v1.1.8

What's Changed

• CTV has been updated to use credentials. Set it up using freevine.py profile like usual.
• README usage section has been updated to include some advanced track selections.
• Update notification has been removed from this version on. It used the Github API to compare versions, and more and more VPNs are getting 403 when running it so it's been disabled. It's recommended to clone the repository instead to easily update whenever you want and get the newest additions and fixes immediately.
• General fixes and maintenance

New Additions:

• RTE Player #87
• CBS #90

N_m3u8DL-RE pre-releases

N_m3u8DL-RE hasn't seen a new release since Jun 28, 2023, but new features have been added to their main branch. One particularly interesting addition is the ability to select streams based on role, like "Main" or "Description". If included in the service manifest, this makes it much easier to see which audio track has descriptive audio since few services include that info in the id:

INFO : Aud *CENC 7 | 194 Kbps | ec-3 | en-US | 6CH | 211 Segments | Main | ~21m04s
INFO : Aud *CENC 10 | 131 Kbps | mp4a.40.2 | en-US | 2CH | 211 Segments | Description | ~21m04s
INFO : Aud *CENC 8 | 130 Kbps | mp4a.40.2 | en-US | 2CH | 211 Segments | Main | ~21m04s
INFO : Aud *CENC 9 | 130 Kbps | ec-3 | en-US | 2CH | 211 Segments | Description | ~21m04s
INFO : Sub 11 | en-US | wvtt | 209 Segments | Main | ~20m54s

Since there are no new executables on the official repository, I forked it and built them myself to include the new features. These are considered pre-releases, so bugs are possible.

You can find them here: https://github.com/stabbedbybrick/N_m3u8DL-RE/releases/tag/20240304

Full Changelog: v1.1.7...v1.1.8