How to download a MP2T stream?

[ssbee]

So I take it this is beyond anyone's expertise?

http://nbc24.com/news/local/haunted-nw-ohio-a-ghost-hunt-with-meteorologist-kimberly-newman

[ponens]

So I take it this is beyond anyone's expertise?

http://nbc24.com/news/local/haunted-nw-ohio-a-ghost-hunt-with-meteorologist-kimberly-newman

Search the page source for m3u8 and use the link with livestreamer to download.

Quote from this video:
"He showed me how the professionals approach a conversation with ghostly beings"

Great info. I was stupidly approaching conversations with ghostly beings in a very unprofessional manner. Need to buy the proper REM-POD and Olivus ghost detecting equipment. My current ghost detecting equipment is so junky.

[icemann]

Ok another Tubi TV video:

https://tubitv.com/video/244480/s01_e01_a_surreal_beginning_part_1

I've been using the advice from a year ago to get the episodes of the shows I wanted, until about roughly 6 months ago, when the site started doing something funky with it's videos, as using:

https://c11.adrise.tv/v2/sources/content-owners/endemol/244480/v201605061154-654x480-,...239,k.mp4.m3u8

With:

livestreamer "hlsvariant://https://c11.adrise.tv/v2/sources/content-owners/endemol/244480/v201605061154-654x480-,477,1081,1662,2239,k.mp4.m3u8" best -o video.ts

As what I put into the command prompt which still does download the video perfectly fine, and the video plays. HOWEVER. The videos now no longer come with the usual time lengths (eg 42:00) and now instead just show 0:00 as the length but still play and certainly go beyond that length. They also now suffer from slight time jumps every now and then.

Any advice? I've tried changing the output file extension to being .mp4 but that made no difference. Up until 6 months ago any files I'd use the earlier code given worked like a charm. Files always came with time lengths and never suffered any time jumps etc.

[icemann]

No advice?

[aazerty]

Hi icemann ,

No issue with the video .

livestreamer "hlsvariant://...mp4.m3u8" 1662k -o video.mp4
---
[cli][info] Available streams: 1081k, 1662k, 2239k (best), 477k (worst)
[cli][info] Opening stream: 1662k (hls)
[download][video.mp4] Written 473.0 MB
---
Got a video with :
Duration : 44mn 9s

Cheers .

[jimdagys]

Somebody wanted to download this video:
http://nbc24.com/news/local/haunted-nw-ohio-a-ghost-hunt-with-meteorologist-kimberly-newman
I played the video for a few seconds with Firefox with Tools>Adblocker Plus<Open blockable items and searched for m3u8 and found this entry:

https://content-auso3.uplynk.com/58c43b2b5cbf4426a1df746efaaf9ebf/g.m3u8?tc=1&exp=1480507294&rn=2143462078&ct=a&cid=58c43b2b5cbf4426a1df746efaaf9ebf&sig=15c51749ba6ecaa049f3b47935e76e47d4cffc0e79943571f6c86a21441e5278&pbs=d50a9d373eb7405cac41a95a415a7bb1

I just used the first part that ends in m3u8:

https://content-auso3.uplynk.com/58c43b2b5cbf4426a1df746efaaf9ebf/g.m3u8

I put this into youtube-dl like this:

youtube-dl https://content-auso3.uplynk.com/58c43b2b5cbf4426a1df746efaaf9ebf/g.m3u8

It downloaded a 81MB file.
Question for anybody: is there a way to download a smaller file size? I got I high res file and prefer lower resolution.

[icemann]

Hi icemann ,

No issue with the video .

livestreamer "hlsvariant://...mp4.m3u8" 1662k -o video.mp4
---
[cli][info] Available streams: 1081k, 1662k, 2239k (best), 477k (worst)
[cli][info] Opening stream: 1662k (hls)
[download][video.mp4] Written 473.0 MB
---
Got a video with :
Duration : 44mn 9s

Cheers .

Hmm odd. Was there timestamps on the video? And did it run seamlessly?

