Freevine - A downloader for free streaming services (discontinued)

You are more than likely running the bash command from the wrong folder.

open terminal
you need to use 'cd' to open the update folder and you need to use the full path.
type pwd and press enter to get current full path of the current folder:
then use cd to change it to the freevine update folder.

example
pwd
home/psxman/freevine

then you can either:
.~/freevine/update/update.sh

or

cd ~/freevine/update/
./update.sh

Obviously that is an example.
Gotchas to watch for:
you must make sure that any text you type uses the correct uppercase and lowercase.
You can only run the bash command from full path or cd into the folder to run bash command
~ means /home/(user)

It would be easier if I knew the full path of the freevine folder (pwd)

Originally Posted by PSXman_uk

Can you please let me know how to update freevine in linux ive tried this

git clone https://github.com/stabbedbybrick/freevine.git freevine

bash /update/update.sh

it has a freevine dir in update directory with it all in

Updates available from remote repository.
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
Repository updated and local changes reapplied.
Press Enter to exit

This is running under termux as per A_n_g_e_l_a's post on how to get it working on an android phone works fine apart from cant see how it updates

Thanks for looking

/root/FV/freevine-main

(frenv) root@localhost:~/FV/freevine-main#

Same error is it because the dir is called freevine-main as it unzipped to that

wrong command. ~ or /home/ is for the equivalent of a windows c drive.

so:

cd /root/FV/freevine-main/update

will change the directory to the update directory

ls -L

will list the current files in current directory , not necesaary but you should update.sh

./update.sh

will run update.

Originally Posted by PSXman_uk

/root/FV/freevine-main

(frenv) root@localhost:~/FV/freevine-main#

Same error is it because the dir is called freevine-main as it unzipped to that

Updates available from remote repository.
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
Repository updated and local changes reapplied.

Code:

#!/bin/bash

function update_repo {

    git fetch

    if git diff --quiet HEAD..origin; then
        echo "No updates available from remote repository."
    else
        echo "Updates available from remote repository."

        git stash --include-untracked

        git pull

        git stash pop

        echo "Repository updated and local changes reapplied."
    fi
}

update_repo

read -p "Press Enter to exit"

I'm assuming that when you typed ls -L the update.sh file was there?

try this:

cd /root/FV/freevine-main
git init
./root/FV/freevine-main/update/update.sh

Code:

root@localhost:~/FV/freevine-main# git init
hint: Using 'master' as the name for the initial branch. This default branch name
hint: is subject to change. To configure the initial branch name to use in all
hint: of your new repositories, which will suppress this warning, call:
hint:
hint:   git config --global init.defaultBranch <name>
hint:
hint: Names commonly chosen instead of 'master' are 'main', 'trunk' and
hint: 'development'. The just-created branch can be renamed via this command:
hint:
hint:   git branch -m <name>
Initialized empty Git repository in /root/FV/freevine-main/.git/
root@localhost:~/FV/freevine-main#
root@localhost:~/FV/freevine-main# ./root/FV/freevine-main/update/update.sh
bash: ./root/FV/freevine-main/update/update.sh: No such file or directory
root@localhost:~/FV/freevine-main#

Originally Posted by PSXman_uk

Code:

root@localhost:~/FV/freevine-main# git init
hint: Using 'master' as the name for the initial branch. This default branch name
hint: is subject to change. To configure the initial branch name to use in all
hint: of your new repositories, which will suppress this warning, call:
hint:
hint:   git config --global init.defaultBranch <name>
hint:
hint: Names commonly chosen instead of 'master' are 'main', 'trunk' and
hint: 'development'. The just-created branch can be renamed via this command:
hint:
hint:   git branch -m <name>
Initialized empty Git repository in /root/FV/freevine-main/.git/
root@localhost:~/FV/freevine-main#
root@localhost:~/FV/freevine-main# ./root/FV/freevine-main/update/update.sh
bash: ./root/FV/freevine-main/update/update.sh: No such file or directory
root@localhost:~/FV/freevine-main#

What's this code, @PSXman_uk, is it for me, about my last post ?

Originally Posted by GilbertA83

My first interesting question:
Is it necessary to run freevine folder, each time, with a venv Python Environment ?

