This is the link to a free trial video: https://plus.rtl.de/video-tv/serien/die-unvermittelbaren-mit-martin-ruetter-882892/staffel-2-930427/episode-6-das-grosse-wiedersehen-932203

The browser log shows a bunch of request for different .m4s files. I assume the premium stuff would behave the same but I would like to know if I can rip that before I go for a trial version

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[–] 25 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

it's drm protected and you need keys to decrypt. I already have these two extensions and it's working.

https://github.com/FoxRefire/wvg/tree/next + https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hls-stream-detector/ or https://github.com/DevLARLEY/WidevineProxy2

https://github.com/nilaoda/N_m3u8DL-RE (downloader and use the keys to decrypt the file)

example mpd "https://vodnowusoawsdash-cf.tvnow.de/pgrn/cves/sd/rtlplus/932203/1-1-1d-3-2-1-2.ism/v1.mpd" (the free trial video only gives me SD)

in .mpd, replace 3-2 with 1-1 to get HD (1080p)

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Is the chinese one safe? Kind of weird to run something I can't read the output of

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Thanks a lot for that incredibly useful link!

    Something tells me that this is soon gonna disappear like a Boeing whistleblower. To everybody reading this: Make sure to archive that guide, preferably locally on your device!

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    sometimes one of the requests is a m3u8 playlist, or something similar.

    it may contain urls of thousands of chunks.

    if you download all of them you can concat them.

    that worked for me for some streams a few years ago, but there is probably an easier way 🤷🏻‍♂️

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I think i wrote a short python script to do this on another site. Let me get home and see if i can help you out

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Are we ever getting that script before the heat death of the universe? ^^

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Oh, Im sorry. If I'm honest I completely forgot. Here it is:

    You will need ffmpeg installed, and I did write it for Linux, so I'm not sure if there are differences for windows. Worst case you need to slightly modify it to work on windows.

    #!/usr/bin/env python3
    
    import requests
    import os
    import subprocess
    from urllib.parse import urljoin
    import sys
    
    def download_video_chunks(base_url, output_file):
        """
        Downloads video chunks from the given base URL and merges them into a single file.
    
        :param base_url: The URL to the playlist or base directory containing the video chunks.
        :param output_file: The name of the output video file (e.g., "output.mp4").
        """
        try:
            # Get the playlist file (e.g., .m3u8 or .ts index file)
            print(f"Fetching playlist or video chunk URLs from: {base_url}", flush=True)
            response = requests.get(base_url, timeout=10)
            response.raise_for_status()
            
            # Parse the playlist to get the chunk URLs
            lines = response.text.splitlines()
            chunk_urls = [urljoin(base_url, line) for line in lines if line and not line.startswith("#")]
    
            if not chunk_urls:
                print("No video chunks found in the provided URL.", flush=True)
                return
    
            # Create a directory for storing chunks
            os.makedirs("video_chunks", exist_ok=True)
    
            # Download each chunk
            chunk_files = []
            for idx, chunk_url in enumerate(chunk_urls):
                chunk_file = os.path.join("video_chunks", f"chunk_{idx:04d}.ts")
                print(f"Downloading {chunk_url}...", flush=True)
    
                with requests.get(chunk_url, stream=True) as chunk_response:
                    chunk_response.raise_for_status()
                    with open(chunk_file, "wb") as f:
                        for chunk in chunk_response.iter_content(chunk_size=1024):
                            f.write(chunk)
    
                chunk_files.append(chunk_file)
    
            # Merge the chunks into a single file using ffmpeg
            print("Merging chunks...", flush=True)
            with open("file_list.txt", "w") as f:
                for chunk_file in chunk_files:
                    f.write(f"file '{chunk_file}'\n")
    
            subprocess.run(["ffmpeg", "-f", "concat", "-safe", "0", "-i", "file_list.txt", "-c", "copy", output_file], check=True)
    
            print(f"Video saved as {output_file}", flush=True)
    
        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
            print(f"An error occurred while downloading: {e}", flush=True)
        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
            print(f"An error occurred while merging: {e}", flush=True)
        finally:
            # Clean up temporary files
            if os.path.exists("file_list.txt"):
                os.remove("file_list.txt")
            for chunk_file in chunk_files:
                os.remove(chunk_file)
            # if os.path.exists("video_chunks"):
                # os.rmdir("video_chunks")
    
    if __name__ == "__main__":
        base_url = input("Enter the URL of the video playlist or base directory: ")
        output_file = input("Enter the output video file name (e.g., output.mp4): ")
        print(f"Starting download process for playlist: {base_url}", flush=True)
        download_video_chunks(base_url, output_file)
    

    If you guys can recommend a fair and open pastebin alternative for me I will upload it there as well and edit this with the link

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    You can use Streamfab https://dvdfab.at/downloader.htm Use the free Version/Test Version and then crack it with A Server Emulator https://cdm-project.com/Deja/DVDFabServerEmulator

    If You need more Infos or Tools, look here: https://cdm-project.com/explore/repos

    (I hope everything I said here still works, the last time I did this is over 1 year ago.)

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  • Open the m3u8 as a playlist in VLC Media player. If it works, save it.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Try yt-dlp.

    I was surprised how much websites besides yt were supported.
    I downloaded stuff from NHK (japanese broadcaster) and they listed pages lile ARD and ZDF.
    Might be worth to look if they support your page :)

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