grabbing video streams ffmpeg

[LZAA]

1.Close Fiddler.
2. Use:https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/uaswitcher/

[TubeDigger]

oh man....it's very hard...!

Asking proper questions in Google/Bing may be quite helpful.

i've export certificate with fiddler but on firefox it's impossible to load!

Options -> Privacy -> View Cerificates -> Authorities -> Import...

[lomero]

@ LZAA
ahhh, i’ve installed User-Agent Switcher by Linder... your version is different! now i don’t have access to my pc... further on i try it...

@TubeD
yes, i’ve used this route, but firefox don’t load certificate...! with fiddler i’ve export one certificate name “fiddler.cer” then i’ve try to import on my firefox (but without succeeding!)
now i don’t have access to my pc... further on i re-try it...

[TubeDigger]

Try to reset Fiddler’s HTTPS certificates (Actions -> Reset Certificates), then you need to press 'Yes' when installing this root certificate into Windows. Export Fiddler root certificate to Desktop. In Firefox: Options -> Privacy & Security -> View Certificates -> Import, set Trust this CA to identify websites checkbox and click OK.

[lomero]

@ LZAA @ TubeD (i have installed with your suggestion, the correct certificate!)
oh yeessssss! finally work! many many tanxs for yours support!

...but how to copy to clipboard the string
user-agent "Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 6_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/536.26 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/6.0 Mobile/10A403 Safari/8536.25" ?????

[lomero]

and on .m3u8 file i see 3 option to video:

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=394000,RESOLUTION=480x360
OzfpK81nVxmhWhCvWz1vVxKRWxmLJzsLW5KnV8gLWQmEu4VDtG .m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=2998000,RESOLUTION=1920x1080
O81vO7gLJzIoOzKhO7WnK805WQgSJQmnJ8mwW8IwWh1Eu4VDtG .m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=1998000,RESOLUTION=1280x720
O7gRJxB5KhrqWQWoW5fqV81oV5f5KhqwW8BFK8VqOzmEu4VDtG .m3u8

it is possible choose different resolution 1280x720 or 480x360 (another option, not only best resolution) to add on youtube-dl??

[LZAA]

1. User-Agent Switcher -> Settings -> Switch to text mode -> Highlight -> Copy.
2. youtube-dl -F --user-agent "xxxxxxx" "URL m3u8"
3. Choose a format.
4. youtube-dl -f xxx --user-agent "xxxxxxx" "URL m3u8"

[lomero]

ok, understand. anyway work also with latest firefox 64...!
for copy user-agent, ok i've understand.
for choose format i don't have possibility change resolution... why? on m3u8 file i see difeerent resolution... how to have this??

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this is the string that i have try:
youtube-dl -f https://hls.hydrax.net/6cs0VnOJ7nCt6iWu6xKJ6jm17n7t5jC3/playlist.m3u8 --user-agent "Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 10_14 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/11.1.1 Mobile/15E148 Safari/605.1.15"

[aazerty]

Hi lomero ,

===
youtube-dl -F https://.../605.1.15"
---
[info] Available formats for playlist:
format code extension resolution note
394 mp4 480x360 394k
1998 mp4 1280x720 1998k
2998 mp4 1920x1080 2998k (best)
===
Choose a format
===
youtube-dl -f best https://.../605.1.15"
or among 394 or 1998
---
youtube-dl -f 1998 https://.../605.1.15"
===

Cheers .

[lomero]

oh shit...! tanxs you so much for your explanation!
my only error is youtube-dl -f instead of youtube-dl -F
that's incredible only difference between -f and -F!
this is what i wanted to know!! many tanxs for your help!

[lomero]

tanxs to everybody for your attention....
tanxs TubeDigger for my initialization...
tanxs LZAA for your precious advice
tanxs aazerty for the end of my experience!

anyway some consideration about video stream...
that makes the difference to stream video on some site is the User-Agent Switcher. on chrome i have 3 add-on for capture video or streaming video, but nothing work! on this forum i've understand that it's necessary it's User-Agent Switcher. with this add-on (also for chrome!) when change user-agent to safari ipad, all my add-on find .m3u8 file, and one of this add-on allow to choose different resolution (probably read inside at .m3u8)
then also with chrome it's possible have .m3u8 file! bye bye guys

[lomero]

anyway i don't understand one thing...
with user agent add-on (set on ipad agent, or iphone or winphone) all work correctly, other video add-on find .m3u8 file.
but with my chrome browser, for win version, when load page of this fu***in video i see the video....! then, chrome forwards a request to server, and him reply with a streaming ...
the fact of using user agent add-on it's a secondary road... it may not be possible capture .m3u8 file on normal win mode, without switch to mobile agent...

[LZAA]

Your question is incomprehensible.

[lomero]

my question it’s simple: why with user-agent ipad i found m3u8 string and without not? i repeat, if with my normal browser i see the video, it means the browser send request to the site... but not have (find) m3u8 string... how to default browser see this video??

[codehound]

my question it’s simple: why with user-agent ipad i found m3u8 string and without not? i repeat, if with my normal browser i see the video, it means the browser send request to the site... but not have (find) m3u8 string... how to default browser see this video??

Very very briefly, because the latest standard for creating/displaying web pages is now based on html5. And can display embedded videos and VODs in a different more efficient way. The page will initially try to 'force' use of html5 protocols. But to enable people with older, legacy devices to still be able to view the pages, the m3u8 is only there as a backup. So you will only 'see' it when you switch user agent to spoof use of an iPad or similar legacy device.

[lomero]

oh great! tanxs for your simple but nice explanation!
and (sorry for my bad knowledge) but don't have effective solution to capture streaming from this new html5 page?
this is just to understand better...

[LZAA]

You can download almost everything. This requires professional knowledge. Here you will not find them.

[lomero]

ok. but for me what has been learned up to here is already a lot!

[lomero]

... another little question...
when run this string on youtube-dl: youtube-dl h*tps://hls.hydrax.......

i don't know the file size of final file (MB or GB)... is there a way to have this information during download?
with "--get-size" option not work...

edit: ok likely this site don't support final file size... with simple youtube video have this info!