...I also get annoyed at people who think they know better than the professionals but in this case, i know what i am talking about ;)

yt-dlp is not for HBO, Netflix and all of that... It is for non-drm protected sites. Although i have StreamFab all-in-one, i do not use it for the sites that don't have DRM... Main example is Discovery+. I use yt-dlp & aria2c to download from Discovery+ because i want to download at higher speeds and have the subtitles downloaded. I download quite a bit so having my speed quadrupled (at the very least) is quite a big deal.

Take a look at the difference in speed from StreamFab and aria2c on the same episode, same computer:

StreamFab (4.7 MB/s)

Aria2c (21 MB/s)

Obviously the speed is my main concern but i also like to have all my stuff as MKV files. If StreamFab is set to MKV, it doesn't download the Closed Captioned Subtitles (only ones available for Discovery+). I need to set it to MP4 to download the subs and then i need to set it back to MKV for all my other downloads. Unfortunately, i don't always remember to do so and it's annoying that i then have to remux tons of episodes into MKV outside of StreamFab.

Here is the mediainfo output from 90 Day Fiance Season 9, Episode 6 dowloaded as an MP4 vs downloaded as an MKV:

MKV


General
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 3.06 GiB
Duration : 1 h 25 min
Overall bit rate : 5 124 kb/s
Movie name : Have To Turn This Car Around
Description : Bilal doesn't like Shaeeda's playful side, and the pressure gets to Jibri.
Writing application : Lavf58.76.100
Writing library : Lavf58.76.100
ErrorDetectionType : Per level 1
EPISODE_ID : 6
SEASON_NUMBER : 9
SHOW : 90 Day Fiance

Video
ID : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4
Format settings : CABAC / 2 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 2 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1 h 25 min
Nominal bit rate : 5 000 kb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.080
Writing library : x264 core 148 r2579M 73ae2d1
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=2 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=2 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=1 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=250 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / stitchable=1 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=0 / weightp=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=10 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=5000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=5 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=10000 / vbv_bufsize=5000 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AAC LC SBR
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity with Spectral Band Replication
Commercial name : HE-AAC
Format settings : Implicit
Codec ID : A_AAC-2
Duration : 1 h 25 min
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 23.438 FPS (2048 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -33 ms
Default : Yes
Forced : No

MP4


General
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
File size : 3.07 GiB
Duration : 1 h 25 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 5 133 kb/s
Collection : 90 Day Fiance
Season : 9
Track name : Have To Turn This Car Around
Description : Bilal doesn't like Shaeeda's playful side, and the pressure gets to Jibri.
Writing application : Lavf58.76.100
Cover : Yes
Part_ID : 6

Video
ID : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4
Format settings : CABAC / 2 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 2 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1 h 25 min
Source duration : 1 h 25 min
Bit rate : 4 993 kb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Minimum frame rate : 29.960 FPS
Maximum frame rate : 29.990 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.080
Stream size : 2.98 GiB (97%)
Source stream size : 2.98 GiB (97%)
Writing library : x264 core 148 r2579M 73ae2d1
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=2 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=2 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=1 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=250 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / stitchable=1 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=0 / weightp=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=10 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=5000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=5 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=10000 / vbv_bufsize=5000 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
mdhd_Duration : 5131660
Codec configuration box : avcC

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AAC LC SBR
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity with Spectral Band Replication
Commercial name : HE-AAC
Format settings : Implicit
Codec ID : mp4a-40-2
Duration : 1 h 25 min
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 127 kb/s
Maximum bit rate : 129 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 23.438 FPS (2048 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 77.6 MiB (2%)
Default : Yes
Alternate group : 1

Text
ID : 2-CC1
Format : EIA-608
Muxing mode : SCTE 128 / DTVCC Transport
Muxing mode, more info : Muxed in Video #1
Duration : 1 h 25 min
Start time (commands) : 100 ms
Start time : 1 s 601 ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Stream size : 0.00 Byte (0%)
Count of frames before first event : 47
Type of the first event : PopOn

As you can see, the MP4 does have the Closed Captions while the MKV does not.

Which is why i suggested 3 enhancements:

Extract the CC from the video and remux as SubRip/SRT
Have a MKV/MP4 format setting per site
Select the format when selecting Video & Audio Quality

So, again, i am not trying to be an asshole. I see something that can be improved so i suggest it IN CASE they might not know. Not everyone knows everything.

Case in point, try downloading any recent episode of 90 Day Fiance on Newsgroups or Torrents and you will see there are no subtitles. Yet all my episodes of 90 Day Fiance have subtitles and are in MKV format.

