VideoHelp Forum
+ Reply to Thread
Page 3 of 6
FirstFirst 1 2 3 4 5 ... LastLast
Results 61 to 90 of 179
Thread
  1. Originally Posted by biezom View Post
    Originally Posted by HDVid View Post
    I've been trying to download "The Spy Factory".

    http://video.pbs.org/video/1051968443/

    I have tried several tools and I've tried looking for the video URL when I load the page using the Web Developer -> Network option in Firefox. I haven't been able to download it like I have other videos.

    Does anyone know how to find the URL?

    Thanks.
    Code:
    rtmpdump -r "rtmp://sdwfchwqitj2v.cloudfront.net/cfx/st/mp4:videos/nova/349bb068-9e0d-4e0f-aca2-a4cc6e585fc9/69428/hd-mezzanine-16x9/nova3602_44khz.mp4" -o nova3602.mp4

    Hey! great. Thank you very much. How did you find that?

    I'm not very familiar with RTMPdump but here is my attempt at downloading the file. It didn't seem to download anything.

    Click image for larger version

Name:	RTMP Screenshot.jpg
Views:	2169
Size:	81.2 KB
ID:	29805
    Quote Quote  
  2. i find like post 51
    Code:
    https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/353025-PBS-Download?p=2352788&viewfull=1#post2352788
    try with an newer version of rtmpdump
    Quote Quote  
  3. sorry try with this i think it's better

    Code:
    rtmpdump -r "rtmp://sdwfchwqitj2v.cloudfront.net/cfx/st/" -a "cfx/st/" -f "WIN 16,0,0,235" -W "http://dun96pyxwe2yl.cloudfront.net/lib/jwplayer/jwplayer.flash.swf" -p "http://video.pbs.org/video/1051968443/" -y "mp4:videos/nova/349bb068-9e0d-4e0f-aca2-a4cc6e585fc9/69428/hd-mezzanine-16x9/nova3602_44khz.mp4" -o "nova3602_44khz.flv"
    Quote Quote  
  4. or easier
    Code:
    http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/nova/349bb068-9e0d-4e0f-aca2-a4cc6e585fc9/69428/hd-mezzanine-16x9/nova3602_44khz.mp4
    Quote Quote  
  5. Originally Posted by biezom View Post
    sorry try with this i think it's better

    Code:
    rtmpdump -r "rtmp://sdwfchwqitj2v.cloudfront.net/cfx/st/" -a "cfx/st/" -f "WIN 16,0,0,235" -W "http://dun96pyxwe2yl.cloudfront.net/lib/jwplayer/jwplayer.flash.swf" -p "http://video.pbs.org/video/1051968443/" -y "mp4:videos/nova/349bb068-9e0d-4e0f-aca2-a4cc6e585fc9/69428/hd-mezzanine-16x9/nova3602_44khz.mp4" -o "nova3602_44khz.flv"
    WOW! that's great. It seemed to download this time.

    Click image for larger version

Name:	RTMP Screenshot 2.jpg
Views:	2088
Size:	79.2 KB
ID:	29806

    I wonder if they have an HD 2500k version?
    Quote Quote  
  6. Originally Posted by biezom View Post
    or easier
    Code:
    http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/nova/349bb068-9e0d-4e0f-aca2-a4cc6e585fc9/69428/hd-mezzanine-16x9/nova3602_44khz.mp4
    Ahhh. . . Thats the kind of link I was looking for. Where did you find that? I spent an hour looking for that kind of link. Thanks!!
    Quote Quote  
  7. Originally Posted by HDVid View Post
    Originally Posted by biezom View Post
    or easier
    Code:
    http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/nova/349bb068-9e0d-4e0f-aca2-a4cc6e585fc9/69428/hd-mezzanine-16x9/nova3602_44khz.mp4
    Ahhh. . . Thats the kind of link I was looking for. Where did you find that? I spent an hour looking for that kind of link. Thanks!!
    it's simple follow this post number 19

