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Nomorecocktails
07-09-2014, 08:35 PM
So I went to download today's Senate session and it looks like they have made some changes to the rendered HTML. Previously i click the link and that would open the video in a new popup and then view source and got the actual url of the video since it was in a javascript function - eval(url goes here). Now they have made it harder. That nice easy url is gone. And I don't have the url so ican't just attack the clip id to it. How would i get the senate session videos now? They are silverlight:

URL: http://www.senate.gov/floor/index.htm

Today's (July 9) session http://floor.senate.gov/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=1198

The actual url of the video used to reside in this expression - downloadLinks = eval(Array);

It has now been replaced by Array. I can previous days if the mp4 exists by forcing HTML5 mode. The mp4 does not exist for the Juily 9 video but it is a wmv file that used to be able to get.

Thanks

peterpan
07-09-2014, 09:48 PM
When you play the video, it looks like there is nothing in the 1st 30 mins or so!!!
ffmpeg -i "mmsh://207.7.154.110/senate/senate_10a052e5-6386-47b8-b00f-21ceae3ec029.wmv" -c copy session9.wmv