first get the download url using youtube-dl
$ youtube-dl -f best -g http://www.pbs.org/video/wfyi-local-productions-temple-makers/ https://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/wfyi-local-productions/2e9d36ba-d5f6-4d45-84df-b5ca5acd551c/250267/hd-mezzanine-16x9/2c382920_l-00004055-16x9-mp4-2500k.mp4 then change https to http $ youtube-dl http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/wfyi-local-productions/2e9d36ba-d5f6-4d45-84df-b5ca5acd551c/250267/hd-mezzanine-16x9/2c382920_l-00004055-16x9-mp4-2500k.mp4 [generic] 2c382920_l-00004055-16x9-mp4-2500k: Requesting header [download] Destination: 2c382920_l-00004055-16x9-mp4-2500k-2c382920_l-00004055-16x9-mp4-2500k.mp4 Initializing download: http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/wfyi-local-productions/2e9d36ba-d5f6-4d45-84df-b5ca5acd551c/250267/hd-mezzanine-16x9/2c382920_l-00004055-16x9-mp4-2500k.mp4 File size: 1077791195 bytes Opening output file 2c382920_l-00004055-16x9-mp4-2500k-2c382920_l-00004055-16x9-mp4-2500k.mp4.part Starting download Downloaded 1.0 Gigabyte in 17 seconds. (60486.33 KB/s) [axel] Downloaded 1077791195 bytes [download] 100% of 1.00GiB > On Nov 4, 2017, at 11:21 07AM, JD <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am using firefox and Inspect element is not working :( > Also, I did download the page source, and grep'ed the file for mp4 > and found none :( > > > On 11/04/2017 11:51 AM, Moritz Barsnick wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 04, 2017 at 11:26:42 -0600, JD wrote: >>> Could someone please tell me a linux tool that will download the video at >>> http://www.pbs.org/video/wfyi-local-productions-temple-makers/ >>> >>> Youtube-dl could not do it. >> Remember to always use the latest version of youtube-dl, as streaming >> websites are "moving targets": >> >> $ ./youtube-dl http://www.pbs.org/video/wfyi-local-productions-temple-makers/ >> [pbs] Downloading JSON metadata >> [pbs] wfyi-local-productions-temple-makers: Downloading webpage >> [pbs] 2365795021: Downloading widget/partnerplayer page >> [pbs] 2365795021: Downloading portalplayer page >> [pbs] 2365795021: Downloading hls-400-2500k-16x9 video url info >> [pbs] 2365795021: Downloading m3u8 information >> [pbs] 2365795021: Downloading mp4-2500k-16x9 video url info >> [pbs] 2365795021: Downloading hls-800k-16x9 video url info >> [pbs] 2365795021: Downloading m3u8 information >> [pbs] 2365795021: Downloading mp4-baseline-16x9 video url info >> [pbs] 2365795021: Checking http-1200k video URL >> [pbs] 2365795021: Checking http-2500k video URL >> [pbs] 2365795021: Checking http-800k video URL >> [pbs] 2365795021: Checking http-400k video URL >> [download] Destination: The Temple Makers - The Temple Makers-2365795021.mp4 >> [download] 0.8% of 1.00GiB at 1.62MiB/s ETA 10:27^C >> ERROR: Interrupted by user >> $ >> >> Works just fine! >> >> A little hint: One video URL is directly in the source which my browser >> gets, I just right-click in the video, select "Inspect element" >> (Firefox, Chrome(ium), Opera), and see the URL >> https://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/wfyi-local-productions/2e9d36ba-d5f6-4d45-84df-b5ca5acd551c/250267/hd-mezzanine-16x9/2c382920_l-00004055-16x9-mp4-baseline.mp4 >> which is downloadable (albeit a low quality version, I think). >> >> Cheers, >> Moritz >> _______________________________________________ >> ffmpeg-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user >> >> To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email >> [email protected] with subject "unsubscribe". > > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user > > To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email > [email protected] with subject "unsubscribe". _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list [email protected] http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email [email protected] with subject "unsubscribe".