    Code:
    https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/353025-PBS-Download?p=2312126&viewfull=1#post2312126
    just me for snifiing i use downloadhelper and i have mp4 direct link rather than the link m3u8 (with adblock plus)

    i think for the better quality you need sign in
    Quote Quote  
  8. Originally Posted by biezom View Post
    Originally Posted by HDVid View Post
    Originally Posted by biezom View Post
    or easier
    Code:
    http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/nova/349bb068-9e0d-4e0f-aca2-a4cc6e585fc9/69428/hd-mezzanine-16x9/nova3602_44khz.mp4
    Ahhh. . . Thats the kind of link I was looking for. Where did you find that? I spent an hour looking for that kind of link. Thanks!!
    it's simple follow this post number 19

    Code:
    https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/353025-PBS-Download?p=2312126&viewfull=1#post2312126
    just me for snifiing i use downloadhelper and i have mp4 direct link rather than the link m3u8 (with adblock plus)

    i think for the better quality you need sign in

    Thanks for the link, I'll have to read that closely. I have both plugins but I've never thought of using Adblock Plus for URL sniffing. I also use Download Helper but it doesn't activate when I play videos on the PBS site. Yours activates when you play the videos?

    I've been able to DL 2500k videos without signing in by altering the URL of the 800k m3u8 video URLs I've been able to dig up. Of course the link you sent me isn't quite the same as the URLs of the newer videos they post.
    Quote Quote  
  9. if you read the post 19
    Code:
    https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/353025-PBS-Download?p=2312126&viewfull=1#post2312126
    you need install user agent switcher and change user agent to iPhone 3.0 before to see downloadhelper activate
    Quote Quote  
  10. Originally Posted by biezom View Post
    if you read the post 19
    Code:
    https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/353025-PBS-Download?p=2312126&viewfull=1#post2312126
    you need install user agent switcher and change user agent to iPhone 3.0 before to see downloadhelper activate
    I hadn't read that post thoroughly yet but taking a second look I see now. I have downloaded and installed User Agent Switcher. I'll have to play around with it. Maybe it will help me with some other sites where Download helper doesn't activate. Thanks!
    Quote Quote  
  11. Deceased
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Search PM
    Originally Posted by HDVid View Post
    I've been trying to download "The Spy Factory".

    http://video.pbs.org/video/1051968443/

    I wonder if they have an HD 2500k version?

    Thanks.
    The highehst quality that seems to be available for the above video is 1200k (704x396), around 491MB file size. There doesn't seem to be any 720p, signed in or not.
    Quote Quote  
  12. Originally Posted by blimey View Post
    Originally Posted by HDVid View Post
    I've been trying to download "The Spy Factory".

    http://video.pbs.org/video/1051968443/

    I wonder if they have an HD 2500k version?

    Thanks.
    The highehst quality that seems to be available for the above video is 1200k (704x396), around 491MB file size. There doesn't seem to be any 720p, signed in or not.
    That is unfortunate but it's better than the 512X288. I guess they were not too concerned with HD back in 2009. DO you have a URL for the 1200k version?
    Quote Quote  
  13. dear everybody. thank you very much for that discussion it really helped me a lot. but there is still one proble i have.. What if the hd version of the movie ist hidden and can only be played after getting registered on pbs? Here an example: how can i download the 2500K version of the following movie:
    http://video.pbs.org/video/2327953844/

    Please help! thank whole link story really drives me nuts! !

    thanks in advance
    Quote Quote  
  14. Hi AlphaRomeo2015 ,

    Here below my tries ( I am not a specialist ! ) :

