yt-dlp-tldv

A yt-dlp extractor plugin for downloading tldv.io meeting recordings.

Installation

pip install yt-dlp-tldv

Or install from source:

git clone https://github.com/ofcRS/yt-dlp-tldv.git
cd yt-dlp-tldv
pip install -e .

Usage

1. Get your auth token

Open tldv.io in your browser, press F12, go to the Console tab, and run:

JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("_cap_jwt")).token

Copy the token value.

2. Download a meeting

yt-dlp --extractor-args "tldv:token=YOUR_JWT_TOKEN" "https://tldv.io/app/meetings/MEETING_ID"

With a custom output filename:

yt-dlp --extractor-args "tldv:token=YOUR_JWT_TOKEN" \
  -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" \
  "https://tldv.io/app/meetings/MEETING_ID"

Alternative: username/password (experimental)

Note: Username/password authentication uses tldv's /auth/login API endpoint, which has not been fully verified. If it doesn't work, use the token method above instead.

yt-dlp -u your@email.com -p yourpassword "https://tldv.io/app/meetings/MEETING_ID"

How it works

tldv.io serves meeting recordings as HLS streams with a custom obfuscation layer (Caesar cipher on the m3u8 playlist URLs). This plugin:

1. Authenticates with the tldv API
2. Downloads the obfuscated m3u8 playlist
3. Decodes the Caesar cipher to recover the real segment URLs
4. Hands the decoded playlist to yt-dlp's HLS downloader

License

MIT