Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Ripping PBS videos ====== So you've tried streamtransport, rtmpsuck, rtmpdump and various searches on the web but everything came up short or sucked badly. This was what happened to me before I figured out you only need two very simple tools; one to figure out what the video stream URL is the other to grab it. * Download URL Snooper - http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/urlsnooper/ * What a great tool you can't bypass this as its watching the NETWORK traffic and looking for URL regex patterns. * Launch the browser on the video you want to watch. Examine URL snooper for the .m3u8 stream. {{:blog:urlsnooper.png?900|}} * Download FFMPEG - http://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html * Construct a download URL like the following Split for readability. This should be all on one line. <code> ffmpeg -i "http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/cove2.0/art-21/ 449de345-bc3e-4bab-8591-6f0ec2efc3b7/2013-11-21-163504/hd-mezzanine-16x9/artf502_hd_mezz-16x9-hls-800k.m3u8" -vcodec copy -acodec copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc output.mp4 </code> If you inside Australia you'll have an issue accessing the PBS video in the first place due to right restrictions. You can workaround by using host outside of the country. ===== Sample Run ===== <code> ffmpeg -i "http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/cove2.0/art-21/ 449de345-bc3e-4bab-8591-6f0ec2efc3b7/2013-11-21-163504/hd-mezzanine-16x9/artf502_hd_mezz-16x9-hls-800k.m3u8" -vcodec copy -acodec copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc output.mp4 ffmpeg version N-60456-g4040b56 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers built on Feb 8 2014 22:06:34 with gcc 4.8.2 (GCC) configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-av isynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enab le-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetyp e --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --ena ble-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-l ibopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libsp eex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-aa cenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavp ack --enable-libx264 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-zlib libavutil 52. 63.101 / 52. 63.101 libavcodec 55. 50.100 / 55. 50.100 libavformat 55. 30.100 / 55. 30.100 libavdevice 55. 7.100 / 55. 7.100 libavfilter 4. 1.102 / 4. 1.102 libswscale 2. 5.101 / 2. 5.101 libswresample 0. 17.104 / 0. 17.104 libpostproc 52. 3.100 / 52. 3.100 Input #0, hls,applehttp, from 'http://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/cove2.0/art-21/ 449de345-bc3e-4bab-8591-6f0ec2efc3b7/2013-11-21-163504/hd-mezzanine-16x9/artf502_hd_mezz-16x9-hls-800k.m3u8': Duration: 00:54:30.29, start: 10.000000, bitrate: 0 kb/s Program 0 Metadata: variant_bitrate : 0 Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Main) ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B), yuv420p, 640x360 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn, 59.94 tbc Stream #0:1: Audio: aac ([15][0][0][0] / 0x000F), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 174 kb/s File 'output.mp4' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y Output #0, mp4, to 'output.mp4': Metadata: encoder : Lavf55.30.100 Stream #0:0: Video: h264 ([33][0][0][0] / 0x0021), yuv420p, 640x360 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 29.97 fps, 90k tbn, 90k tbc Stream #0:1: Audio: aac ([64][0][0][0] / 0x0040), 44100 Hz, stereo, 174 kb/s Stream mapping: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy) Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy) Press [q] to stop, [?] for help frame= 3639 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 size= 12337kB time=00:02:01.38 bitrate= 832.5kbits/ frame= 6318 fps=6223 q=-1.0 size= 23575kB time=00:03:30.77 bitrate= 916.3kbits frame= 9269 fps=6025 q=-1.0 size= 36016kB time=00:05:09.24 bitrate= 954.1kbits frame=12066 fps=5897 