Did NBC.com change stream protocol? Can't seem to get download link

[jimdagys]

For example:
http://www.nbc.com/the-wiz-live
(This is The Wiz.) Also I am unsuccessful with all other videos (like the news shows) on the NBC.com site. A lot of people said they used Adobe PHP Link Detector add on for Firefox. I have that installed and it works ( it displays the link to be used in the command line) on the site called God TV However, I can't get any link to display on NBC.com. I have tried two different computers with no luck on NBC. Both computers display the links on God TV, so I know the Link Detector is working. My question: can somebody check to see if they can download from NBC.com and please give details how you do it so that I can try to do it myself on other NBC shows. Thank you.
This is how I used the Link Detector and the php software with command line to download videos from God TV;
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/369356-Question-how-to-capture-God-TV-video

[biezom]

For example:
http://www.nbc.com/the-wiz-live
(This is The Wiz.) Also I am unsuccessful with all other videos (like the news shows) on the NBC.com site. A lot of people said they used Adobe PHP Link Detector add on for Firefox. I have that installed and it works ( it displays the link to be used in the command line) on the site called God TV However, I can't get any link to display on NBC.com. I have tried two different computers with no luck on NBC. Both computers display the links on God TV, so I know the Link Detector is working. My question: can somebody check to see if they can download from NBC.com and please give details how you do it so that I can try to do it myself on other NBC shows. Thank you.
This is how I used the Link Detector and the php software with command line to download videos from God TV;
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/369356-Question-how-to-capture-God-TV-video

hi

you can use youtube-dl with ffmpeg in the same folder


example
on this page http://www.nbc.com/the-wiz-live/video
you can find this link

http://www.nbc.com/the-wiz-live/video/the-wiz-live/2943548?onid=248451#vc248451=1

youtube-dl "http://www.nbc.com/the-wiz-live/video/the-wiz-live/2943548?onid=248451#vc248451=1"

[theewizard]

Don't know about nbc in general
But isn't the Wiz scheduled to air live on the 7th
Which means it hasn't aired yet.. Only the "making of the Wiz"
Has been aired

[jimdagys]

Biezom,
Can't follow your information.
You said,

on this page http://www.nbc.com/the-wiz-live/video
you can find this link: http://www.nbc.com/the-wiz-live/video/the-wiz-live/2943548?onid=248451#vc248451=1

Question #1: But how did you get the link? I don't see it. EDIT: This question solved in following post
Question #2: I believe your posted link gives the largest file size video (1280x720, 1.4GB). How can I change the link to give a smaller file size video?
Question #3: How can I also get the subtitle file?

I was able to download the video ( given the above link that Biezom posted). I am providing the following explanation so that others can follow.
1) I made a yellow folder on the c drive and named it:
youtube-dl
2) Inside the folder I put:
ffmpeg.exe
and
youtube-dl-2015.12.06.exe
(See first screenshot)
3)I went to command line (start> run>cmd) and typed in or pasted the stuff in yellow circles.
I hit the enter button at the end of each line (See second screenshot.) After a while the completed video appeared in the yellow folder (youtube-dl). Note: I did not download or install anything called "Python interpreter".

[jimdagys]

Above post question #1 solved here.
Go to nbc.com and click on
Full Episodes
Then choose
The Wiz Live!
from bottom of menu.
Click to start video to see the needed URL

See screenshot.

[jimdagys]

Question #2 and #3 answered here (how to choose bit rate/resolution and download subtitles for nbc.com TV shows).
To get a list of possible bitrate/resolutions, use the following command (youtube-dl.exe -F "URL of show that you want"). For example:

youtube-dl.exe -F "http://www.nbc.com/the-wiz-live/video/the-wiz-live/2943548?onid=248451#vc248451=1"

The -F inserted before the URL will give a list and you can choose a bit rate/resolution (see screenshot, white circle). Here I chose a resolution/bit rate of 640x360. Then you copy the spec (see white arrow):
hls-810-0
and put that in the command line. For example:

youtube-dl.exe -f hls-810-0 "http://www.nbc.com/the-wiz-live/video/the-wiz-live/2943548?onid=248451#vc248451=1"

This will download the video in 640x360 resolution.
If you also want to download the subtitles, you can add:
--all-subs
so that you will have, for example:

youtube-dl.exe --all-subs -f hls-810-0 "http://www.nbc.com/the-wiz-live/video/the-wiz-live/2943548?onid=248451#vc248451=1"

This will download the video with 640x360 resolution and also the subtitles (TTML) in a separate file. The subtitle file can be converted to srt with Subtitle Edit (browse for "all files" to input the TTML file into Subtitle Edit and save as srt.
If all goes well, the two files will start downloading (see second screenshot) and appear in the youtube-dl folder.
Note: I used youtube-dl 2015.12.13 (December 13, 2015) for all this to work. Previous version of youtube-dl didn't seem to work on nbc.com anymore.

[kino]

Question #2 and #3 answered here (how to choose bit rate/resolution and download subtitles for nbc.com TV shows).
To get a list of possible bitrate/resolutions, use the following command (youtube-dl.exe -F "URL of show that you want"). For example:

youtube-dl.exe -F "http://www.nbc.com/the-wiz-live/video/the-wiz-live/2943548?onid=248451#vc248451=1"

The -F inserted before the URL will give a list and you can choose a bit rate/resolution (see screenshot, white circle). Here I chose a resolution/bit rate of 640x360. Then you copy the spec (see white arrow):
hls-810-0
and put that in the command line. For example:

youtube-dl.exe -f hls-810-0 "http://www.nbc.com/the-wiz-live/video/the-wiz-live/2943548?onid=248451#vc248451=1"

This will download the video in 640x360 resolution.
If you also want to download the subtitles, you can add:
--all-subs
so that you will have, for example:

youtube-dl.exe --all-subs -f hls-810-0 "http://www.nbc.com/the-wiz-live/video/the-wiz-live/2943548?onid=248451#vc248451=1"

This will download the video with 640x360 resolution and also the subtitles (TTML) in a separate file. The subtitle file can be converted to srt with Subtitle Edit (browse for "all files" to input the TTML file into Subtitle Edit and save as srt.
If all goes well, the two files will start downloading (see second screenshot) and appear in the youtube-dl folder.
Note: I used youtube-dl 2015.12.13 (December 13, 2015) for all this to work. Previous version of youtube-dl didn't seem to work on nbc.com anymore.

Thank you so much.
But if I only want to dowload the subtitles.
Is there a code for me?

Oh I found it.

youtube-dl --all-subs --skip-download URL