    Code:
    ====
    #EXTM3U
    #EXT-X-MEDIA:URI="00003104-captions_876.m3u8",TYPE=SUBTITLES,GROUP-ID="subs",LANGUAGE="en",NAME="English",DEFAULT=YES,AUTOSELECT=YES,FORCED=NO
    #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=400000,CODECS="avc1.42001e, mp4a.40.2",SUBTITLES="subs"
    00003104-16x9-hls-low-400k.m3u8
    #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=600000,CODECS="avc1.42001e, mp4a.40.2",SUBTITLES="subs"
    00003104-16x9-hls-low-600k.m3u8
    #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=200000,CODECS="avc1.42001e, mp4a.40.2",SUBTITLES="subs"
    00003104-16x9-hls-low-200k.m3u8
    #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=110000,CODECS="avc1.42001e, mp4a.40.2",SUBTITLES="subs"
    00003104-16x9-hls-low-110k.m3u8
    #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=64000,CODECS="mp4a.40.2",SUBTITLES="subs"
    00003104-16x9-hls-low-64k.m3u8
    Code:
    livestreamer -o hd-mezzanine_Untouchables.flv "hls://http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/frontline/26ec2f8f-b79d-435d-8491-cf468cbda0ca/14353/hd-mezzanine-16x9/00003104-16x9-hls-low-600k.m3u8" best
    
    [cli][info] Found matching plugin stream for URL hls://http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/frontline/26ec2f8f-b79d-435d-8491-cf468cbda0ca/14353/hd-mezzanine-16x9/00003104-16x9-hls-low-600k.m3u8
    [cli][info] Available streams: live (worst, best)
    [cli][info] Opening stream: live (hls)
    [download][..zanine_Untouchables.flv] Written 145.9 MB (8m47s @ 297.3 KB/s)                                            [
    stream.hls][error] Failed to open segment 178: Unable to open URL: http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/frontline/26ec2f8f-b79d-435d-8491-cf468cbda0ca/14353/hd-mezzanine-16x9/00003104-16x9-hls-low-600k-00179.ts 
    (HTTPConnectionPool(host='ga.video.cdn.pbs.org', port=80): Read timed out. (read timeout=10.0))
    [download][..zanine_Untouchables.flv] Written 260.1 MB (16m27s @ 279.2 KB/s)                                           [
    cli][info] Stream ended
    Code:
    ffmpeg -i hd-mezzanine_Untouchables.flv
    
    ffmpeg version N-53284-gd0a34ae Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
    ...
    Input #0, mpegts, from 'hd-mezzanine_Untouchables.flv':
      Duration: 00:53:41.89, start: 10.000000, bitrate: 679 kb/s
      Program 1
        Stream #0:0[0x101]: Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline) ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), yuv420p, 640x360 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn, 59.94 tbc
        Stream #0:1[0x102](und): Audio: aac ([15][0][0][0] / 0x000F), 22050 Hz, stereo, fltp, 54 kb/s
    Code:
    ffmpeg -i hd-mezzanine_Untouchables.flv -vcodec libx264 -acodec libmp3lame -f mp4 hd-mezzanine_Untouchables.mp4
    
    ffmpeg version N-53284-gd0a34ae Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
    ...
    [mpegts @ 02d05e20] max_analyze_duration 5000000 reached at 5005000 microseconds
    Input #0, mpegts, from 'hd-mezzanine_Untouchables.flv':
      Duration: 00:53:41.89, start: 10.000000, bitrate: 679 kb/s
      Program 1
        Stream #0:0[0x101]: Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline) ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), yuv420p, 640x360 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn, 59.94 tbc
        Stream #0:1[0x102](und): Audio: aac ([15][0][0][0] / 0x000F), 22050 Hz, stereo, fltp, 54 kb/s
    ...
    Output #0, mp4, to 'hd-mezzanine_Untouchables.mp4':
      Metadata:
        encoder         : Lavf55.7.100
        Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (libx264) ([33][0][0][0] / 0x0021), yuv420p, 640x360 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=-1--1, 30k tbn,29.97 tbc
        Stream #0:1(und): Audio: mp3 (libmp3lame) (i[0][0][0] / 0x0069), 22050 Hz, stereo, fltp
    Stream mapping:
      Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 -> libx264)
      Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (aac -> libmp3lame)
    Got a good file : hd-mezzanine_Untouchables.mp4 ( 640x360 maximum able to be catched ) .

