ORF Radiothek has changed the URLs

[jogitgl]

youtube-dl version 2021.06.06

ORF has changed the URLs for Radiothek.
I have tested the URLs in the file "orf.py.new" and the downloads are working now without problems.
But how these URLs can be changed in the official youtube-dl version?

diff orf.py orf.py.new
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< 'http://audioapi.orf.at/%s/api/json/current/broadcast/%s/%s'
---
> 'https://audioapi.orf.at/%s/api/json/current/broadcast/%s/%s'
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< _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?Pfm4).orf.at/player/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P4\w+)'
---
> _VALID_URL = r'https?://radiothek.orf.at/(?Pfm4)/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P4\w+)'
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< _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?Pnoe).orf.at/player/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
---
> _VALID_URL = r'https?://radiothek.orf.at/(?Pnoe)/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
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< _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?Pwien).orf.at/player/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
---
> _VALID_URL = r'https?://radiothek.orf.at/(?Pwie)/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
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< _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?Pburgenland).orf.at/player/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
---
> _VALID_URL = r'https?://radiothek.orf.at/(?Pbgl)/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
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< _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?Pooe).orf.at/player/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
---
> _VALID_URL = r'https?://radiothek.orf.at/(?Pooe)/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
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< _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?Psteiermark).orf.at/player/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
---
> _VALID_URL = r'https?://radiothek.orf.at/(?Pstm)/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
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< _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?Pkaernten).orf.at/player/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
---
> _VALID_URL = r'https?://radiothek.orf.at/(?Pktn)/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
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< _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?Psalzburg).orf.at/player/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
---
> _VALID_URL = r'https?://radiothek.orf.at/(?Psbg)/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
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< _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?Ptirol).orf.at/player/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
---
> _VALID_URL = r'https?://radiothek.orf.at/(?Ptir)/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
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< _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?Pvorarlberg).orf.at/player/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
---
> _VALID_URL = r'https?://radiothek.orf.at/(?Pvbg)/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
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< _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?Poe3).orf.at/player/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
---
> _VALID_URL = r'https?://radiothek.orf.at/(?Poe3)/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
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< _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?Poe1).orf.at/player/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'
---
> _VALID_URL = r'https?://radiothek.orf.at/(?Poe1)/(?P[0-9]+)/(?P\w+)'

[jkirk]

Actually the station URLs still work fine, but you are right: the radiothek URLs are not supported (I am working on it).

For example, this station URL (currently) works: https://oe1.orf.at/player/20210723/645522 this radiothek URL does not: https://radiothek.orf.at/oe1/20210723/645522 (both URLs provide the same mp3 file).

So your patch would break the ability to download the station URLs (although I was not able to apply your patch, because of missing white spaces. You should use fenced code blocks to paste your code).

But you inspired me to look at an older issue (#26043) where we already talked about the radiothek URLs and now try to implement the extractor.

You also asked:

But how these URLs can be changed in the official youtube-dl version?

You might want to read the GitHub Docs first, but basically you fork and clone the project, make changes and submit a pull request.

[jkirk]

Thanks @dirkf for the clean up!

This triggered me to take another look into this issue.
I've tested an ORF OE1 (station) URL with youtube-dl "https://oe1.orf.at/player/20210723/645522" (with youtube-dl 2021.12.17, I haven't tested the latest version) . This still works.

ORF Radiothek does not exist anymore. It seems it has been superseded by ORF Sound: https://sound.orf.at/.

I think this issue can be closed; I will close my PR: #29679.

[dirkf]

Is https://oe1.orf.at/player/20210723/645522 an actual URL that can be found from sound.orf.at or any other orf.at site?

Currently I'm just finding sound.orf.at/radio/{station}/sendung/{id} which may also have a final /{slug}. However I see that the player URL is still valid (with no redirect) and playable, so I'll have to make sure it still gets extracted.

There are also /collection/... URLs where /collection/{id} brings up a playlist page and /collection/{collection_id}/{item_id} is one item in the playlist. Such an item may be an upload or podcast-episode, or it may be a broadcast, broadcastitem or program associated with a station, each with its own API.

I'll close the issue when an new ORF extractor module gets merged.

[dirkf]

Please test #32802 and report there.