If you have installed the requirements inside a venv, then yes it's necessary to activate it each time.

Originally Posted by GilbertA83

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'click'

Make sure you're using whatever environment you installed the requirements to: pip install -r requirements.txt

[QUOTE=stabbedbybrick;2729467]

Originally Posted by GilbertA83

My first interesting question:
Is it necessary to run freevine folder, each time, with a venv Python Environment ?

If you have installed the requirements inside a venv, then yes it's necessary to activate it each time.

Freevine folder is now inside .venv (he was outside .venv before). I saw my mistake. Thanks, but must the requirements text be installed each time, @stabbedbybrick ?

Originally Posted by GilbertA83

Freevine folder is now inside .venv (he was outside .venv before). I saw my mistake. Thanks, but must the requirements text be installed each time, @stabbedbybrick ?

It doesn't matter where the freevine folder is, it's the .venv environment that needs to be active when using it. And no, you don't need to install the requirements each time.

I suggest you read through the documentation HERE since this is more related to Python usage itself and not specifically Freevine.

Here's my cribsheet if I install freevine on another PC or I have to instruct somebody else.

Download and unzip freevine. Put the freevine folder in a convenient place.
Copy my \utils\wvd folder (which contains my cdm keys) from my previous version of freevine.

Go into freevine folder. Create a venv by

Code:

python -m venv fvine_venv

note I call my venv 'fvine_venv'. Call yours what you want.
activate the venv:

Code:

fvine_venv\scripts\activate

(or use the bat as described below)
Install the requirements:

Code:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Set up the config.yaml file to what you want (or just use the default one). Or just copy the one from your previous downloaded version of freevine, assuming stabby hasn't altered the config structure.
If you use Channel 4:

Code:

freevine.py profile --username "USERNAME" --password "PASSWORD" --service "All4"

I haven't a clue about proxies if you use them.

That's it.
To use freevine, you must be in the venv (ie. activate it).I have a Windows PC, so I have a bat file within the freevine folder which, if I double click it, automatically activates the venv in a new CMD terminal.

Contents of bat file:

Code:

cmd /k ".\fvine_venv\scripts\activate"

Originally Posted by stabbedbybrick

Originally Posted by GilbertA83

Freevine folder is now inside .venv (he was outside .venv before). I saw my mistake. Thanks, but must the requirements text be installed each time, @stabbedbybrick ?

It doesn't matter where the freevine folder is, it's the .venv environment that needs to be active when using it. And no, you don't need to install the requirements each time.

I suggest you read through the documentation HERE since this is more related to Python usage itself and not specifically Freevine.

Thanks

Here is the Python Command results after running freevine.py :

Code:

PS D:\Sauvegarde xxxxxxx\Downloads\freevine\freevine> & "C:/Program Files/Python312/python.exe" "d:/Sauvegarde xxxxxxx/Downloads/freevine/freevine/freevine.py"       
Usage: freevine.py [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  --debug / --no-debug
  --help                Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  clear-cache   Delete download cache
  file          Read commands from a text file
  get           Download series or movies
  profile       Create a profile with user credentials
  search        Search one or multiple services for titles
  service-info  Print information about each streaming service

Is it a success for me to start freevine positively, now, isn't it, @stabbedbybrick ?

Yup, looks like you got it

All good things must come to an end!

With the latest commits bringing up all services to full functionality (as far as I can tell), I feel like now is a good time to call it a day. I started this project as a way to learn by doing, and it's been a lot of fun seeing so many of you engaging in the development process. But I feel like it's reached its limit in its current state, and it's time to move on to other things. I'll be archiving the github repository, which means that you can still access and clone it, but it'll be read-only and no longer actively maintained. It should still be usable for the foreseeable future, though. And this thread will always be open to questions.

When it comes to future developments, I'll be moving on to using Devine, the successor to Vinetrimmer. If you don't know what Devine is, it's essentially a framework for handling service scripts. It's kind of similar to Freevine in behavior, except it's more advanced and modular, and you need to add the services yourself. I'm in the process of porting over the services, and I might share the ones that comply with the rules of this forum at some point. Perhaps a thread, channel, or a collaborative github could be created where we can share services or something. I know we have several eager programmers around here that would be up to the task.

