vidsrc-dlp 0.3.0

CLI to search TMDB, resolve VidSrc streams, and download via yt-dlp

vidsrc-dlp

Search TMDB, resolve a playable HLS stream via VidSrc's 4-hop chain, and download via yt-dlp.

Install

pip install vidsrc-dlp
cp .env.example .env  # add your TMDB_API_KEY

Or for local development:

git clone https://github.com/jeevan/vidsrc-dlp
cd vidsrc-dlp
python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .
cp .env.example .env  # add your TMDB_API_KEY

Usage

# Movies
vidsrc-dlp "Inception"
vidsrc-dlp "The Matrix" --year 1999
vidsrc-dlp "Interstellar" --quality 1080p --no-confirm --verbose

# TV Shows
vidsrc-dlp "Breaking Bad" --type tv --season 1 --episode 1
vidsrc-dlp "Severance" --type tv --season 2 --episode 5

# Test with main.py (no install needed)
python main.py "Inception"

Output paths

Configure in .env or override via CLI:

MOVIES_DIR=./downloads/movies
TV_DIR=./downloads/tv

vidsrc-dlp "Inception" --movies-dir "/Volumes/Media/Movies"
vidsrc-dlp "Breaking Bad" --type tv --season 1 --episode 1 --tv-dir "/Volumes/Media/TV"

Naming convention

Movies:  {MOVIES_DIR}/Inception (2010)/Inception (2010).mp4
TV:      {TV_DIR}/Breaking Bad/Season 01/Breaking Bad - S01E01 - Pilot.mp4

Architecture

1. TMDB — search API for movie/TV metadata
2. VidSrc Resolver — requests-only 4-hop chain to extract an HLS URL
3. Downloader — yt-dlp + ffmpeg to download and transcode to MP4

How the resolver works

vidsrc.to/embed/{movie|tv}/{tmdb_id}[/{season}/{episode}]
  → vsembed.ru iframe (parse src attr)
    → cloudorchestranova.com/rcp/{hash} (parse prorcp hash)
      → cloudorchestranova.com/prorcp/{hash} (m3u8 URLs with __TOKEN__ placeholders)
        → generate.php endpoints (JWT tokens)
          → final m3u8 URL

Adding a new stream provider

Implement StreamProvider from vidsrc_dlp.utils.

Acknowledgements

• MaheshSharan/vidsrc — The request-based 4-hop resolution chain was reverse-engineered from this open-source PHP scraper. Critical reference for the VidSrc token flow.
• TMDB — Movie and TV metadata API. All search, detail, episode info sourced from their free tier.
• yt-dlp — The download engine. Handles HLS fragment fetching, decryption, and ffmpeg transcoding.
• requests — HTTP library for the resolver chain.
• python-dotenv — Environment variable loading from .env.