When I tried it came without timestamps and at certain bits would jump ahead a few seconds suddenly, though only at certain points.

Testing now with what you did to see if that makes a difference on my PC.

[edit]
Hmm that did work. Weird. Yet when I tried earlier on using the "best" that had the lack of timestamping and jumps in the video. Very odd.

[edit 2]
Ok it does work, but the time jumping still happens. Like if you skip ahead in the video then there will be bits where it skips ahead 30 seconds to a minute. And the timestamping disappears once you jump ahead. Also if you look at the video in Windows explorer it doesn't show how long the video will go for. Unlike previously (6 months earlier), when the go was to download them as ".ts" files, and these show timestamps, allow jumping ahead perfectly fine and show their length in Windows explorer.

If I download the files as ".ts" instead then the Windows Explorer bit is fixed, but the time jumping is still there.

Just giving a detailed run down.

[aazerty]

Hi jimdagys ,

No lower resolution available !
======
youtube-dl -F "https://.../g.m3u8"
=> indicate , only 1 stream : 0
youtube-dl -f 0 "https://.../g.m3u8" -o 000_essai.ts
=> video = 83.610 ko
1280x720
======
======
Examples of modifications , new scale : 720x576
---
ffmpeg -i 000_essai.ts -vcodec mpeg4 -vf scale=720:576 -acodec copy -f mp4 000_essai_1er.mp4
=> video = 17.866 ko
--- or
ffmpeg -i 000_essai.ts -vcodec libx264 -vf scale=720:576 -acodec copy -f mp4 000_essai_2eme.mp4
=> video = 36.283 ko
======

Cheers .

[icemann]

Hmmm. Might be a VLC movie player issue. I tested it in Windows Movie Player and that did not skip at the bits it did in VLC. Though I did notice some occasional freezes, so maybe a few kilobytes missing here and there, which is where VLC was not liking it.

[aazerty]

Hi icemann ,

Try on repairing the file g-g.mp4

Batch file
===
@echo on
FOR %%i IN (g-g.mp4) do CALL mp4box "%%i" -raw 1
FOR %%i IN (g-g.mp4) do CALL mp4box "%%i" -raw 2
rem verify you got 1 (.h264) et 1 (.aac)
pause
rem assembly (.h264) et du (.aac)
"MP4Box.exe" -add g-g_track1.h264:fps=25.000#video -add g-g_track2.aac#audio -new "g-g_final.mp4"
rem verify you got 1 ("g-g_final.mp4")
pause
:fin
===

!!! NOTE : verify if fps=25.000 or fps=30.000 !!!

Cheers .

[icemann]

Ok will give that a try and report back and how it goes. Installing mp4box as we speak.

[icemann]

The results of running that batch file.

So it looks like I was right on there being some bytes missing. I tried downloading a few episodes from tubi tv via the program "Allavsoft" and the videos done via that suffer from the exact same issue. Very odd.

It's as if the site itself has setup their video files to be incomplete, but yet totally viewable fine from the site itself. That's just my guess.

[ponens]

Ok another Tubi TV video:

https://tubitv.com/video/244480/s01_e01_a_surreal_beginning_part_1

No advice?

Try the http progressive url and check the downloaded mp4 for the "jumps" you describe.

http://c12.adrise.tv/v2/sources/content-owners/endemol/244480/v201605061154-654x480-2239k.mp4

[ponens]

Somebody wanted to download this video:
http://nbc24.com/news/local/haunted-nw-ohio-a-ghost-hunt-with-meteorologist-kimberly-newman
I played the video for a few seconds with Firefox with Tools>Adblocker Plus<Open blockable items and searched for m3u8 and found...

Question for anybody: is there a way to download a smaller file size? I got I high res file and prefer lower resolution.

"g.m3u8" is a single quality variant m3u8 playlist. In reply #122 in this thread, I explained that if the source of the page is viewed, the master m3u8 is contained within it; (https://content.uplynk.com/58c43b2b5cbf4426a1df746efaaf9ebf.m3u8)

The master m3u8 playlist contains variant playlists (including g.m3u8) for six different qualities.