    Cheers .

    Edit :
    Code:
    An other try with RTMPDumpHelper
    ====
    rtmpdump -r "rtmp://sdwfchwqitj2v.cloudfront.net/cfx/st/" -a "cfx/st/" -f "WIN 17,0,0,134" -W "http://dun96pyxwe2yl.cloudfront.net/lib/jwplayer/jwplayer.flash.swf" -p "http://video.pbs.org/video/2327953844/" -y "mp4:videos/frontline/26ec2f8f-b79d-435d-8491-cf468cbda0ca/14353/hd-mezzanine-16x9/00003104-mp4-800k-16x9.mp4" -o "2015-03-31_05-58-58_00003104-mp4-800k-16x9.flv"
    
    RTMPDump v2.4
    (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
    Starting download at: 0.000 kB
    INFO: Metadata:
    INFO:   duration              3221.97
    INFO:   moovPosition          32.00
    INFO:   width                 640.00
    INFO:   height                360.00
    INFO:   videocodecid          avc1
    INFO:   audiocodecid          mp4a
    INFO:   avcprofile            77.00
    INFO:   avclevel              30.00
    INFO:   aacaot                2.00
    INFO:   videoframerate        29.97
    INFO:   audiosamplerate       48000.00
    INFO:   audiochannels         2.00
    INFO: trackinfo:
    INFO:   length                96657561.00
    INFO:   timescale             30000.00
    INFO:   language              und
    INFO: sampledescription:
    INFO:   sampletype            avc1
    INFO:   length                154654720.00
    INFO:   timescale             48000.00
    INFO:   language              und
    INFO: sampledescription:
    INFO:   sampletype            mp4a
    INFO:   length                95846018.00
    INFO:   timescale             29970.00
    INFO:   language              und
    INFO: sampledescription:
    8210.790 kB / 67.70 sec (2.1%)
    ....
    ====
    Last edited by aazerty; 31st Mar 2015 at 12:08.
    JE SUIS CHARLIE !!!
    Quote Quote  
  15. Try adownloader (atresdownloader) to get the mp4's from PBS.
    Quote Quote  
  16. All you need to do for PBS is disable Flash and use the web inspector to search for an MP4.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    Quote Quote  
  17. Member
    Join Date
    May 2015
    Location
    Canada
    Search Comp PM
    Had the same question and found this slightly older thread. Got it to work with the info herein and thought I'd say thanks (Thanks!) and quickly detail what worked for me. Both AdBlocker Plus and VLC were free too which is always a good price. For the record I'm on Win 7, 64bit and a reasonably new version of Firefox.

    Found the stream address using AdBlocker Plus as described earlier in the thread. Manually changed to '2500' to catch the higher res without 'logging in' to the PBS site.

    Could not make ffmpeg work on the streams I was after. Kept getting matroska container errors.

    Switched to VLC and used their stream capture (Menu Media --> Open Network Stream --> Convert). Used 'dump raw input' option for most. Occasionally had to use 'Display the output' and the pre-defined H264 profile on long streams that were crashing midway. Much slower (real time) than raw dump but worked I suspect because the traffic looked more agreeable to the servers that way. No clue really, I'm a stream rookie.

