[7plus] 'Live TV' feature #15058
Description
Checklist
- I'm reporting a new site support request
- I've verified that I have updated yt-dlp to nightly or master (update instructions)
- I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
- I've checked that none of provided URLs violate any copyrights or contain any DRM to the best of my knowledge
- I've searched the bugtracker for similar requests including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
- I've read the policy against AI/LLM contributions and understand I may be blocked from the repository if it is violated
- I've read about sharing account credentials and am willing to share it if required
Region
Australia
Example URLs
https://7plus.com.au/live-tv?channel-id=BlueLight
https://7plus.com.au/live-tv?channel-id=ART
https://7plus.com.au/live-tv?channel-id=MedicalNRescue
Provide a description that is worded well enough to be understood
I would like support for 7plus in the 'Live TV' URLs like in the 3 examples I have given. Thank you.
Provide verbose output that clearly demonstrates the problem
- Run your yt-dlp command with -vU flag added (
yt-dlp -vU <your command line>) - If using API, add
'verbose': TruetoYoutubeDLparams instead - Copy the WHOLE output (starting with
[debug] Command-line config) and insert it below
Complete Verbose Output
[debug] Command-line config: ['-v', 'https://7plus.com.au/live-tv?channel-id=BlueLight', '--username', 'PRIVATE', '--password', 'PRIVATE']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, pref UTF-8, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
[debug] yt-dlp version stable@2025.11.12 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp [335653be8] (pip)
[debug] Python 3.13.7 (CPython x86_64 64bit) - macOS-10.13.6-x86_64-i386-64bit-Mach-O (OpenSSL 3.0.16 11 Feb 2025)
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.4.4 (setts), ffprobe 4.4.4
[debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.23.0, brotli-1.1.0, certifi-2025.10.05, mutagen-1.47.0, requests-2.32.5, sqlite3-3.50.4, urllib3-2.5.0, websockets-15.0.1
[debug] JS runtimes: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[debug] Request Handlers: urllib, requests, websockets
[debug] Plugin directories: none
[debug] Loaded 1844 extractors
[generic] Extracting URL: https://7plus.com.au/live-tv?channel-id=BlueLight
[generic] live-tv?channel-id=BlueLight: Downloading webpage
WARNING: [generic] Falling back on generic information extractor
[generic] live-tv?channel-id=BlueLight: Extracting information
[debug] Looking for embeds
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://7plus.com.au/live-tv?channel-id=BlueLight
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1696, in wrapper
return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py", line 1831, in __extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py", line 762, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py", line 980, in _real_extract
raise UnsupportedError(url)
yt_dlp.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://7plus.com.au/live-tv?channel-id=BlueLight