All videos no longer downloading

[GeraldCox]

Your question

For roughly the last month, when attempting to use the extension, all attempts show "Download Failed" with this error message: "Sadly we failed at downloading that specific media. We try to support as many websites as possible, so it would help a lot if you could report that error (it's anonymous!)." I've tried from multiple computers, both Chrome and Edge, with security disabled, and from different Internet access with no success.

The software has worked fine for me in the past on these same sites. Has anyone else experienced this?

Addon & CoApp version and details

Version 9.1.1.0 (stable), target google, locale en-US.

Companion App installed (v2.0.19)

[Mattmjs]

On what computers specifically ? Windows. Mac , Linux. I'm on Windows 10 and no issues. Have you checked anti virus and firewall
haven't blocked the companion app. Check if it quarantined anything, if so make sure to whitelist the companion app.

[Mattmjs]

@GeraldCox , what are the sites you've tested with ? Are they publicly accessible. I could find out why
they are not working if you share some links. Even if the sites are private, it can still be investigated.

[GrampaWildWilly]

Oh. Right. Sorry. I didn't pay close enough attention. VDH for Chrome is not permitted to download from YouTube. I echo Matt's request. Let's have some sample URLs. Not names of web sites. Specific URLs of pages where there are videos.

I suppose I should mention that neither Matt nor myself works for VDH. We are both just users of VDH.

[GeraldCox]

Thanks to both of you. Here is an example: https://catflix.su/movie/defying-gravity-the-curtain-rises-on-wicked-1290034

[Mattmjs]

It does fail for the Catflix 1 source below the video which seems to be the default once you visit the page.
But if you choose those other sources to the right then it looks to work just fine.

[GeraldCox]

Thanks for that!

[GrampaWildWilly]

I looked at this & on the Catflix 1 site, the manifest is on a site named s.kekw.site. Trying to access that manifest gives 403 Forbidden. That amounts to stealth DRM. That's what's blocking downloads from that site. But as you guys already discovered, the alternative sites appear to not be so obstructive.