[icemann]

Ok another Tubi TV video:

https://tubitv.com/video/244480/s01_e01_a_surreal_beginning_part_1

No advice?

Try the http progressive url and check the downloaded mp4 for the "jumps" you describe.

http://c12.adrise.tv/v2/sources/content-owners/endemol/244480/v201605061154-654x480-2239k.mp4

I tried putting that in as just:

livestreamer "hlsvariant://http://c12.adrise.tv/v2/sources/content-owners/endemol/244480/v201605061154-654x480-2239k.mp4" -o video.mp4

But got this error message from livestreamer:



Was there a different way I had to put that in, rather than what I used?

[ponens]

Was there a different way I had to put that in, rather than what I used?

Livestreamer isn't necessary, although you can use it if you absolutely have your heart set on it.

You can just paste the url into your browser (chrome) and then right-click on the page and choose "save as".

If using livestreamer, use the httpstream plugin:

livestreamer "httpstream://c12.adrise.tv/v2/sources/content-owners/endemol/244480/v201605061154-654x480-2239k.mp4" best -o v201605061154-654x480-2239k.mp4

[icemann]

I was just using livestreamer as the site using geolocking to prevent people outside the US from accessing the site. VPN gets around that.

Is there others that work fine?

And dayam that fixed it completely. The file downloaded works perfectly. Thank you very much to all .

[edit]
Where did you get the c12 bit from? When I looked up the video it came up as c11.

[AlvoErrado2]

http://tubitv.com/video/303746/s01_e01_the_fall_and_rise_of_sherlock_holmes

Does anyone know how to download closed captions from this site??

Edit:

I already discovered, it's in srt format, just look at the source code of the page.

[Mr. Del Rio]

Hey y'all, it's been a while since I made a request, but I have some video links that I really would like to get for a direct DL. So can anyone please help me out and get the direct DL address for:

* http://www.npo.nl/bankgiro-loterij-nieuwjaarsconcert/08-01-2017/AT_2070107
* http://www.npo.nl/bankgiro-loterij-nieuwjaarsconcert/06-02-2016/AT_2051417
* http://www.npo.nl/nieuwjaarsconcert-met-guus-ilse-trijntje/11-01-2015/AT_2026923.

If possible in the highest resolutions. Would be greatly appreciated!

[jimdagys]

http://www.npo.nl/bankgiro-loterij-nieuwjaarsconcert/08-01-2017/AT_2070107

I used youtube-dl with the g command.
template:
youtube-dl -g url of video
final command to get url of video:

youtube-dl -g http://www.npo.nl/bankgiro-loterij-nieuwjaarsconcert/08-01-2017/AT_2070107

youtube-dl gives this http url (see screenshot 1) which can be used to download the video:

http://content10c5c.omroep.nl/urishieldv2/l27m5d8d90714efec73e005872e6d7000000.6a92e539bfe2d946d861169cb4abfca8/ceresodi/h264/p/26/10/10/2e/std_AT_2070107.m4v

Put this in Firefox browser to download a 564MB file. (See screenshot 2)
Link to youtube-dl that I used:
http://files.videohelp.com/u/61125/youtube-dl.zip
You can also use the F command (gives available resolutions).
Template:
youtube-dl -F url of video
command to get available resolutions:

youtube-dl -F http://www.npo.nl/bankgiro-loterij-nieuwjaarsconcert/08-01-2017/AT_2070107

A list of available resolutions is listed (see screenshot 3).
I choose
674
which is 640x360
Template:
youtube-dl -f resolution url of video
final command to download video:

youtube-dl -f 674 http://www.npo.nl/bankgiro-loterij-nieuwjaarsconcert/08-01-2017/AT_2070107

During downloading you can press
ctrl c
to stop the downloading before it's finished. You can play the partial download with Media Player Classic Home Cinema

[Mr. Del Rio]

Thank you very much Jim for your input, but that's exactly my problem with Y dl. Every time I get the command "is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file".

