Repository: youtube-dl
Issue: How can I download UHD content from iPlayer
Labels: question

I'm trying to download Dracula from iPlayer, but the highest resolution youtube-dl is showing me is 720p. Sorry if it's something that should be easy to do, I'm new to this and have previously used get_iplayer for iPlayer downloads, but the forum there said to use youtube-dl.

Here's what I got for episode 1.

youtube-dl --list-formats https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/isode/m000ctc3
[bbc.co.uk] m000ctc3: Downloading video page
[bbc.co.uk] m000ctc3: Downloading playlist JSON
[bbc.co.uk] m000ctc1: Downloading media selection XML
[bbc.co.uk] m000ctc1: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] m000ctc1: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[bbc.co.uk] m000ctc1: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] m000ctc1: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] m000ctc1: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] m000ctc1: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[bbc.co.uk] m000ctc1: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] m000ctc1: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[bbc.co.uk] m000ctc1: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] m000ctc1: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[bbc.co.uk] m000ctc1: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] m000ctc1: Downloading MPD manifest
[bbc.co.uk] m000ctc1: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] m000ctc1: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[bbc.co.uk] m000ctc1: Downloading m3u8 information
[bbc.co.uk] m000ctc1: Downloading m3u8 information
WARNING: Failed to download m3u8 information: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[info] Available formats for m000ctc1:
format code                                                                                  extension  resolution note
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stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_akamai_uk_dash_https-audio_eng_1=128000     m4a        audio only [en] DASH audio  128k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.2 (48000Hz)
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_limelight_uk_dash-audio_eng_1=128000        m4a        audio only [en] DASH audio  128k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.2 (48000Hz)
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_limelight_uk_dash_https-audio_eng_1=128000  m4a        audio only [en] DASH audio  128k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.2 (48000Hz)
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stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_akamai_uk_dash_https-video=827000           mp4        704x396    DASH video  827k , mp4_dash container, avc3.4D401E, 25fps, video only
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_limelight_uk_dash-video=827000              mp4        704x396    DASH video  827k , mp4_dash container, avc3.4D401E, 25fps, video only
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_limelight_uk_dash_https-video=827000        mp4        704x396    DASH video  827k , mp4_dash container, avc3.4D401E, 25fps, video only
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_akamai_uk_dash-video=1570000                mp4        704x396    DASH video 1570k , mp4_dash container, avc3.64001F, 50fps, video only
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_akamai_uk_dash_https-video=1570000          mp4        704x396    DASH video 1570k , mp4_dash container, avc3.64001F, 50fps, video only
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_limelight_uk_dash-video=1570000             mp4        704x396    DASH video 1570k , mp4_dash container, avc3.64001F, 50fps, video only
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_limelight_uk_dash_https-video=1570000       mp4        704x396    DASH video 1570k , mp4_dash container, avc3.64001F, 50fps, video only
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_akamai_uk_dash-video=2812000                mp4        960x540    DASH video 2812k , mp4_dash container, avc3.64001F, 50fps, video only
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_akamai_uk_dash_https-video=2812000          mp4        960x540    DASH video 2812k , mp4_dash container, avc3.64001F, 50fps, video only
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_limelight_uk_dash-video=2812000             mp4        960x540    DASH video 2812k , mp4_dash container, avc3.64001F, 50fps, video only
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_limelight_uk_dash_https-video=2812000       mp4        960x540    DASH video 2812k , mp4_dash container, avc3.64001F, 50fps, video only
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_akamai_uk_dash-video=5070000                mp4        1280x720   DASH video 5070k , mp4_dash container, avc3.640020, 50fps, video only
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_akamai_uk_dash_https-video=5070000          mp4        1280x720   DASH video 5070k , mp4_dash container, avc3.640020, 50fps, video only
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_limelight_uk_dash-video=5070000             mp4        1280x720   DASH video 5070k , mp4_dash container, avc3.640020, 50fps, video only
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_limelight_uk_dash_https-video=5070000       mp4        1280x720   DASH video 5070k , mp4_dash container, avc3.640020, 50fps, video only
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_akamai_uk_hls-1013                          mp4        704x396    1013k , avc1.4D401E@ 827k, 25.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_akamai_uk_hls_https-1013                    mp4        704x396    1013k , avc1.4D401E@ 827k, 25.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_bidi_uk_hls-1013                            mp4        704x396    1013k , avc1.4D401E@ 827k, 25.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_bidi_uk_hls_https-1013                      mp4        704x396    1013k , avc1.4D401E@ 827k, 25.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1013                       mp4        704x396    1013k , avc1.4D401E@ 827k, 25.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
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stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_akamai_uk_hls-1800                          mp4        704x396    1800k , avc1.64001F@1570k, 50.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_akamai_uk_hls_https-1800                    mp4        704x396    1800k , avc1.64001F@1570k, 50.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_bidi_uk_hls-1800                            mp4        704x396    1800k , avc1.64001F@1570k, 50.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_bidi_uk_hls_https-1800                      mp4        704x396    1800k , avc1.64001F@1570k, 50.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-1800                       mp4        704x396    1800k , avc1.64001F@1570k, 50.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_limelight_uk_hls_https-1800                 mp4        704x396    1800k , avc1.64001F@1570k, 50.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_akamai_uk_hls-3117                          mp4        960x540    3117k , avc1.64001F@2812k, 50.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_akamai_uk_hls_https-3117                    mp4        960x540    3117k , avc1.64001F@2812k, 50.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_bidi_uk_hls-3117                            mp4        960x540    3117k , avc1.64001F@2812k, 50.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_bidi_uk_hls_https-3117                      mp4        960x540    3117k , avc1.64001F@2812k, 50.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-3117                       mp4        960x540    3117k , avc1.64001F@2812k, 50.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_limelight_uk_hls_https-3117                 mp4        960x540    3117k , avc1.64001F@2812k, 50.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_akamai_uk_hls-5510                          mp4        1280x720   5510k , avc1.640020@5070k, 50.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_akamai_uk_hls_https-5510                    mp4        1280x720   5510k , avc1.640020@5070k, 50.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_bidi_uk_hls-5510                            mp4        1280x720   5510k , avc1.640020@5070k, 50.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_bidi_uk_hls_https-5510                      mp4        1280x720   5510k , avc1.640020@5070k, 50.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
stream-uk-iptv_streaming_concrete_combined_hd_mf_limelight_uk_hls-5510                       mp4        1280x720   5510k , avc1.640020@5070k, 50.0fps, mp4a.40.2@128k
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