How do i record from ditto tv live stream?

[sscomp32]

Here is a link:
http://www.dittotv.com/livetv/epic-hd

IDM detects stream and stops after 15 sec.

Other streaming software also dont work.

[troller12]

Hi,

your link for that channel is down (error 500) but I think all channels are same right.Just tried zee-tv-hd now.Channel does not close after 15 seconds if you play it in a player only on website you get any Login Info etc but channel is also still running in background.Just grab playlist and play it.Inside you can read 3 quality paths you can choose.

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=116000,CODECS="avc1.66.30,mp4a.40.2",RESOLUTION=176x144
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=364000,CODECS="avc1.66.30,mp4a.40.2",RESOLUTION=640x360
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=564000,CODECS="avc1.77.30,mp4a.40.2",RESOLUTION=640x360

greetz

[sscomp32]

Thanks Troller. But How do i do that i mean in which software?

[troller12]

Hi,

you can use the browser itself if you open the web console so Firefox has some tools inside you can use but other browser has it too.Just open it then refresh the site of your stream and you see the traffic.

GET 
http://dittotv.live-s.cdn.bitgravity.com/cdn-live/_definst_/dittotv/secure/zee_tv_hd_Web.smil/playlist.m3u8 [HTTP/1.1 200 OK 204ms]
GET 
http://dittotv.live-s.cdn.bitgravity.com/cdn-live/_definst_/dittotv/secure/zee_tv_hd_Web.smil/chunklist_w1556375044_b116000.m3u8 [HTTP/1.1 200 OK 250ms]
GET 
http://dittotv.live-s.cdn.bitgravity.com/cdn-live/_definst_/dittotv/secure/zee_tv_hd_Web.smil/chunklist_w1556375044_b364000.m3u8 [HTTP/1.1 200 OK 250ms]
GET 
http://dittotv.live-s.cdn.bitgravity.com/cdn-live/_definst_/dittotv/secure/zee_tv_hd_Web.smil/chunklist_w1556375044_b564000.m3u8 [HTTP/1.1 200 OK 249ms]
GET 
http://dittotv.live-s.cdn.bitgravity.com/cdn-live/_definst_/dittotv/secure/zee_tv_hd_Web.smil/chunklist_w1556375044_b564000.m3u8 [HTTP/1.1 200 OK 265ms]

Now you can doubleclick the entrys to get more header infos and entire request url with paramters.You can also use other tools if you like them more as URL Snooper or any web debugger etc.

greetz

[sscomp32]

sorry for buggin you again but i dont know how to record a m3u8 stream. I also could not figure out the console thing. Sorry but being such a noob.

[troller12]

Hi,

first you need to find the m3u8 file/s and for your site you can use web console of Firefox or any other browser who has such tools too.If you do use FF then you can choose the tools from menu or press strg+shift+k keys together and now it does open in your tab.Now load the site of your stream xy and you can see the traffic of all what was requested.On the right side you see a search mask where you can enter m3u8 to get only that to see on the left side now.

If you did copy the link (optional with paramters if necessary) then you can use it with stream tools like Livestreamer or FFmpeg etc to play / record them.For this tool you also need to know & use specific parameters so just check the docs of the tool/s you want to use.

Here a example in my case of that site.

Livestreamer: play/s or rec

livestreamer "hlsvariant://http://dittotv.live-s.cdn.bitgravity.com/cdn-live/_definst_/dittotv/secure/zee_tv_hd_Web.smil/playlist.m3u8?e=1442436568&a=DE&h=4a14717e99cd159ae4536860a9fa68b0" best

livestreamer "hlsvariant://http://dittotv.live-s.cdn.bitgravity.com/cdn-live/_definst_/dittotv/secure/zee_tv_hd_Web.smil/playlist.m3u8?e=1442436568&a=DE&h=4a14717e99cd159ae4536860a9fa68b0" best --player C:\Programme\MPC-HC\mpc-hc.exe

livestreamer "hlsvariant://http://dittotv.live-s.cdn.bitgravity.com/cdn-live/_definst_/dittotv/secure/zee_tv_hd_Web.smil/playlist.m3u8?e=1442436568&a=DE&h=4a14717e99cd159ae4536860a9fa68b0" best -o outputA123.flv

FFmpeg: play or rec

ffmpeg -i "http://dittotv.live-s.cdn.bitgravity.com/cdn-live/_definst_/dittotv/secure/zee_tv_hd_Web.smil/playlist.m3u8?e=1442436568&a=DE&h=4a14717e99cd159ae4536860a9fa68b0" -c:v copy -c:a copy -f mpegts - | C:\Programme\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe -

ffmpeg -i "http://dittotv.live-s.cdn.bitgravity.com/cdn-live/_definst_/dittotv/secure/zee_tv_hd_Web.smil/playlist.m3u8?e=1442436568&a=DE&h=4a14717e99cd159ae4536860a9fa68b0" -c:v copy -c:a copy -f mpegts -c copy output.flv

That are some basic paramters you can use to play or rec the stream.If you have installed VLC player on your system then you don't need to use a extra player path command for LS just if you wanna use any other player etc.Just try a little and make some notes if you got problems to keep this in your head (as me) if later should use many different CMD tools.

You can also spend a lot time to read the entire rtmpdump topic (others too) to find many examples etc.

PS: We all were noobs too of course.

greetz

[sscomp32]

Thank you so much troller.

Will do as you said and hope it works.

Edit: Working brilliantly.