I basically just signed up to thank you guys for the thread. I've got a massive MMA collection but there's a couple of events that never get uploaded. While the online service with UFC is looking amazing these days, I still want the hard copy for my own collection and couldn't do it with their videos...
Until this thread. I read the OP of this thread and another and was like "The fuck are they talking about?". I'm savvy enough with computers but was 100% new to all of this. After about 2-3 hours of fucking around, I finally got it and am delighted since it means I can pull the trigger and buy UFC's online service (for some reason I feel like saying the name would get this found and then patched and I'd be sad lmao. Paranoia city).
Just for anyone who might not be able to figure it out based on the thread, I'll try and post my basic knowledgeable breakdown.
- Download Livestreamer and Install It
- Download URL Snooper and Install It
- Download User Agent Switcher for Firefox. Customize your Firefox Toolbar to add it and switch to Iphone 3 mode.
- In URL Snooper, open the advanced options and search for "m3u8" in the Must Contain box.
- Play the video in Firefox. A link will appear in URL Snooper. Right click and copy it.
- Open Command Prompt (Or Notepad first to make it easier)
- Enter the following:- livestreamer "hlsvariant://YOUR COPIED URL" best -o YOURFILENAME.mp4
- Obviously change the things I capitalized to whatever you want.
- Command Prompt should download and finish streaming the file. Now search for it based on the file name and it should show up.
Absolutely delighted that I got it working. So many great promotions signed with UFC's network now and it'll be good to make sure I have a hard copy of them on disk and external hard drive just in case something ever changes with their network down the line. A lot of great promotions have become really difficult to source like Pancrase and Ultimate Vale Tudo so I plan to get as much from them as I possibly can. They also have Invicta 1, 2 and 3 as well as I think all the ShoXC events after 4. I found those VERY hard to track down, near impossible actually. Also the Ultimate Fighter Nations, Brazil, Latin America seasons have disappeared pretty quickly so getting them on a disk will be great.
Anyways, enough rambling. I really appreciate the help guys and it's good to know that I can go from amateur who doesn't have a clue to seasoned streaming pro in 2 hours
