Download/Capture trailers from Itunes store?

[digitalfreaknyc]

Is there any way to capture the trailers that are streamed on the Itunes store? There are a TON of them from older movies that aren't available anywhere else and I'd LOVE to capture them. Anyone have any ideas?

[bat999]

Is there any way to capture the trailers that are streamed on the Itunes store?

Hi
Do you mean the trailers that are on website __http://trailers.apple.com/ ?

[digitalfreaknyc]

No. I mean the trailers that you can watch when you're going to rent a movie.

[yoda313]

screen capture software - tunebite for example.

[digitalfreaknyc]

screen capture software - tunebite for example.

Re-encoding is the only option? They're so compressed as it is

[yoda313]

Unless they have a "download" option for the trailers I'm afraid it is. - edit - even then they will almost certainly be encrypted.

Are you sure there aren't any trailers for these movies online elsewhere that might be able to be downloaded via other means?

[digitalfreaknyc]

Unless they have a "download" option for the trailers I'm afraid it is. - edit - even then they will almost certainly be encrypted.

Are you sure there aren't any trailers for these movies online elsewhere that might be able to be downloaded via other means?

Yup. I'm talking about older trailers...Ferris Bueller...Backdraft...etc, etc. Every movie has one on there. A lot of these trailers have never even been included on the DVD editions.

[yoda313]

@digitalfreaknyc - I'd try looking a little harder next time-

Both Ferris Bueller and backdraft have trailers on imdb.com. I'm sure a good deal more are on there as well.

Whether or not imdb.com has implemented the newer rmpte protocols that make streamtransport useless I don't know. But I believe it is rtmpdump that works. There is a huge thread on the forum for downloading video off websites.

Keep looking and I'm sure you'll find all your trailers online somewhere.

But you may still need to do screen recording for some of them if you can't find alternate sources for them - or have trouble downloading them from a website.

[digitalfreaknyc]

@digitalfreaknyc - I'd try looking a little harder next time-

Both Ferris Bueller and backdraft have trailers on imdb.com. I'm sure a good deal more are on there as well.

Whether or not imdb.com has implemented the newer rmpte protocols that make streamtransport useless I don't know. But I believe it is rtmpdump that works. There is a huge thread on the forum for downloading video off websites.

Keep looking and I'm sure you'll find all your trailers online somewhere.

But you may still need to do screen recording for some of them if you can't find alternate sources for them - or have trouble downloading them from a website.

Those are just two examples. Trust me. They're not available, especially in this quality, elsewhere.

And to prove my point, IMDB doesn't have the FB trailer. If you watch the link, it's got a Third Eye Blind song in the supposed "trailer."

[k.]

CooJah with the option "Sniff All Network Apps" enabled finds the links but the files seem to be drm protected and only play on quicktime

http://a424.v.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/012/Video/81/3c/d6/mzm.wnjfsxwz..640x348.h264lc.D2.p.m4v

[digitalfreaknyc]

coojah with the option "sniff all network apps" enabled finds the links but the files seem to be drm protected and only play on quicktime

http://a424.v.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/012/video/81/3c/d6/mzm.wnjfsxwz..640x348.h264lc.d2.p.m4v

i absolutely love you! Thank you!
Now how do i get this to work? Everything is exclamation points and whatknot when I try to install. Is there an english versino of it?

[bat999]

Hi
The video in k's link downloaded ok using wget.
And it plays for me in VLC.

[digitalfreaknyc]

Hi
The video in k's link downloaded ok using wget.
And it plays for me in VLC.

What is "wget?"

Coojah clearly doesn't work with my laptop. It CRASHES IE every time I install it and now, I keep getting "backup registry failed" when I try to open it. Any advice?

[bat999]

What is "wget?"

It's a command-line program, a download manager.
For Windows users there's a GUI version called WinWget.
And also WinWget Portable.

[digitalfreaknyc]

What is "wget?"

