MTV
Install system certificate.
If we compare this:
topaz.viacomcbs.digital/topaz/api/
mgid:arc:showvideo:mtv.com:f2ea0986-48b0-4d95-ada3-d3d3a89710ed
/mica.json?clientPlatform=android
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=1488968,RESOLUTION=768x576,
FRAME-RATE=23.974,CODECS="avc1.4d401f,mp4a.40.2",AUDIO="audio0",SUBTITLES="subs0"
with this:
media-utils.mtvnservices.com/services/MediaGenerator/
mgid:arc:showvideo:mtv.com:f2ea0986-48b0-4d95-ada3-d3d3a89710ed
?acceptMethods=hls
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH=1575904,BANDWIDTH=2538475,FRAME-RATE=23.976,
CODECS="avc1.4D401F,mp4a.40.2",RESOLUTION=768x576
the second seems to have better BANDWIDTH. However if we run both through FFmpeg,
we get this result:
49422944 MediaGenerator.ts
49431404 topaz.ts
Why does this exist?
March 3 2022
https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/30678