403 Response on Login

[Spacefreak18]

Starting this weekend i am noticing a 403 error on login.

It appears the AppleTV app is having the same issue.

https://github.com/NoahFetz/F1AppleTV/issues/55

It appears to be on the server side.

[pabohoney1]

Seeing the same thing. Would be great to get a patch in to watch Melbourne this weekend! Thanks!

[Gghuzr]

It seems F1TV blocked 3rd party apps from login - official F1TV app is working on the iPhone

[RealMurphy]

Yeah, other apps are reporting not only you now need a session key to log-in which at least looks like do-able, but they also activated DRM which means you need to have a player capable of decrypting it (i.e. ffmpeg, vlc, ... would not directly work).

(see f1viewer/racecontrol projects for more details)

[Spacefreak18]

I just did more research and I'm seeing the same thing. I played around with the apiKey etc, in the headers with no success.

But like you say, even if i were to get a login, which I think I could, playing the actual video if it is DRM locked is going to be a different story.

Yeah, other apps are reporting not only you now need a session key to log-in which at least looks like do-able, but they also activated DRM which means you need to have a player capable of decrypting it (i.e. ffmpeg, vlc, ... would not directly work).

(see f1viewer/racecontrol projects for more details)

[bbsan2k]

Okay, tbh I was expecting this to happen already quite some time.

Regarding the DRM: there is a good chance that this can be somehow done by using inputstream and widevine etc, but for now I‘m unfortunately not planning to look into it any further because of other project and also family time.

If anyone is interested in digging deeper into fixing stuff I‘d be happy to assist with understanding the current code or merging PRs if required.

[Spacefreak18]

Okay, tbh I was expecting this to happen already quite some time.

Regarding the DRM: there is a good chance that this can be somehow done by using inputstream and widevine etc, but for now I‘m unfortunately not planning to look into it any further because of other project and also family time.

If anyone is interested in digging deeper into fixing stuff I‘d be happy to assist with understanding the current code or merging PRs if required.

no worries, i know it's not anyone's fault. And I appreciate the work you've already done. :)

If you can post something so i can do some research on inputstream and widevine and how it handles DRM, that would be helpful for myself or someone else who might want to take a crack (pun intended) at implementing it.

[joost-quro]

This is really sad from F1 TV, because there a still another of devices that are not supported. If you are able to fix it that would be really great.

[acleee]

It looks like the DRM streams use VMP (Verified Media Path) - so I think playback could only work on Android, since VMP requires the executable to be signed by Widevine's key (or something along those lines).

Anywho, this .strm file works and I was able to watch qualifying live on Android (account-specific tokens redacted; tested on my Note20 w/ Kodi 19):

#KODIPROP:inputstream=inputstream.adaptive
#KODIPROP:inputstream.adaptive.manifest_type=mpd
#KODIPROP:inputstream.adaptive.license_type=com.widevine.alpha
#KODIPROP:inputstream.adaptive.license_key=https://f1tv.formula1.com/2.0/R/ENG/WEB_HLS/ALL/CONTENT/LA/widevine?channelId=1033&contentId=1000005121|ascendontoken=xxxxxxx&entitlementtoken=xxxxxxx|A{SSM}|
https://ott-video-cf.formula1.com/out/v1/index.mpd?kid=1042&exp=1649571380&ttl=1440&token=xxxxxxxxx&start=1649483704```

I don't know if you'd want other headers on the license request to make it appear fully legit, but it's only checking the ascendontoken and entitlementtoken. These params can in theory be scripted/set within the addon (this is how the other WV kodi addons work)

The same strm file returns this error on the key request in Windows:

{"resultCode":"OK","message":"Downstream Licence Acquisition Failure","errorDescription":"ACN_5002","resultObj":{"keyos":{"keyosHttpStatus":403,"errorcode":371000005,"errormsg":"Widevine license acquisition failed >> Verified media path cannot be verified"}

[Gghuzr]

Who can step in at this project, Now? @TheDevFreak maybe?

[TheDevFreak]

Who can step in at this project, Now? @TheDevFreak maybe?

Since F1TV now wants DRM I see little point in patching up the Kodi plugin, frankly since they've now released Android & Apple TV apps that work fine this plugin seems like it is replaced by those really...

[Gghuzr]

@TheDevFreak

Unfortunately not for Linux/Libreelec and Enigma2 Users..

I would very appreciate for any further Support. This Plugin is working like a charm on the unsupported devices before

[TheDevFreak]

@TheDevFreak

Unfortunately not for Linux/Libreelec and Enigma2 Users..

I would very appreciate for any further Support. This Plugin is working like a charm on the unsupported devices before

As I don't use the addon anymore and it has been so long since I worked on it I honestly don't remember the internals of it let alone how to get widevine to work fully in Kodi.

I know there is another F1TV addon by dut-iptv and they have an open issue and looks like they're adding support here: dut-iptv/dut-iptv#124

[dazzler22]

thanks for your efforts over the years guys, it has been much appreciated, I have moved to a laptop with hdmi and logging in on the web, it looks like the changes that f1tv have introduced may have killed off the kodi addon (outside of android devices)

Another option if your on a Pi4 is to move to android tv!

[Gghuzr]

thanks for your efforts I will follow dut-iptv if they can handle the livestreams at least

[lenlennart]

Another option if your on a Pi4 is to move to android tv!

Unfortunately, there is no reliable AndroidTV for Pi4... At least non i am aware of :-( Konstakangs builds offer no hardware acceleration

Anyway, watching F1TV over laptop with Chromecast works as well, but the features in handling are not comparable to Kodi at all - please bring this addon back!