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Some websites now require us to adjust the video quality manually. If we want higher quality, we need to move a button to increase the bitrate (this control is usually beside the play/pause selector). But this adjustment can only be done by the user on screen only AFTER the video has started. So programmes like Replay Media Catcher and WM Recorder download flvs at the initial bitrate, the lowest one. Thus quality is poor. Enter the RTMP address etc will also result in recordings at the lowest bit rate.
This device makes the resulting downloads rather unusable. If you want top quality, you can only get it from playing and watching the website.
As an example, take a look at
http://beo.tg4.ie/main.aspx?content=628886758401
T091422-02_Timpeall_na_Ti_3.mp_37046524
rtmp://T091422-02_Timpeall_na_Ti_3.mp_37046524
The bitrate of downloads using conventional programmes will be 200 Kbps from this website. But the screen setting can be adjusted to for a max bitrate of 1200 Kbps. The user can see top quality video from the stream, but can’t download it. Or can the better quality be downloaded?
The only way I know of getting higher quality downloads is to use a direct screen capture programme like WM capture. But this is time consuming, and a programme that captures the stream bit for bit would still give better quality.
Making the usual adjustments on programmes like Replay Media Catcher or WM Recorder has no impact (eg turbo speed – full bandwith).
= = > Does anybody have a way of downloading the stream at the highest bitrate?
Thanks for any advice
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still looking for an answerif any advice !
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The link you have posted, doesn't work anymore!! It has changed a bit. I went here and found your video that you'd want (of course, another episode):
http://www.tg4.ie/en/tg4-player/tg4-player.html
Timpeall na Tire Episode:13 Date: 18/12/2011
Remember this: in Most sites that you can select bitrate of videos for watching, there is a .xml file, It's a playlist for the video!! if you manage to find that .xml file, then you can download highest quality of the vid!! So Remember this!!
For Instance, I found the .xml file for this episode of your video(Episode13, part1):
Code:http://play2.tg4.frankfurt1.tsicmds.com/content.aspx?target=play&playerID=825474df-2938-f8ad-42fd-3ebb33ca85a6&challengeID=dafae9a5-89bd-cd0b-0440-7303988d1867
So, right now, you have a rtmp url and 4 same vids with different bitrates!!Code:<smil> <head> <meta base="rtmp://defr.o.tsicmds.com/vod/tg4 /?StatId=B811BD738DEEE8C3727F9B7CC93C3677B37ADE817DD5A7B0586B3AA1376A5C2C1999FE0A723EC1E4B5D4D45586577138"/> </head> <body> <switch> <video src="mp4:tg4/WCL003927_1_3.mp4" system-bitrate="250000"/> <video src="mp4:tg4/WCL003927_1_2.mp4" system-bitrate="400000"/> <video src="mp4:tg4/WCL003927_1_1.mp4" system-bitrate="840000"/> <video src="mp4:tg4/WCL003927_1_4.mp4" system-bitrate="1200000"/> </switch> </body> </smil>
Put it into rtmpdump:
and run it:Code:rtmpdump -r "rtmp://defr.o.tsicmds.com/vod/tg4/?StatId=B811BD738DEEE8C3727F9B7CC93C3677B37ADE817DD5A7B0586B3AA1376A5C2C1999FE0A723EC1E4B5D4D45586577138" -a "vod/tg4/?StatId=B811BD738DEEE8C3727F9B7CC93C3677B37ADE817DD5A7B0586B3AA1376A5C2C1999FE0A723EC1E4B5D4D45586577138" -f "WIN 11,1,102,55" -W "http://nownext.tg4.frankfurt1.mpscust.com/vast/multiplayer.swf" -p "http://www.tg4.ie/en/tg4-player/tg4-player.html" -y "mp4:tg4/WCL003927_1_4.mp4" -o "WCL003927_1_4.flv"
Last Thing: Use Coojah, for detecting that .xml file!!Code:RTMPDump v2.4 (c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL Connecting ... INFO: Connected... Starting download at: 0.000 kB INFO: Metadata: INFO: duration 901.76 INFO: moovPosition 149255219.00 INFO: width 720.00 INFO: height 410.00 INFO: videocodecid avc1 INFO: audiocodecid mp4a INFO: avcprofile 77.00 INFO: avclevel 32.00 INFO: aacaot 2.00 INFO: videoframerate 25.00 INFO: audiosamplerate 48000.00 INFO: audiochannels 2.00 INFO: trackinfo: INFO: length 22543000.00 INFO: timescale 25000.00 INFO: language eng INFO: sampledescription: INFO: sampletype avc1 INFO: length 43284480.00 INFO: timescale 48000.00 INFO: language eng INFO: sampledescription: INFO: sampletype mp4a 129.710 kB / 0.72 sec (0.0%)
Good Luck!!
