abc.com - download full episode videos NOTE: LINUX ONLY!

[rec9140]

I am looking for something along the line of youtube-dl that will work for abc.com (US NETWORK, not australia) full episodes, example:

http://abc.go.com/watch/last-man-standing/SH55126594/VD55176266/ding-dong-ditch

I've tried Sothink and a couple other ff extensions, no joy. And would really prefer something standalone, as ff is not my primary or even one I prefer to have around.

Anything out there for this? rtdump? ? ?

Thanks.

Linux only solutions please, as I don't use anything else.

[jman98]

I make my living support a 100% Linux (screw Windows!) environment for part of my company's business. We are a Fortune 300 company. My answer to your "Linux only" requirement - ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....

The only solutions I know of that work with a major US network are commercial solutions that run under Windows and Mac. You'll have to hunt around Bit Torrent networks for your episodes if you are only using Linux.

[Bahman]

I am looking for something along the line of youtube-dl that will work for abc.com (US NETWORK, not australia) full episodes, example:

http://abc.go.com/watch/last-man-standing/SH55126594/VD55176266/ding-dong-ditch

Track the send/receive packets, you will see:

http://abc.go.com/vp2/ws/s/contents/2004/videos/001/website/lf/-1/-1/VD55176266/-1/-1?v=07000004_1

<airdate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST</airdate>

</airdates>


<assets>
<asset accesslevel="0" format="MOV" lang="en-us">
http://abc.go.com/vp2/ws/s/contents/2004/utils/video/mov/13/9024/VD55176266/%height%
</asset>


<asset accesslevel="0" format="ULNK" lang="en-us" ratio="16:9">
http://content.uplynk.com/ext/d874124ecca24c88a3c9575e78686acf/4331034.m3u8
</asset>



</assets>


<availdate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:00:00 PST</availdate>
<closedcaption enabled="true">
<src lang="en-us">
http://cdn.video.abc.com/abcvideo/video_fep/cc/lms_118_dingdongditch_episode_4331034_English.xml
</src>



</closedcaption>

Red highlighted link is captions, may you need!
If you add the height of video to the blue highlighted link, you will see the download links:

http://abc.go.com/vp2/ws/s/contents/2004/utils/video/mov/13/9024/VD55176266/432

<flash xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:abc="http://abc.go.com">
<cdn>Conviva</cdn>
<protocol>rtmp</protocol>
<resources>
<host app="abcondemand" name="L3" protocol="rtmp" provider="Level3" token="false" url="abcondemandfs.fplive.net"/>
<host app="abcondemand" name="Akamai" protocol="rtmp" provider="Akamai" token="false" url="cp88586.edgefcs.net"/>
<host app="a4473/e1" name="Limelight" protocol="rtmp" provider="Limelight" token="false" url="abconline.fcod.llnwd.net"/>
<host app="abcondemand/" name="Failover" protocol="rtmp" provider="Level3" token="false" url="abcondemandfs.fplive.net"/>

</resources>


<videos>
<video bitrate="300" src=""/>
<video bitrate="400" src=""/>
<video bitrate="500" src="mp4:/abcvideo/video_fep/mov/lms_118_dingdongditch_episode_7318cc2d-2054-46e8-bebf-69a3ec23cbf5_4331034_768x432_500.mov"/>
<video bitrate="600" src=""/>
<video bitrate="700" src="mp4:/abcvideo/video_fep/mov/lms_118_dingdongditch_episode_7318cc2d-2054-46e8-bebf-69a3ec23cbf5_4331034_768x432_700.mov"/>
<video bitrate="800" src=""/>
<video bitrate="900" src=""/>
<video bitrate="1000" src="mp4:/abcvideo/video_fep/mov/lms_118_dingdongditch_episode_7318cc2d-2054-46e8-bebf-69a3ec23cbf5_4331034_768x432_1000.mov"/>
<video bitrate="1300" src=""/>
<video bitrate="1600" src="mp4:/abcvideo/video_fep/mov/lms_118_dingdongditch_episode_7318cc2d-2054-46e8-bebf-69a3ec23cbf5_4331034_768x432_1600.mov"/>
<video bitrate="2000" src=""/>
<video bitrate="2500" src=""/>
<video bitrate="3000" src=""/>
<video bitrate="3500" src=""/>
<video bitrate="5000" src=""/>
<video bitrate="6500" src=""/>
<video bitrate="8000" src=""/>
<video bitrate="10000" src=""/>
<video bitrate="12500" src=""/>
<video bitrate="15000" src=""/>

</videos>



</flash>

Right now you have protocol, url, app path and playpath!! but notice at sth:
Those Urls that I've red highlighted, aren't supported by rtmpdump!! because, they have upgraded their server software. All sites using Level3 cdn (Comedy Central, South Park etc.) will be affected by this change.
So, you have to use blue highlighted ones and write the rtmpdump's script manually:

rtmpdump -r "rtmp://cp88586.edgefcs.net/abcondemand/" -a "abcondemand/" -W "http://ll.static.abc.com/m/vp/prod/flash/VP2.swf" -y "mp4:/abcvideo/video_fep/mov/lms_118_dingdongditch_episode_7318cc2d-2054-46e8-bebf-69a3ec23cbf5_4331034_768x432_1600.mov" -o lms_118_dingdongditch_episode_7318cc2d-2054-46e8-bebf-69a3ec23cbf5_4331034_768x432_1600.flv

RTMPDump v2.4 GIT-2012-02-24
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Starting download at: 0.000 kB
INFO: Metadata:
INFO:   duration              1296.96
INFO:   moovPosition          8.00
INFO:   width                 768.00
INFO:   height                432.00
INFO:   videocodecid          avc1
INFO:   audiocodecid          mp4a
INFO:   avcprofile            77.00
INFO:   avclevel              40.00
INFO:   aacaot                2.00
INFO:   videoframerate        23.98
INFO:   audiosamplerate       22050.00
INFO:   audiochannels         2.00
INFO: trackinfo:
INFO:   length                31096969.00
INFO:   timescale             23976.00
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO:   sampletype            avc1
INFO:   length                28597273.00
INFO:   timescale             22050.00
INFO: sampledescription:
INFO:   sampletype            mp4a
42.620 kB / 0.38 sec (0.0%)

Good Luck!

[rec9140]

Good Luck!

THANK YOU FOR A CONSTRUCTIVE response...

I play with the details as soon as I get back to the "lab."

[barkers]

http://abc.go.com/vp2/ws/s/contents/2004/utils/video/mov/13/9024/VD55176266/%height%
If you add the height of video to the blue highlighted link, you will see the download links:

I am very grateful to have found your helpful post, and had been using this technique to watch ABC without installing Flash. However since ABC's upgrade these links 404.

I tried using ffmpeg to grab the HLS m3u8 as you described in another post but I can't get it to work. Either ffmpeg segfaults or I get a 404.

Is there a height other than 432 that will work? Or would ffmpeg download the HLS if I could find the right URL?