This repository contains a plugin package for yt-dlp to work around GCN content protected by DRM.
By default, this plugin won't do anything. Using the use_drm_workaround argument will activate it:
yt-dlp --extractor-args 'globalcyclingnetworkplus:use_drm_workaround' https://plus.globalcyclingnetwork.com/watch/...Note: this plugin doesn't actually circumvent DRM (i.e. via decrypting protected content), but simply requests content that isn't protected by DRM (as my browser happens to do by default).
More specifically, the backend serves content with h264-dash-fmp4-fhd-sdr-widevine-cenc profile (i.e. with DRM) in some circumstances and h264-hls-ts-fhd-sdr-free-clear (i.e. without DRM) in others based on the capabilities of the client. There are likely other permutations of this, but this works good enough for me.
I don't know if it's a mistake, or how long it'll last, but enjoy it while you can!
If you want GCN-specific metadata (i.e. better tagging, descriptions, etc), try --extractor-args 'globalcyclingnetworkplus:use_gcn_metadata'.
Requires yt-dlp 2023.01.02 or above.
You can install this package with pip:
python3 -m pip install -U https://github.com/notjosh/yt-dlp-GlobalCyclingNetworkPlusDRMWorkaround/archive/master.zip
See installing yt-dlp plugins for the other methods this plugin package can be installed.
See the Plugin Development section of the yt-dlp wiki.