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That was hugely helpful, Bahman. Thank you immensely for your time and consideration in replying. I installed RTMPdump etc and got a batch script to work, with the code below. A not inconsiderable achievemnt for me! I also took the script apa4t and see how it works. Just the only link I am missing now is to figure out how coojah works. It looks promising. When I launch it and launch the video player, I get lots of html links.. but no rtmp. if I launch another video player and get coojah to snoop for the video player, I get some rtmp in the video section, but I don't see how I can get the xml script is, ... just like you got neatly in your example. Thanks if have any ideas. And thanks again for that very helpful example... that will make life easier now!
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I misunderstood this sentence (I've Lack of EnglishOriginally Posted by jilly
). It means that you couldn't use rtmpdump? if yes:
How do you run rtmpdump? "With a batch file" or "via Start-->Run"
If you want to do first method, you should create a batch file (.bat) in the same folder of rtmpdump.
in 2nd method, you have to change my script a bit!! You should give path to it!! For example, if you have rtmpdump in this path: C:\rtmpdump-2.4\rtmpdump.exe , you have to write this in the script:
Code:"C:\rtmpdump-2.4\rtmpdump.exe" -r "rtmp://defr.o.tsicmds.com/vod/tg4/?StatId=B811BD738DEEE8C3727F9B7CC93C3677B37ADE817DD5A7B0586B3AA1376A5C2C1999FE0A723EC1E4B5D4D45586577138" -a "vod/tg4/?StatId=B811BD738DEEE8C3727F9B7CC93C3677B37ADE817DD5A7B0586B3AA1376A5C2C1999FE0A723EC1E4B5D4D45586577138" -f "WIN 11,1,102,55" -W "http://nownext.tg4.frankfurt1.mpscust.com/vast/multiplayer.swf" -p "http://www.tg4.ie/en/tg4-player/tg4-player.html" -y "mp4:tg4/WCL003927_1_4.mp4" -o "WCL003927_1_4.flv"
you won't get exactly a .xml link!! look at mine:Originally Posted by jilly
when you lunch video player in your browser, wait till ad ends, then keep an eye on Coojah!! Try to find a content.aspx between those links!! That's all!!Code:http://play2.tg4.frankfurt1.tsicmds.com/content.aspx?target=play&playerID=825474df-2938-f8ad-42fd-3ebb33ca85a6&challengeID=dafae9a5-89bd-cd0b-0440-7303988d1867
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Very helpful again... yes, I've been able to run rtmp.
Now I am looking for that pesky xml code. Will let you know how I get along. -
Looking forward to that!!Originally Posted by jilly
And another thing that I would say:
Look at this pic: http://www.hostpic.org/images/70untitled.jpg
Go to "Setting" --> "Filter Setting" --> in page category, Mark ".xml"!!
and also you see that "content.aspx" file. Notice: There are a lot of "content.aspx" file, you should find sth like this one:
It has "Target", "PlayerID" and "ChallengeID"!!!Code:http://play2.tg4.frankfurt1.tsicmds.com/content.aspx?target=play&playerID=825474df-2938-f8ad-42fd-3ebb33ca85a6&challengeID=dafae9a5-89bd-cd0b-0440-7303988d1867
Good Luck!!
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Last edited by endak2; 6th May 2014 at 14:17.
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