Grabbing Videos from NBC.com

[LikeABoss]

So I've been running through the tutorials trying to figure out how to get a set of videos from nbc.com.

An example URL is

http://www.nbc.com/minute-to-win-it/how-to/episode-114/back-flip/

I first used Wireshark to grab the RTMP URLs, which I then verified were correct by using Grab++.

The RTMP URL that I come up with is:

rtmp://65.216.161.93:80/ondemand?_fcs_vhost=cp35586.edgefcs.net|ondemand?_fcs_vhost=cp35586.edgefcs.net|nbcu/nbcrewind2/d3a8f866039c04f40089cc5e4b3becf5_0700|http://www.nbc.com/[[IMPORT]]/video.nbcuni.com/outlet/embed_4.5.2/extensions/inext_video_player/video_player_extension.swf?4.6.1|http://www.nbc.com/minute-to-win-it/how-to/episode-114/back-flip/&OBT_fname=d3a8f866039c04f40089cc5e4b3becf5_0700.flv

I've tried a number of combinations using that URL, but RTMP just connects and gets reset by the server. Evidently I'm missing some variables or something, but I'm not savvy enough to figure out what I'm missing.

Some of the things I've tried are adding the -W option, with the URL listed to the SWF file above. I've tried adding the -f option to include my flash version (WIN 9,0,45,0) and some other variants of the -W option.

I just can't think of anything else to try.

I have used the demo version of Replay Media Catcher and that program was able to capture the video contents but I don't have the 40 bucks to shell out for the program right now.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

FAQ: How to record/download/capture/save Adobe Flash .FLV video RTMP stream from embedded player
How to record rtmp:// flash video .flv stream from embedded Adobe Flash Player

As for rtmpdump you can use rtmpsrv and rtmpsuck, especially if you have (or willing to install) Linux

[RTMPE-Killer]

As recommended by the "Guru's" post from above, you should read all the different guides and workarounds available in this forum, and try all the available "potential" solutions.

Anyway, that particular RTMP stream you are talking about, is quite easy to download, and even without buy anything: use StreamTransport.

I'm sure there are many other free and paid programs able to download this stream, but I just tested the said one, and it works ok.

[nullacht]

Originally Posted by LikeABoss

So I've been running through the tutorials trying to figure out how to get a set of videos from nbc.com.

An example URL is

http://www.nbc.com/minute-to-win-it/how-to/episode-114/back-flip/

RTMPDump is able to do this:

rtmpdump -r rtmp://85.183.195.118:80/ondemand?_fcs_vhost=cp35586.edgefcs.net -a "ondemand?_fcs_vhost=cp35586.edgefcs.net" -y "nbcu/nbcrewind2/d3a8f866039c04f40089cc5e4b3becf5_0700" -W "http://video.nbcuni.com/outlet/embed_4.5.2/extensions/inext_video_player/video_player_extension.swf?4.7" -o d3a8f866039c04f40089cc5e4b3becf5_0700.flv

RTMPDump v2.3
(c) 2010 Andrej Stepanchuk, Howard Chu, The Flvstreamer Team; license: GPL
Connecting ...
INFO: Connected...
Starting download at: 0.000 kB
INFO: Metadata:
INFO:   duration              28.68
INFO:   width                 640.00
INFO:   height                360.00
INFO:   framerate             29.40
INFO:   canSeekToEnd          TRUE
INFO:   videocodecid          4.00
INFO:   videodatarate         652.00
INFO:   audiocodecid          2.00
INFO:   audiosamplerate       22050.00
INFO:   audiosamplesize       16.00
INFO:   lasttimestamp         28.66
INFO:   lastkeyframetimestamp 28.66
INFO:   audiodelay            0.00
INFO:   audiodatarate         0.00
INFO:   creationdate          unknown
INFO:   metadatacreator       Manitu Group FLV MetaData Injector 2
INFO:   metadatadate          timestamp:1279131153455.00
INFO: keyframes:
INFO: filepositions:
INFO: times:
INFO:   filesize              2390583.00
INFO:   videosize             2158833.00
INFO:   audiosize             189662.00
INFO:   datasize              42075.00
2334.507 kB / 28.66 sec (99.9%)
Download complete

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