As for aria2c being in the youtube-dl folder, so? They don't use youtube-dl for all the sites. Not only that, aria2c is an option so if you don't explicitly say use aria2c, it won't. I used yt-dlp for months before enabling aria2c

Windows works just fine if i don't use Minesweeper but minesweeper.exe still exists.

jpp72

You had previously also mentioned that SF uses youtube-dl and in your opinion that they should use yt-dlp instead. I'd like you to show where you found the youtube-dl.exe file in SF. There is a folder by the name YouTubeDL but you won't find the youtube-dl executable anywhere in it or in any other SF folder.

The developers have proven time and time again that they know what they are doing. If yt-dlp was the answer, there'd be 100+ free streaming downloaders available that could download HBO, Netflix, HULU, and Amazon instead of 100+ free streaming downloaders that can't. For all intents and purposes, there only 2 programs that can do that and SF is one of them.
Cats4U

The fact that they actually switched to yt-dlp means i am not totally full of shit:

jpp72

Here are the full size images... i messed up when posting the other messages...

jpp72

Sigh... the image uploads suck...

If you want to see what they use as the youtube downloader, just enable clipboard monitoring and paste a URL that StreamFab will recognize but won't work unless you are logged into the siet... like: https://www.9now.com.au/love-island-uk/season-7/episode-58

Cats4U

Sigh... the image uploads suck...

If you want to see what they use as the youtube downloader, just enable clipboard monitoring and paste a URL that StreamFab will recognize but won't work unless you are logged into the siet... like: https://www.9now.com.au/love-island-uk/season-7/episode-58
jpp72

I'm not quite sure of what you are trying to show me because I can't seem to reproduce it here as I don't have access to that site. I presume you are saying that whatever that unreadable red line says it has something to do with yt-dlp. Your other message seems to imply that yt-dlp is somewhere in SF. I checked but I couldn't find it. Perhaps it is incorporated into a differently named .dll or something?
I am like you, I tend to use other programs for non-DRM videos. I used to use FireDM (which uses yt-dlp) but sadly it has disappeared from Github and the world. It is speculated that it has something to do with the Russian/Ukrainian war. I'm also a heavy user of Tubedigger and IDM but I don't think they directly use yt-dlp. They were out prior to yt-dlp coming out and perhaps even youtube-dl.

On a related subject, there was another message here from someone about a problem with using a password on a private Vimeo video. If yt-dlp (or even youtube-dl) are actually in SF, then the developers just need to add the --video-password command to yt-dlp to get past that problem. Oh, geez, here I am doing what I bashed you for... telling the developers what to do. Hangin' my head low.

jpp72

I'm not quite sure of what you are trying to show me because I can't seem to reproduce it here as I don't have access to that site. I presume you are saying that whatever that unreadable red line says it has something to do with yt-dlp. Your other message seems to imply that yt-dlp is somewhere in SF. I checked but I couldn't find it. Perhaps it is incorporated into a differently named .dll or something?
Cats4U

Ya basically whenever there is something that is not being handled correctly by the Youtube downloader module (yt-dlp in v5.0.3.4), it will ask you to please report the issue to the Github repository.

You do not need the actual .exe file to exist on the PC if you incorporated the source code into your own program/wrapper. So, like you said, it's probably inside some DLL in StreamFab.

Here is an external link to the full size image i was trying to share:

I am like you, I tend to use other programs for non-DRM videos. I used to use FireDM (which uses yt-dlp) but sadly it has disappeared from Github and the world. It is speculated that it has something to do with the Russian/Ukrainian war. I'm also a heavy user of Tubedigger and IDM but I don't think they directly use yt-dlp. They were out prior to yt-dlp coming out and perhaps even youtube-dl.

Cats4U

I downloaded Tubedigger a few months back, installed it, and never used it lol. I am pretty particular with what i like and i just didn't feel like going through all the settings to make it behave the way i like. I am pretty happy with my homemade windows cmd scripts that i integrated into Windows Explorer's context menus. It does everything i want but especially the proper naming of the files. It also allows me to convert CC subtitles into .srt with 1 click and remuxing mp4 into mkv with another click. This is what my right-click context menu looks like:

On a related subject, there was another message here from someone about a problem with using a password on a private Vimeo video. If yt-dlp (or even youtube-dl) are actually in SF, then the developers just need to add the --video-password command to yt-dlp to get past that problem. Oh, geez, here I am doing what I bashed you for... telling the developers what to do. Hangin' my head low.
Cats4U

Lol it's hard to resist isn't it? ;)

But yeah 100% right. If StreamFab adds a field for the password in the pop-up asking for the settings for the download, then they can take whatever is written by the user in that field and pass it to yt-dlp with the --video-password option