It's a command-line program, a download manager.
For Windows users there's a GUI version called WinWget.
And also WinWget Portable.

Did you use it on the Apple site?
In other words, did you go through Itunes to try it with a different link?

[digitalfreaknyc]

OK just downloaded Winwget and it's all greek to me. I have no idea how to download stuff from Itunes using it.

[bat999]

Did you use it on the Apple site?
In other words, did you go through Itunes to try it with a different link?

No, I haven't got an iTunes account.

I used k's link with Linux like this:-

wget http://a424.v.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/012/Video/81/3c/d6/mzm.wnjfsxwz..640x348.h264lc.D2.p.m4v

Maybe WinWget will do the same job with Windows.


MediaInfo shows that the video is encrypted.

mPlayer won't play it.
But VLC v1.1.9 plays it OK.

Complete name : mzm.wnjfsxwz..640x348.h264lc.D2.p.m4v
Format : MPEG-4
Codec ID : M4V
File size : 35.8 MiB
Duration : 3mn 1s
Overall bit rate : 1 652 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2008-07-15 04:30:07
Tagged date : UTC 2008-07-15 04:30:08

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L3.0
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : drmi
Duration : 3mn 1s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1 535 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 64 bps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 348 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.287
Stream size : 33.2 MiB (93%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2008-07-15 04:30:07
Tagged date : UTC 2008-07-15 04:30:08
Color primaries : BT.601-6 525, BT.1358 525, BT.1700 NTSC, SMPTE 170M
Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients : BT.601-6 525, BT.1358 525, BT.1700 NTSC, SMPTE 170M

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 3mn 1s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 113 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 2.44 MiB (7%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2008-07-15 04:30:07
Tagged date : UTC 2008-07-15 04:30:08
Encryption : iTunes

[digitalfreaknyc]

If I knew the links for each of the files, I would be able to use any number of programs to download it. However, you won't know unless you have a program like Coojah.

[bat999]

If I knew the links for each of the files, I would be able to use any number of programs to download it.

You've got one link now from k, so go ahead.

[digitalfreaknyc]

If I knew the links for each of the files, I would be able to use any number of programs to download it.

You've got one link now from k, so go ahead.

LOL...i'm looking to download dozens of trailers. That one link is just the start of this project. I love trailers and they seldom include them any more.

[ERT]

And what about HD or FHD version, which is probably played in iTunes iself (iOS or tvOS) ?

[usually_quiet]

VideoHelp's rules have changed since this thread began. If you mean that you want to save HD or FHD versions of trailers and/or full videos in unencrypted form rather than the encrypted file downloads that iTunes supports, that sort of discussion is forbidden under the current AUP.

[blimey]

VideoHelp's rules have changed since this thread began. If you mean that you want to save HD or FHD versions of trailers and/or full videos in unencrypted form rather than the encrypted file downloads that iTunes supports, that sort of discussion is forbidden under the current AUP.

Would you please identify the paragraph, section, or subsection of the "current AUP" that forbids the discussion of downloading trailers?

This was posted after the last revision date of the "current AUP". That's your cue, or lingyi's cue, to get your busybodyness on and "alert the mods".

[usually_quiet]

VideoHelp's rules have changed since this thread began. If you mean that you want to save HD or FHD versions of trailers and/or full videos in unencrypted form rather than the encrypted file downloads that iTunes supports, that sort of discussion is forbidden under the current AUP.

Would you please identify the paragraph, section, or subsection of the "current AUP" that forbids the discussion of downloading trailers?

This was posted after the last revision date of the "current AUP". That's your cue, or lingyi's cue, to get your busybodyness on and "alert the mods".

AUP mentions iTunes specifically as a site that we can't help people download/record from but just in case I just asked a mod to decide. Another good question is, if I am in the wrong, why didn't you ask a mod to reprimand me, buttinski?

[Baldrick]

Downloading free trailers is okey