Download TS files from video stream [closed]
Videos on most sites make use of progressive downloading, which means that the video is downloaded to my computer, and easy to trace. There are lots of extensions out there to do this, and even in the dev-tools this is easily done.
On certain websites videos are streamed. which means that we do no just download 1 file, we download lots of small packages. In the dev-tools these packages can be traced. The website I'm interested in is: http://www.rtlxl.nl/#!/goede-tijden-slechte-tijden-10821/c8e2bff7-5a5c-45cb-be2b-4b3b3e866ffb.
-The packages have a .TS extension.
-Packages can be saved by copying the url of the request
-I can not play these files.
I must have done something wrong, or I'm missing something. I want to know what I am doing wrong. I want to create a chrome extension for personal use which captures the urls of all the packages. when I have all the urls I want to pass them on to a php scripts which downloads them and uses ffmpeg to paste them into a mp4 file.
Please help me get the packages.
Solution 1:
Addition to @aalhanane and @Micheal Espinola Jr
As m3u8x is only available for windows. Once you have identified the m3u8 url you can also use Jdownloader2 or VLC Media Player to download and concatenate the stream.
Jdownloader2: Just copy the m3u8 url when it the Jdownloader is open. It will recognize the stream in Linkgrabber tab.
VLC 3:
Open Network -> Paste m3u8 url -> Checkmark Streamoutput -> Select Settings. Choose output file, container , video and audio encoding. (e.g output.mp4, container: mpeg4, video: h264, audio: mp4a) Start Stream. It will not play the video, but encode it, showing the encoding progress by moving the video play back progress bar.
WARNING: Previously suggesteed chrome extension Stream Video Downloader contains malware. See reddit post
Solution 2:
Easy youtube-dl example on macOS (in the command line Terminal; Windows supported too):
# List variants (resolutions/bitrates)
$ youtube-dl -F https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/MI201109210084_1/m3u8s/f08e80da-bf1d-4e3d-8899-f0f6155f6efa.m3u8
[generic] f08e80da-bf1d-4e3d-8899-f0f6155f6efa: Requesting header
[generic] f08e80da-bf1d-4e3d-8899-f0f6155f6efa: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available formats for f08e80da-bf1d-4e3d-8899-f0f6155f6efa:
format code extension resolution note
audio-English_stereo mp4 audio only [en]
628 mp4 320x180 628k , avc1.42c00d, video only
928 mp4 480x270 928k , avc1.42c00d, video only
1728 mp4 640x360 1728k , avc1.42c00d, video only
2528 mp4 960x540 2528k , avc1.42c00d, video only
4928 mp4 1280x720 4928k , avc1.42c00d, video only
9728 mp4 1920x1080 9728k , avc1.42c00d, video only (best)
# Choose a variant to download, and use its format code below
$ youtube-dl --format 628 https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/MI201109210084_1/m3u8s/f08e80da-bf1d-4e3d-8899-f0f6155f6efa.m3u8
...
frame= 5257 fps=193 q=-1.0 Lsize= 6746kB time=00:03:30.16 bitrate= 263.0kbits/s speed=7.73x
video:6679kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.998669%
[ffmpeg] Downloaded 6907810 bytes
[download] 100% of 6.59MiB in 00:29
$ open f08e80da-bf1d-4e3d-8899-f0f6155f6efa-f08e80da-bf1d-4e3d-8899-f0f6155f6efa.mp4
Use the browser's Developer Tools > Network to get the m3u8 (HLS manifest) URL when starting a streaming video.
Solution 3:
---> Open Firefox
---> open page the video
---> Play Video
Click ---> Open menu
Click ---> open web developer tools
Click ---> Developer Toolbar
Click ---> Network
---> Go to Filter URLs ---> Write "M3u8" --> for Find "m3u8"
---> Copy URL ".m3u8"
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Now Download software "m3u8x" ----> https://tajaribsoft-en.blogspot.com/2016/06/m3u8x.html#downloadx12
---> open software "m3u8x"
---> paste URL "m3u8"
---> chose option "One...One"
---> Click Download
---> Start Download
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image "Open menu" ===>
image "Developer Toolbar" ===>
image "m3u8x" ===>
