I am trying to figure out how to download TV episodes from the usanetwork website. Here is my method so far:
Example TV episode link:
Code:
http://www.usanetwork.com/covertaffairs/videos/sensitive-euro-man
I have to login to my cable provider to view the video. I view it in firefox with the debug console open which displays the link to the "master.m3u8" file. Once I download it, I find all the available versions including the "1920x1080" version I am looking for.
Example 1080p m3u8 file URL (with token removed):
Code:
https://tve_usa-vh.akamaihd.net/i/prod/video/32/523/140819_2806429_Sensitive_Euro_Man_,25,40,18,12,7,4,2,00.mp4.csmil/index_1_av.m3u8?null=&id=**********************************************************&hdntl=exp=**********~acl=%2fi%2fprod%2fvideo%2f32%2f523%2f140819_2806429_Sensitive_Euro_Man_*~data=hdntl~hmac=****************************************
So I copy the 1080p link (with token) and open ffmpeg and run the following command:
Code:
ffmpeg -i "URL(with token)" -c copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc "xxxxx.mp4"
However it returns the error "HTTP Error 403 Forbidden" which results in "input/output error".
Either I should be using a different ffmpeg command, OR, the "token" only works from within the browser. The reason i think that is because I tried to download the Master.m3u8 file using IntenetDownloadManager first, and it would not work and the video crashed. Then I reloaded the video and tried downloading the master.m3u8 file again from within firefox and it downloaded fine. Also, the was able to download the 1080p m3u8 file, along with the KEY and 1 of the 260 .ts files within firefox and they also downloaded perfectly, however i get the "403 Error" with ffmpeg.
Atresdownloader does not seem to work for this video either.
Any ideas?