A few examples of what it looks like:

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Thanks for all the fish!

Thank you for all the great work and for sharing it with us

I just recently discovered this program, but am having an issue with Pluto. I'm trying to download "The Beverly Hillbillies" free episodes they have, and it's failing with this error:

Code:

❯_freevine v1.1.8

20:04:47.817 ←[4m←[31mERROR←[0m : URL did not match any supported service

This is the URL/command I'm using

Code:

freevine.py get --season  https://pluto.tv/en/on-demand/series/5fb80beee8b7e6001a753aa8/details/season/6

Is it just broken entirely now, or am I doing something wrong? I've used it on Tubi and other sites, so I know all my dependencies, etc. are installed.

Thank you for this terrific program. I am sure going to miss it when it stops working. Thank you for the patience you showed as we learned how to get it set up and to work with it. I think I better buy tubedigger and some other programs at some point soon. It has been wonderful to be able to archive various videos over these months. I better try to get what I can while I can and once again thank you for all work you put into developing this program.

Absolutely stunning work you've done stabby. Thank you so much.

Originally Posted by SaLTy

Out of curiosity, when you say you were using it to learn by doing. Did you have some code knowlegde already or learnt from scratch? I'm wanting to learn Python but will be starting from scratch (I know some HTML and CSS as well as can understand some PHP but not write it from scratch).

It was basically learning from scratch. I'd been using various tools written in Python and other languages, but only got into the development side of things sometime last year. I started messing around with Python in the evenings and just figured stuff out as I went. Having a particular goal in mind is far and away the best way to learn something, so I decided to write a script that used URLs from Channel4 to download episodes, and it kind of grew from there

Originally Posted by cp2k

I just recently discovered this program, but am having an issue with Pluto. I'm trying to download "The Beverly Hillbillies" free episodes they have, and it's failing with this error:

Code:

❯_freevine v1.1.8

20:04:47.817 ←[4m←[31mERROR←[0m : URL did not match any supported service

This is the URL/command I'm using

Code:

freevine.py get --season  https://pluto.tv/en/on-demand/series/5fb80beee8b7e6001a753aa8/details/season/6

Is it just broken entirely now, or am I doing something wrong? I've used it on Tubi and other sites, so I know all my dependencies, etc. are installed.

Wrong command:

Code:

freevine.py get --season s06 https://pluto.tv/en/on-demand/series/5fb80beee8b7e6001a753aa8/details

Originally Posted by stabbedbybrick

Originally Posted by SaLTy

Out of curiosity, when you say you were using it to learn by doing. Did you have some code knowlegde already or learnt from scratch? I'm wanting to learn Python but will be starting from scratch (I know some HTML and CSS as well as can understand some PHP but not write it from scratch).

It was basically learning from scratch. I'd been using various tools written in Python and other languages, but only got into the development side of things sometime last year. I started messing around with Python in the evenings and just figured stuff out as I went. Having a particular goal in mind is far and away the best way to learn something, so I decided to write a script that used URLs from Channel4 to download episodes, and it kind of grew from there

Nice! Gives me some hope on learning how to get Devine working and maybe in the future write services for it. Thanks

Originally Posted by Karoolus

recognizable and relatable. Nevertheless, well done!
I had a look at Devine, it looks promising. Have fun learning

Thanks! Don't hesitate to drop me a line if you wanna give it a go and need help setting it up.

Originally Posted by SaLTy

Nice! Gives me some hope on learning how to get Devine working and maybe in the future write services for it. Thanks

If I can learn all this stuff, anyone can. And Devine is extremely well documented, both on github and in the code itself, so make sure to read through it and you'll get it in no time

stabbedbybrick, the tool your wrote is impressive. What is truly epic is this thread and your relentless support for it. Some people write stuff and then release it into the wild with a 'I wrote this for myself, no documentation, use at your own risk" disclaimer. But you were willing to help people, regardless of how big or small the issue was. That is truly legendary.

If you are converting service code, I hope you create an accessible repo for it and a place to discuss it. Thank you.

Sad news, but understandable. Thanks so much for all you've done. Your support has been nothing short of astounding and very much appreciated by many.