capturing from pbs ... I think I am close but need a little help.

[xtal_01]

I have been reading many posts over the past few months, trying to figure this capture thing out. I am obviously just not as smart as many of you out there.

I think this time I am close!

Here is the original site ( Billy Joel Gershwin Prize on PBS ): http://www.pbs.org/gershwin-prize/shows/gershwin-prize-billy-joel/

So, I used the debug tool and found the .m3u8 file (even in 2500K)

http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/in-performance/10352203-a952-4bd4-91f7-81e44b276f68...400-2500k.m3u8

OK, so now I am stuck. How do I get the mp4 to download out of this????

Thanks so much (again) .... Mike

[biezom]

I have been reading many posts over the past few months, trying to figure this capture thing out. I am obviously just not as smart as many of you out there.

I think this time I am close!

Here is the original site ( Billy Joel Gershwin Prize on PBS ): http://www.pbs.org/gershwin-prize/shows/gershwin-prize-billy-joel/

So, I used the debug tool and found the .m3u8 file (even in 2500K)

http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/in-performance/10352203-a952-4bd4-91f7-81e44b276f68...400-2500k.m3u8

OK, so now I am stuck. How do I get the mp4 to download out of this????

Thanks so much (again) .... Mike

ffmpeg -i "http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/in-performance/10352203-a952-4bd4-91f7-81e44b276f68/165005/hd-mezzanine-16x9/d9a4cb53_bjol0000_mezz16x9-16x9-hls-400-2500k.m3u8" -acodec copy -vcodec copy  video.ts

[xtal_01]

Thanks so very much! I will read the help functions and see if I can decode the line you gave me. Maybe one of these days I will actually be able to figure it out for myself.

Thanks again ..... Mike

[biezom]

Thanks so very much! I will read the help functions and see if I can decode the line you gave me. Maybe one of these days I will actually be able to figure it out for myself.

Thanks again ..... Mike

ffmpeg

[xtal_01]

Thanks again .... I had downloaded the program but did not understand enough about the syntax to make it work.

I will read the guide and see if I can understand what everything in the line means.

Thanks again for the help!

Mike

[blimey]

This text;

Billy Joel: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize

in the video frame on the page you reference is a clickable link.

[xtal_01]

When I right click on the video frame all I get is a box with JP player, settings, global settings and about flash.

Don't know if it matters but I am using firefox.

Mike

[jimdagys]

Just use this direct download link:

http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/in-performance/10352203-a952-4bd4-91f7-81e44b276f68/165005/hd-mezzanine-16x9/d9a4cb53_bjol0000_mezz16x9-16x9-mp4-800k.mp4

How I got that link:
1) get video info number. I went to google and pasted
http://www.pbs.org/gershwin-prize/shows/gershwin-prize-billy-joel/
into the searchbox and saw this entry on the first page.

Billy Joel: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize - PBS ...
video.pbs.org/video/2365395049/
PBS
3 days ago - The evening will include performances by Joel, as well as Tony Bennett, Boyz ... Watch online: Billy Joel: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize from Gershwin Prize. ... Providing Support for pbs.org ... Watch videos from your favorite

2)Take the video number and add Info to it so you have this:
video.pbs.org/videoInfo/2365395049/

3)Put this into Firefox and get this:

http://urs.pbs.org/redirect/28527f49ec8648afba4bcb3c6769ebad/

Note: this is one line before "closed captions url"

4) add this to the end:

?format=jsonp&callback=jQuery

so now you have

http://urs.pbs.org/redirect/28527f49ec8648afba4bcb3c6769ebad/?format=jsonp&callback=jQuery

5) put this into Firefox and you will get this:

http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/in-performance/10352203-a952-4bd4-91f7-81e44b276f68/165005/hd-mezzanine-16x9/d9a4cb53_bjol0000_mezz16x9-16x9-mp4-baseline.mp4

6) Change baseline to 800k so now you have this for download link:
(note: can use 1200k instead of 800k for larger file size)

http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/in-performance/10352203-a952-4bd4-91f7-81e44b276f68/165005/hd-mezzanine-16x9/d9a4cb53_bjol0000_mezz16x9-16x9-mp4-800k.mp4

[biezom]

Just use this direct download link:

http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/in-performance/10352203-a952-4bd4-91f7-81e44b276f68/165005/hd-mezzanine-16x9/d9a4cb53_bjol0000_mezz16x9-16x9-mp4-800k.mp4

hi!
how you get this direct link ?
thanks

[blimey]

When I right click on the video frame all I get is a box with JP player, settings, global settings and about flash.

I didn't mean right-click. I meant click.

That text below the still image in the video frame is a link to: http://video.pbs.org/video/2365395049/

[sysanin]

...

[xtal_01]

As I said to my wife after reading your post .... some times I feel soooooooooo stupid!

If I had seen the "http://video.pbs.org/video ....." I would have known what to do. I instructions you gave me a few months ago have not let me down yet!

Replace video with videoInfo and everything falls in place.

