Support for Talk TV

[user182015]

Checklist

• [x] I'm reporting a new site support request
• [ ] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
• [x] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• [x] I've checked that none of provided URLs violate any copyrights
• [x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar site support requests including closed ones

Example URLs

• (https://watch.talk.tv/watch/vod/45196240)
• (https://watch.talk.tv/watch/replay/12216792)
• (https://watch.talk.tv/watch/replay/12218475)

Description

New UK TV Channel, Talk TV (talk.tv) has on demand shows.

It is an unsupported URL. Any way we could fix this?

Thanks!

[dirkf]

In the page:

<div
    id="player"
    data-env="production"
    data-id="nagOiJbuFEADH5v"
    data-type="vod"
    data-key="7Sa4Ec3Gz8Xz5Ms1Ff8Mo0Ds1Zn3Zg"
    data-uvid="45196240"
    data-token="1ae0cf1ac3cbaf1a8ae618389f68d6d3"
    data-expiry="1650968592"
    data-poster="https://thumbnails.simplestreamcdn.com/talktv/ondemand/45196240.jpg?width=700&amp;"
    data-position="0"
    data-country="GB"
...

The stream API URL:

https://v2-streams-elb.simplestreamcdn.com/api/show/stream/45196240?key=7Sa4Ec3Gz8Xz5Ms1Ff8Mo0Ds1Zn3Zg&platform=firefox&cc=GB

So:

https://v2-streams-elb.simplestreamcdn.com/api/show/stream/{uvid}?key={key}&platform=firefox&cc={country}

That gets the m3u8 manifest that can be pulled by yt-dl.

In case the domain name might vary, this URL

https://mm-v2.simplestream.com/ssmp/api.php?id=nagOiJbuFEADH5v&env=production
==
https://mm-v2.simplestream.com/ssmp/api.php?id={id}&env={env}

gets JSON whose .response contains "api_hostname": "https://v2-streams-elb.simplestreamcdn.com"

Basically, someone needs to create an extractor that does these things.

[dirkf]

The .../vod/... URL is obsolete. I can't see a way of getting that URL format from the website now.

[dirkf]

Feel free to test the extractor in PR #30903.