Script to download videos and subtitles from Viki

vikio.py

import youtube_dl

url = 'THE_URL'

def download_episode(ydl, url):
    """Download the info (url in MPD) to get the URL and update the title."""
    info = ydl.extract_info(url, download=False, process=False)
    print(f"**{info['title']}**")

    # Download substitles
    subs = ydl.process_subtitles(info["id"], info["subtitles"], False)

    # Get video URL from MPD
    video_url = info["formats"][0]["url"]
    video_info = ydl.extract_info(video_url, download=False, process=False)

    # Download video
    video_info["title"] = info["title"]
    video_info["subtitles"] = { "en": [ subs["en"] ] }
    ydl.process_ie_result(video_info, download=True)

def download_show(ydl, url):
    info = ydl.extract_info(url, download=False, process=False)
    for ep in info["entries"]:
        download_episode(ydl, ep["url"])

if __name__ == "__main__":
    opts = {
        'format': 'bestvideo+bestaudio',
        'writesubtitles': True,
        'subtitlesformat': 'srt',
        'subtitleslangs': ['en'],
        'outtmpl': '%(title)s.%(ext)s', # remove ID as it's "manifest" always
    }
    with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(opts) as ydl:
        download_show(ydl, url)