Sorry to both you but I do appreciate all your help again.

We are still living in an RV in VT. Internet is hard to get in their ( I have a connection inside the house we are building ). Not much for the wife to do on these cold nights ( getting down to -11 F this week -24 C ... and that is cold in a trailer made for summer weather ) while I am out here in the house working. We don't have cable or even an HD tv so these shows are great for her to watch.

Thanks again so much ..... Mike

[vhelp]

i too, found the link via google search. it is probably the original link or pbs uploaded to youtube or some other explanation.

anyway. if you can't figure out how to decode a link, you can always google for the video as long as you have enough "facts" about the video to google about. i use the google's Advanced Search page in order to get faster results, using two search criteria on two lines:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=
pbs.org/gershwin-prize/shows/gershwin-prize-billy-joel

then, google returned the following:

Billy Joel - Library Of Congress Gershwin Prize For ... - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqX3U-SPWiE
2 days ago ... http://www.pbs.org/gershwin-prize/shows/gershwin-prize-billy-joel/, ... You need Adobe Flash Player to watch this video. Download it from ...

and then, using youtube-dl, i entered the following to verify the link and then obtain the video formats available:

D:\tools\youtube-dl\youtube-dl -F www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqX3U-SPWiE

and youtube-dl returned the results:

WARNING: The url doesn't specify the protocol, trying with http
[youtube] FqX3U-SPWiE: Downloading webpage
[youtube] FqX3U-SPWiE: Extracting video information
[youtube] FqX3U-SPWiE: Downloading DASH manifest
[info] Available formats for FqX3U-SPWiE:
format code extension resolution  note 
139         m4a       audio only  DASH audio   53k , audio@ 48k (22050Hz), 23.46MiB (worst)
140         m4a       audio only  DASH audio  133k , audio@128k (44100Hz), 62.42MiB
171         webm      audio only  DASH audio  158k , audio@128k (44100Hz), 56.70MiB
141         m4a       audio only  DASH audio  259k , audio@256k (44100Hz), 123.97MiB
172         webm      audio only  DASH audio  270k , audio@256k (44100Hz), 80.23MiB
278         webm      256x144     DASH video  120k , webm container, VP9, 15fps, video only, 42.81MiB
160         mp4       256x144     DASH video  125k , 15fps, video only, 53.02MiB
242         webm      426x240     DASH video  269k , 30fps, video only, 69.08MiB
133         mp4       426x240     DASH video  263k , 30fps, video only, 118.85MiB
243         webm      640x360     DASH video  514k , 30fps, video only, 128.05MiB
134         mp4       640x360     DASH video  621k , 30fps, video only, 181.71MiB
244         webm      854x480     DASH video  992k , 30fps, video only, 216.84MiB
135         mp4       854x480     DASH video 1123k , 30fps, video only, 370.95MiB
247         webm      1280x720    DASH video 2138k , 30fps, video only, 435.17MiB
136         mp4       1280x720    DASH video 2271k , 30fps, video only, 738.12MiB
248         webm      1920x1080   DASH video 3982k , 30fps, video only, 836.64MiB
137         mp4       1920x1080   DASH video 4488k , 30fps, video only, 1.57GiB
17          3gp       176x144     
36          3gp       320x240     
5           flv       400x240     
43          webm      640x360     
18          mp4       640x360     
22          mp4       1280x720    (best)

its possible that the video you are downloading is the format 247, 136, or 22, thus, to download use:

D:\tools\youtube-dl\youtube-dl --no-mtime --write-description --write-thumbnail -l -t --no-part -f 22 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqX3U-SPWiE

[xtal_01]

Awesome!

Thanks again ....

Mike

[sysanin]

...

[Eshmunazar]

I've been trying to find something that would help with this. I started a documentary via PBS's POV program called Hooligan Sparrow, here -> http://www.pbs.org/pov/hooligansparrow/video/hooligan-sparrow/

I wasn't aware it would stop working so quickly, and I had based a project I was doing on it. I'd absolutely buy it, but it isn't available anywhere for purchase. My only thought is to somehow find the source file in the PBS website and get it from there... I see that this is possible here, but I am not able to replicate the steps required. For example, by examining the source I find that this is the element playing the movie -> http://player.pbs.org/partnerplayer/7XYY0QowHNlTVyk_2g947Q/ but from there I'm unable to replicate anything mentioned here. Any advice?

[usually_quiet]

Assuming you really do want to buy a copy, you can pre-order Hooligan Sparrow on DVD from PBS: http://www.shoppbs.org/product/index.jsp?productId=110937826

[edit]Amazon has the DVD available for pre-order too. Netflix appears to have it in their streaming catalog as well.

Two options for purchase and one for rental, versus attempting to download something that either PBS or the filmmaker have decided not to make available to watch for free any longer in the USA.

[Eshmunazar]

That is a lifesaver! I knew that you could preorder it, but it isn't released until halfway through December and I need it this week. I never thought to look for it on Netflix... thank you!

[jimdagys]

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