Also, if I want to start up the Y dl exe it mostly does not start anymore. It pop-ups for a few seconds, shows the black screen, and then instantly disappears.

[Mr. Del Rio]

Pic

And after that is also says "403 Forbidden" (when I open the link in the second bar).

[jimdagys]

Steps to use youtube-dl command line:
0) Never click on the command line software. That's not how you use it.
1) Download and unzip youtube-dl from here:
http://files.videohelp.com/u/61125/youtube-dl.zip
Unzip the archive and (for convenience) place the folder on the root of the c drive.
See screenshot 1, red arrow.
(The youtube-dl folder has 3 softwares it: youtube-dl, ffmpeg, ffprobe)
2) Before you can paste/type in a youtube-dl command, you have to navigate to the youtube-dl folder
If you don't do this, you will get error like:
'youtube-dl' is not recognized as internal or external command...
3) Your computer might be different, but when I start the command line I see this:
C:\Documents and Settings\default>
Before you paste in a youtube-dl command, you need to navigate to the youtube-dl folder so that you see this:
C:\youtube-dl>
I use the
cd..
command twice to navigate up to the C drive and then the
cd youtube-dl
command to navigate inside the youtube-dl folder.
Then you can paste in a youtube-dl command to use the software. Look at the following 5 lines:

C:\Documents and Settings\default>cd..

C:\Documents and Settings>cd..

C:\>cd youtube-dl

C:\youtube-dl>paste your youtube-dl command (blue color) here

example:

C:\youtube-dl>youtube-dl -F http://www.npo.nl/bankgiro-loterij-nieuwjaarsconcert/08-01-2017/AT_2070107

See screenshot 2

[viperpiper]

I used ABP in firefox and the latest version of livestreamer to download stuff from CBC doczone. It worked great with grabbing the video but for some reason there is no audio in any of the streams I downloaded. Any suggestions on what the problem or issue may be.

thanks for any advice

[assista]

Hi!

Please help me to download this video http://www.meloman.ru/concert/national-hilharmonic-15-03-2017/ in 1080i

Many thanks in advance!!

[neroman00]

Does anyone know how to download using livestreamer-v1.12.2 from this site?

http://81.21.47.75/hls/live.m3u8


PLEASE ADVISE!

Thanks

[aazerty]

hi neroman00 ,

livestreamer "hls://http://81.21.47.75/hls/live.m3u8" live -o TV_russe.mp4

Cheers .

[Micrao]

Hello guys,

May you help me to download this video, please?

http://edge-de-2.facecast.net/meloman/hls/philharmonic10/1039/1080p_full/1490370002/index.m3u8

I have livestream but i've never used.

I've been trying some things like

 "hls://http://edge-de-2.facecast.net/meloman/hls/philharmonic10/1039/1080p_full/index.m3u8" best -o video1080.mp4

or variants but i'm receiving an error "Failed to open segment".

This is the file, just in case it helps.

https://records.meloman.facecast.net/files/KZCH/14-11-16-19-00-FHD-KZCH.mp4

Thanks in advanced.

[nagra]

Hi!

Please help me to download this video at this webpage...

http://boba.ettoday.net/video/4/307/43564

[nzhd]

Hi!

Please help me to download this video at this webpage...

http://boba.ettoday.net/video/4/307/43564

Open the page in Chrome, then Ctrl+Shift+I to open the developer tools. Click on "Network".
Type "m3u8" in the search box, then playlist.m3u8 and chunklist_bxxxxxx.m3u8 will appear.


Right click on chunklist_bxxxxx.m3u8 and copy the url.
Click on playlist.m3u8 to check the available resolutions of the video.
you can replace "xxxxxx" from the copied url to change the resolution of the video you want to download.
1920x1080 : 2500000
1280x720 : 1500000
854x480 : 800000

ffmpeg

ffmpeg -i "the url you copied" -c copy output.ts