After a long research, I can't find a way to get the mpd url for a YouTube video. My question is, is it even possible to get it?
In theory, YouTube has to have a manifest file, so that it could play out the segment files. My research has led to some old posts where people have allegedly found a way to do it. A python script that is supposed to extract the mpd file. After analyzing, what exactly it is done, I have found that line 68, he is looking for a dashmpd, which is not contained in the code. I thought maybe the name of the parameter is changed, and tried to look for some URL, but without success.
mpdurl = html[html.find("dashmpd"):]
Topic where MPD file is used., another similar topic.
So again, my question is is it even possible to extract the mpd url/file from a YouTube video? Or is it encrypted and not possible any more? Does it make a difference if the video is in webm or mp4 format?
