Repository: yt-dlp
Issue: [NRK] Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
Labels: geo-blocked,site-bug

### DO NOT REMOVE OR SKIP THE ISSUE TEMPLATE

- [X] I understand that I will be **blocked** if I *intentionally* remove or skip any mandatory\* field

### Checklist

- [X] I'm reporting that yt-dlp is broken on a **supported** site
- [X] I've verified that I have **updated yt-dlp to nightly or master** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update-channels))
- [X] I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
- [X] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are [properly quoted or escaped](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/FAQ#video-url-contains-an-ampersand--and-im-getting-some-strange-output-1-2839-or-v-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command)
- [X] I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
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### Region

Germany

### Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood

YT-dlp does not work any longer on NRK.no for geoblocked films even when using VPN with norwegian IP. I was demanded to report this issue here by the debug info below.

Without VPN it says: "ERROR: [NRK] MDRE30005122: NRK said: Ikke tilgjengelig utenfor Norge"

I ve been trying both "--geo-bypass" "--no-geo-bypass" and "--geo-bypass-country NO" Nothing works. Same error "[NRK] Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden" again and again. Of course I have made sure I can see the films through the VPN in the browser. 







### Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem

- [X] Run **your** yt-dlp command with **-vU** flag added (`yt-dlp -vU <your command line>`)
- [X] If using API, add `'verbose': True` to `YoutubeDL` params instead
- [X] Copy the WHOLE output (starting with `[debug] Command-line config`) and insert it below

### Complete Verbose Output

```shell
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.21.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2024.08.30, curl_cffi-0.5.10, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.3, sqlite3-3.40.1, urllib3-2.2.3, websockets-14.1
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets, curl_cffi
[debug] Loaded 1837 extractors
[debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds/releases/latest
Latest version: master@2024.12.13.102848 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds
yt-dlp is up to date (master@2024.12.13.102848 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp-master-builds)
[NRKTV] Extracting URL: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/lykkeland/sesong/3/episode/MDRE30005122
[debug] Using fake IP 84.211.48.107 (NO) as X-Forwarded-For
[NRK] Extracting URL: nrk:MDRE30005122
[NRK] MDRE30005122: Downloading manifest JSON
[NRK] MDRE30005122: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: [NRK] Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[NRK] MDRE30005122: Downloading metadata JSON
[NRK] MDRE30005122: Downloading programs JSON
ERROR: [NRK] MDRE30005122: No video formats found!; please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "yt_dlp\YoutubeDL.py", line 1624, in wrapper
  File "yt_dlp\YoutubeDL.py", line 1780, in __extract_info
  File "yt_dlp\YoutubeDL.py", line 1839, in process_ie_result
  File "yt_dlp\YoutubeDL.py", line 2846, in process_video_result
  File "yt_dlp\YoutubeDL.py", line 1121, in raise_no_formats
yt_dlp.utils.ExtractorError: [NRK] MDRE30005122: No video formats found!; please report this issue on  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q= , filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U
```