Difficulty playing (decoding?) MP4 download
 

I've downloaded an MP4 of a Youtube purchase and cannot get it to play on Windows Media Player, Quicktime or Real Player. It was downloaded with FlashGot, the program I had previously installed in Firefox, and has appeared as four MP4 files, one of which has an "▶_" before it.

I think I need to decode it somehow, but have never done so and am not sure how to begin (if that's the problem). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :)

Try VLC or mpc

Thanks, I tried VLC but no luck.

I'm really hoping an editing program will open the file and allow me to write a fresh MP4. I'd like to avoid strings altogether, even if it results in a bit of loss if re-encoding is needed. Hopefully it wouldn't be.

I looked at the details via MediaInfo and came up with the following for each of the four resulting file downloads. Can anyone help? It looks to me like they need to be decrypted.


File 1:

General
Complete name : C:\Users\***.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 927 MiB
Duration : 55mn 57s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 2 317 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2012-06-13 06:42:28
Tagged date : UTC 2012-06-14 06:44:51
gsst : 0
gstd : 3357280
gssd : B4A7DD7C8HH1402364399508739
gshh : r8---sn-a5m7zu7k.c.youtube.com

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : encv / avc1 / mp4a
Duration : 55mn 57s
Bit rate : 2 154 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 8 435 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Minimum frame rate : 20.000 fps
Maximum frame rate : 30.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.078
Stream size : 862 MiB (93%)
Encoded date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Tagged date : UTC 2012-06-14 06:44:51
Encryption : Encrypted

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 55mn 57s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 161 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 152 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 243 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 64.3 MiB (7%)
Title : IsoMedia File Produced by Google, 5-11-2011
Encoded date : UTC 2012-06-13 06:42:44
Tagged date : UTC 2012-06-14 06:44:51
Encryption : Encrypted

File 2:

General
Complete name : C:\Users\***.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 400 MiB
Duration : 55mn 57s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 1 000 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2012-06-13 06:43:08
Tagged date : UTC 2012-06-14 06:43:57
gsst : 0
gstd : 3357280
gssd : B4A7DD7C8HH1402364399494635
gshh : r8---sn-a5m7zu7k.c.youtube.com

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : encv / avc1 / mp4a
Duration : 55mn 57s
Bit rate : 861 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 3 926 Kbps
Width : 854 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Minimum frame rate : 20.000 fps
Maximum frame rate : 30.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.070
Stream size : 344 MiB (86%)
Encoded date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Tagged date : UTC 2012-06-14 06:43:57
Encryption : Encrypted

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 55mn 57s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 137 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 128 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 215 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 54.7 MiB (14%)
Title : IsoMedia File Produced by Google, 5-11-2011
Encoded date : UTC 2012-06-13 06:43:10
Tagged date : UTC 2012-06-14 06:43:57
Encryption : Encrypted

File 3:

General
Complete name : C:\Users\***.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 262 MiB
Duration : 55mn 57s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 655 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2012-06-13 06:41:58
Tagged date : UTC 2012-06-14 06:42:49
gsst : 0
gstd : 3357280
gssd : BADC239E1HH1380238804069320
gshh : r4---sn-q4f7dnl6.c.youtube.com

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L3.0
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : encv / avc1 / mp4a
Duration : 55mn 57s
Bit rate : 548 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 2 277 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 360 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Minimum frame rate : 20.000 fps
Maximum frame rate : 30.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.079
Stream size : 219 MiB (84%)
Encoded date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Tagged date : UTC 2012-06-14 06:42:49
Encryption : Encrypted

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 55mn 57s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 105 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 96.0 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 171 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 41.9 MiB (16%)
Title : IsoMedia File Produced by Google, 5-11-2011
Encoded date : UTC 2012-06-13 06:41:59
Tagged date : UTC 2012-06-14 06:42:49
Encryption : Encrypted

File 4:

General
Complete name : C:\Users\***.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 225 MiB
Duration : 49mn 1s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 642 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2012-06-13 06:41:58
Tagged date : UTC 2012-06-14 06:42:49
gsst : 415400
gstd : 3357280
gssd : B4A7D0121HH1402364400552115
gshh : r4---sn-q4f7dns6.c.youtube.com

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L3.0
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : encv / avc1 / mp4a
Duration : 49mn 1s
Bit rate : 534 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 2 277 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 360 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Minimum frame rate : 20.000 fps
Maximum frame rate : 30.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.077
Stream size : 187 MiB (83%)
Encoded date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Tagged date : UTC 2012-06-14 06:42:49
Encryption : Encrypted

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 49mn 1s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 105 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 96.0 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 171 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 36.7 MiB (16%)
Title : IsoMedia File Produced by Google, 5-11-2011
Encoded date : UTC 2012-06-13 06:41:59
Tagged date : UTC 2012-06-14 06:42:49
Encryption : Encrypted

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If you can't get it to play, I don't believe its possible to remove youtube DRM. I believe it stores license info server-side, so playback can only take place online.

I didn't even know Youtube sold anything. :laugh:

The only way to record some videos is with a really, really good video card in a high-RAM system, a good online connection, and use screen cap software. I've done this a few times on my Mac (16gb RAM), using Hyper Cam 3 in Parallels. The screen cap program are easily susceptible to lags and graphics tearing (not to be confused with video tearing).