    Hope this info helps someone as dim as me on all this stuff. I'll write a more detailed guide if someone needs it but that's pretty much the whole process until they decide to change something else on their site. Cheers!
    Quote Quote  
  18. Member
    Join Date
    May 2015
    Location
    Jacksonville Florida
    Search Comp PM
    So I tried the method described in post 19 and it did download, but had no audio and it was playing really fast. How do I adjust the settings to correct this? Also, I tried downloading user agent switcher and it didn't show up on the tool bar. So now I have to donate to get it? ugh.
    Last edited by nancyann; 27th Jun 2015 at 13:31.
    Quote Quote  
  19. Member n8tvm's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2002
    Location
    West Virginia, USA
    Search Comp PM
    I just downloaded it with Internet Download Manager, you have to wait through the commercial and clickthe download with IDM button.
    Quote Quote  
  20. Originally Posted by nancyann View Post
    So I tried the method described in post 19 and it did download, but had no audio and it was playing really fast. How do I adjust the settings to correct this? Also, I tried downloading user agent switcher and it didn't show up on the tool bar. So now I have to donate to get it? ugh.
    hi

    Click image for larger version

Name:	0switchiphone.png
Views:	1312
Size:	20.5 KB
ID:	32317
    Quote Quote  
  21. Member
    Join Date
    May 2015
    Location
    Jacksonville Florida
    Search Comp PM
    Okay, the user agent is resolved (biezom btw) I'm still trying to figure out the sound issue though has anyone else had to deal with this?
    Quote Quote  
  22. Originally Posted by nancyann View Post
    Okay, the user agent is resolved (biezom btw) I'm still trying to figure out the sound issue though has anyone else had to deal with this?
    for what video?

    Code:
    http://video.pbs.org/video/????????/
    Quote Quote  
  23. Member
    Join Date
    May 2015
    Location
    Jacksonville Florida
    Search Comp PM
    for what video?
    Oh I got it fixed, (and I meant thank you biezom btw, before)

    Apparantly getting the user agent hoo-jiggy set up properly did the trick.

    And guys, no offence but I am so gratefull to not have to deal with the codes and urls and what not else you nice folks like to dabble in.

    As I said in a previous post in another thread, I am not technologically inclined so if you all could keep your explanations of things to me in words of one or two syllables I'd appreciate it! LOL
    Quote Quote  
  24. Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2015
    Location
    Pennsylvania
    Search PM
    I've tried all the methods here and only ended up confused. If anyone could come up with a direct (720p) link for this, I'd be forever grateful:
    http://video.pbs.org/video/2365500399/
    Quote Quote  
  25. UpperCanada's link is easier but you can also use this ffmpeg command line:

    Code:
    "c:\program files\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg" -i "http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/wvia-original-documentary-films/50176d87-c9a4-4f9d-bd79-cd2cb3941939/187609/hd-mezzanine-16x9/ab7cea41_knoebels-16x9-hls-2500k.m3u8" -vcodec copy -acodec copy output.ts
    Quote Quote  
  26. Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Search Comp PM
    Thank you for all of the helpful info. Even an old geezer of 82 years of age was able to follow the different ideas in this thread!. This thread has helped immensely! I have so many nice HD treats offline now.

    One question, what are the best ways to probe for higher bitrate streams?

    This video is in SD only?:
    http://video.pbs.org/video/1295282213/
    -> http://video.pbs.org/videoInfo/1295282213/ yields:
    http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/keeping-score/66a03ae2-7da2-4693-a78b-3b25e242355f/...KESC101_SD.mp4

    I have tried myriad combinations to try to get HD streams, but I guess there are none?
    Quote Quote  
  27. Hi Guys,

    I'm from the Netherlands, and am trying to download the Walt Disney docu on PBS.
    video.pbs.org/video/2365556519/
    First problem is the country restriction, but got around that part. But i'm not getting mutch farther.

    With the help of a video download site i got the file with this URL:
    http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/american-experience/c0625238-e440-41e4-94d2-4b7cff3...4-baseline.mp4
    But it's the lowest resolution. And really would like to get it in high-res!


    Using firefox on a Mac. Can't get it to work... Would apriciate your help very much!!
    Last edited by moby18; 16th Sep 2015 at 04:35.
    Quote Quote  



Similar Threads

Visit our sponsor! Try DVDFab and backup Blu-rays!