Download .ts video stream with youtube-dl

[loscamos]

Hello,

I'm trying to download a video from a website that has this structure:


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The first 2 links don't do anything. Then we have the master.m3u8 file that is the one I am interested in. Then we have smaller resolutions and various audio and subtitles file.

I used this command to find the combination that I needed:

youtube-dl -F "urlhere/master.m3u8"            
[generic] master: Requesting header
[generic] master: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available formats for master:
format code    extension  resolution note
audio-Italian  mp4        audio only [ita] 
496            mp4        428x240     496k , avc1.66.30, 25.0fps, video only
709            mp4        640x360     709k , avc1.66.30, 25.0fps, video only
715            mp4        854x480     715k , avc1.4d401f, 25.0fps, video only
1250           mp4        1280x720   1250k , avc1.4d401f, 25.0fps, video only
2753           mp4        1920x1080  2753k , avc1.4d4028, 25.0fps, video only
5655           mp4        3840x2160  5655k , avc1.640034, 25.0fps, video only (best)

And then downloaded what I wanted with:

youtube-dl -f 2753+audio-Italian --merge-output-format mp4 "urlhere/master.m3u8"

I am trying to download the .ts file as a separate file but I can't make it work with youtube-dl. Can anyone help me out?

Thanks

[[ss]vegeta]

I am trying to download the .ts file as a separate file but I can't make it work with youtube-dl. Can anyone help me out?

Try Streamlink.

Streamlink "url m3u8" best -o vid.ts

[loscamos]

It downloaded the video without subtitles...

[[ss]vegeta]

it downloaded the video without subtitles...

omg!

[loscamos]

Not sure if I did anything wrong. It's the first time I use streamlink. Always used youtube-dl for this stuff...

[lfer94]

youtube-dl -f 2753 --hls-prefer-native "urlhere/master.m3u8" -o video.ts

[loscamos]

I haven’t tried this one yet but my idea is that the subtitle file is not linked to the master m3u8 video streaming as you can see from the inspector. Should I try to download the .ts stream. If so, how?

[lfer94]

Sorry, but you are not being clear.

What you want is to download the video with or without the subtitles? Because the .ts stream is for the video file.

[loscamos]

I would like to download both the video and the subtitles but as separate files.

[lfer94]

Ok. Then try with this:

youtube-dl --list-subs "urlhere/master.m3u8"

If it shows something, run this:

youtube-dl --write-sub --all-subs "urlhere/master.m3u8"

If it doesn't, try with master-captions-it.m3u8 instead of master.m3u8

[loscamos]

Using the master.m3u8 and the master-captions-it.m3u8 url I get this:

youtube-dl --list-subs "/master.m3u8"
[generic] master: Requesting header
[generic] master: Downloading m3u8 information
master has no subtitles

youtube-dl --list-subs "master-captions-it.m3u8"
[generic] master-captions-it: Requesting header
[generic] master-captions-it: Downloading m3u8 information
master-captions-it has no subtitles

Using this

youtube-dl -f 2753 --hls-prefer-native "urlhere/master.m3u8" -o video.ts

I only download the video without audio and without subtitles.

I also tried to download only the captions but I get this error

 Duration: 00:13:50.00, bitrate: 0 kb/s
  Program 0 
    Metadata:
      variant_bitrate : 0
  Stream #0:0: Subtitle: webvtt
    Metadata:
      variant_bitrate : 0
Output #0, mp4, to 'file:master-captions-it-master-captions-it.mp4.part':
Output file #0 does not contain any stream


ERROR: ffmpeg exited with code 1

[lfer94]

Well, I honestly don't have much experience downloading subtitles, so what I suggest is that you change the title of the post by adding the name of the page where you want to get them and someone will probably help you. It would also be very useful if you publish the URL of the video in question.