Please help download this video!

[NataliK]

Please, help download this video:

http://www.femmeactuelle.fr/culture/actu-musicale/dans-les-coulisses-de-notre-dame-de-...lusive-2033452

I'd try Youtube-DLG, but no success, it doesn't downoad this video.

Many many thanks!

[jagabo]

You can use ffmpeg with this command line to get the best version (65 MB MP4):

ffmpeg -i "http://c.brightcove.com/services/mobile/streaming/index/rendition.m3u8?assetId=5222203144001&videoId=5222134121001" -vcodec copy -acodec copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc output.mp4

[NataliK]

Thank you! And this link, you got it from a network sniffer?

[jagabo]

Yes, I used URLSnooper. It showed a link to the master.m3u8 file which I downloaded and opened with WordPad. It showed:

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=511000,RESOLUTION=480x270
http://c.brightcove.com/services/mobile/streaming/index/rendition.m3u8?assetId=5222203040001&videoId=5222134121001
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=792000,RESOLUTION=640x360
http://c.brightcove.com/services/mobile/streaming/index/rendition.m3u8?assetId=5222203136001&videoId=5222134121001
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=992000,RESOLUTION=640x360
http://c.brightcove.com/services/mobile/streaming/index/rendition.m3u8?assetId=5222206175001&videoId=5222134121001
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=1292000,RESOLUTION=960x540
http://c.brightcove.com/services/mobile/streaming/index/rendition.m3u8?assetId=5222203138001&videoId=5222134121001
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=1824000,RESOLUTION=960x540
http://c.brightcove.com/services/mobile/streaming/index/rendition.m3u8?assetId=5222205083001&videoId=5222134121001
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=2123000,RESOLUTION=1280x720
http://c.brightcove.com/services/mobile/streaming/index/rendition.m3u8?assetId=5222203144001&videoId=5222134121001

I downloaded the last one.

[Stefan1]

You may also use Internet Download Manager in case you are not familiar with URLSnooper (which is an excellent program) and command lines. I've just downloaded the video you asked about with IDM, in high quality, to be sure it works.

[jimdagys]

Question for jagabo,

I downloaded the last one.

I used your above listing of code and the above ffmpeg code (as a template) and downloaded the first one (smallest file size).
For the original poster, the downloadable file is here (15MB):
https://od.lk/d/117478706_FsAwo/output.mp4
Question for jagabo,
Could you explain more clearly (with screenshots or pasted code) how you used URLSnooper to get the m3u8?
What was the actual m3u8 link ( that you downloaded) and opened in Notepad?

[jagabo]

1) Start URLSnooper. Set: Protocol Filter -> Show All. Press: Sniff Network button.

2) Open the web page with video in a browser. Start playing video if it doesn't play automatically.

3) Once the video has started playing Press: Stop Search in URL Snooper. Look through the results for the m3u8 file. In this case it was:

http://c.brightcove.com/services/mobile/streaming/index/master.m3u8?videoId=5222134121001

4) Double click on that line in URLSnooper (or copy/paste from URLSnooper to a browser). Firefox opened and gave the choice of opening the file or saving it. I saved it. Then opened the m3u8 file with Wordpad and saw the above contents.

5) Also visible in URLSnooper is the m3u8 for the version that played by default. But that may not have been the best quality file. In my case it was the 640x360 version:

http://c.brightcove.com/services/mobile/streaming/index/rendition.m3u8?assetId=5222206...=5222134121001

6) Use ffmpeg to download the video with the earlier command line.

[Stefan1]

Hi NataliK,

I've just uploaded a high-quality copy of the video you asked about. I downloaded it using Internet Download Manager. It's a .TS file, most of today's video players will open it (I use SMPlayer, Splash and MPC-HC).

Here's the link: http://workupload.com/file/eVTkkpA

[jimdagys]

Jagabo,
Thank you very much for the detailed steps that I should be able to follow. It is quite a bit of satisfaction for me to learn how to download these videos (using the free simple software), even if I have zero interest in the video itself. I know about IDM (Internet Download Manager), but it is not free, and also (after installed) it tends to pop up when you don't want it.
IDM is a useful tool, but it is not my first choice, and there is a near zero learning process when using it.
If you happen to have the time, someone posted another video download request. The link to the request is here:
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/371297-how-to-download-this-online-video-without-an-url
As you can see in my post near the end of the thread, I tried many different things to get the video, but failed. Also, the livestreamer code that Biezom gave did not work for me (I've used livestreamer in the past and that software worked for me in the past). If you could take a look and see what you can do and then post in that thread, that would be helping me and also the original poster.

[jimdagys]

I'm adding these screenshots and text to your above explanation. This video downloading procedure can now be executed by someone with an IQ of 96.35 or higher. I have verified this on IQmaster.com.

http://www.femmeactuelle.fr/culture/actu-musicale/dans-les-coulisses-de-notre-dame-de-paris-video-exclusive-2033452

start UrlSnooper (type m3u8 in must contain box) and then open browser and play above video for a few seconds into the main part (see screenshot 1)

http://c.brightcove.com/services/mobile/streaming/index/master.m3u8?videoId=5222134121001 copied from URLSnopper and then download with browser (see screenshot 2)

Open the downloaded file
master.m3u8
with Notepad or Wordpad

I choose 480x270 from the list:

http://c.brightcove.com/services/mobile/streaming/index/rendition.m3u8?assetId=5222203040001&videoId=5222134121001

ffmpeg -i "above http url goes here in this template" -vcodec copy -acodec copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc output.mp4 template

ffmpeg -i "http://c.brightcove.com/services/mobile/streaming/index/rendition.m3u8?assetId=5222203040001&videoId=5222134121001" -vcodec copy -acodec copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc output.mp4

complete ffmpeg command to put into command line (see screenshot 3)

Downloaded video in folder (see screenshot 4)

[jagabo]

start UrlSnooper (type m3u8 in must contain box) and then...

In this particular case the m3u8 file has that extension. But sometimes the extension isn't m3u8 and that sequence doesn't appear in the filename url at all. So you may need to download a few of the files and examine the contents to see get the right file. Often the name of the m3u8 file is similar to the name of the fragments streamed while playing the video. For example, this is a link to an m3u8 file without an extension:

http://hyt4d6.vkcache.com/secip/0/Fm2iEihM5ByrrjNSyXuMXg/NjguOC4xODkuMTk4/1480150800/hls-vod-s4/flv/api/files/videos/2014/10/06/1412551438bd536?socket=

and this is the name of the first fragment of the video stream:

http://hyt4d6.vkcache.com/secip/0/Fm2iEihM5ByrrjNSyXuMXg/NjguOC4xODkuMTk4/1480150800/hls-vod-s4/flv/api/files/videos/2014/10/06/1412551438bd536.mp4Frag1Num0

Other fragments have similar names with just the numbers incrementing at the end.