q=-1.0 size= 47824kB time=00:06:42.56 bitrate= 973.2kbits frame=14893 fps=5832 q=-1.0 size= 59782kB time=00:08:16.89 bitrate= 985.6kbits frame=17342 fps=5636 q=-1.0 size= 70210kB time=00:09:38.64 bitrate= 994.0kbits frame=19452 fps=5427 q=-1.0 size= 79173kB time=00:10:49.01 bitrate= 999.3kbits frame=21528 fps=5261 q=-1.0 size= 87531kB time=00:11:58.28 bitrate= 998.3kbits frame=23621 fps=4950 q=-1.0 size= 95953kB time=00:13:08.12 bitrate= 997.4kbits frame=24867 fps=4710 q=-1.0 size= 101288kB time=00:13:49.69 bitrate=1000.1kbits frame=26539 fps=4586 q=-1.0 size= 108374kB time=00:14:45.48 bitrate=1002.6kbits frame=28704 fps=4381 q=-1.0 size= 117495kB time=00:15:57.75 bitrate=1005.0kbits frame=31096 fps=4400 q=-1.0 size= 124199kB time=00:17:17.53 bitrate= 980.6kbits frame=33050 fps=4363 q=-1.0 size= 132516kB time=00:18:22.73 bitrate= 984.4kbits frame=35527 fps=4366 q=-1.0 size= 140345kB time=00:19:45.38 bitrate= 969.9kbits frame=36940 fps=4273 q=-1.0 size= 146141kB time=00:20:32.53 bitrate= 971.3kbits frame=39001 fps=4261 q=-1.0 size= 154863kB time=00:21:41.30 bitrate= 974.9kbits frame=41262 fps=4261 q=-1.0 size= 162614kB time=00:22:56.78 bitrate= 967.6kbits frame=43259 fps=4245 q=-1.0 size= 168863kB time=00:24:03.37 bitrate= 958.4kbits frame=45448 fps=4220 q=-1.0 size= 174908kB time=00:25:16.42 bitrate= 944.9kbits frame=47242 fps=4189 q=-1.0 size= 182410kB time=00:26:16.27 bitrate= 948.0kbits frame=49407 fps=4193 q=-1.0 size= 191603kB time=00:27:28.51 bitrate= 952.1kbits frame=51301 fps=4174 q=-1.0 size= 199606kB time=00:28:31.71 bitrate= 955.3kbits frame=53273 fps=4162 q=-1.0 size= 207389kB time=00:29:37.50 bitrate= 955.8kbits frame=55913 fps=4202 q=-1.0 size= 215037kB time=00:31:05.59 bitrate= 944.2kbits frame=58006 fps=4192 q=-1.0 size= 223092kB time=00:32:15.45 bitrate= 944.3kbits frame=60099 fps=4180 q=-1.0 size= 231965kB time=00:33:25.29 bitrate= 947.6kbits frame=62192 fps=4174 q=-1.0 size= 238270kB time=00:34:35.14 bitrate= 940.6kbits frame=64199 fps=4167 q=-1.0 size= 245493kB time=00:35:42.07 bitrate= 938.8kbits frame=65793 fps=4134 q=-1.0 size= 250554kB time=00:36:35.25 bitrate= 935.0kbits frame=67720 fps=4124 q=-1.0 size= 258386kB time=00:37:39.55 bitrate= 936.8kbits frame=69045 fps=4078 q=-1.0 size= 263202kB time=00:38:23.76 bitrate= 935.9kbits frame=70265 fps=4024 q=-1.0 size= 268407kB time=00:39:04.51 bitrate= 937.8kbits frame=71326 fps=3969 q=-1.0 size= 272860kB time=00:39:39.87 bitrate= 939.2kbits frame=73255 fps=3963 q=-1.0 size= 281069kB time=00:40:44.24 bitrate= 942.0kbits frame=75092 fps=3954 q=-1.0 size= 288786kB time=00:41:45.53 bitrate= 944.2kbits frame=75707 fps=3882 q=-1.0 size= 291433kB time=00:42:06.05 bitrate= 945.1kbits frame=77142 fps=3853 q=-1.0 size= 297486kB time=00:42:53.93 bitrate= 946.8kbits frame=78507 fps=3824 q=-1.0 size= 303345kB time=00:43:39.48 bitrate= 948.7kbits frame=80471 fps=3825 q=-1.0 size= 311651kB time=00:44:45.01 bitrate= 950.8kbits frame=81029 fps=3761 q=-1.0 size= 314008kB time=00:45:03.66 bitrate= 951.4kbits frame=81996 fps=3718 q=-1.0 size= 317858kB time=00:45:35.89 bitrate= 951.8kbits frame=82823 fps=3666 q=-1.0 size= 321344kB time=00:46:03.52 bitrate= 952.6kbits frame=83421 fps=3606 q=-1.0 size= 323865kB time=00:46:23.44 bitrate= 953.2kbits frame=85514 fps=3612 q=-1.0 size= 331434kB time=00:47:33.28 bitrate= 951.6kbits frame=87331 fps=3611 q=-1.0 size= 338803kB time=00:48:33.91 bitrate= 952.5kbits frame=89102 fps=3600 q=-1.0 size= 346010kB time=00:49:33.00 bitrate= 953.4kbits frame=91494 fps=3622 q=-1.0 size= 356063kB time=00:50:52.81 bitrate= 955.5kbits frame=93461 fps=3627 q=-1.0 size= 364248kB time=00:51:58.44 bitrate= 956.9kbits frame=95082 fps=3586 q=-1.0 size= 371029kB time=00:52:52.54 bitrate= 958.1kbits frame=97433 fps=3606 q=-1.0 size= 379877kB time=00:54:10.98 bitrate= 957.2kbits frame=98012 fps=3602 q=-1.0 Lsize= 384807kB time=00:54:30.41 bitrate= 963.9kbits/s video:318073kB audio:64851kB subtitle:0 data:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.491705% </code> {{tag>video}} blog/ripping_pbs_videos.txt Last modified: 2014/02/11 04:30by brett