The desktop version with HD uses Adobe HDS for it's stream and it's protected using Akamai DRM so no luck.
I was able to download the HLS version (m3u8) but the highest quality is only 404p.
EDIT - Looks like I found another way to get 720p via HLS. Here's the full steps:
1. Open the Developer tools in Chrome/Firefox to the Network tab. Now, visit the URL of the video you want to download. Once the video starts playing, filter for "videodata" and choose one of the XMLs. Then click on the Response tab and copy the M3U8/HLS URL:
2. Click on the quality button and take note of the bitrate for the best quality video. For this one, it's 2064.
3. Paste the copied M3U8 URL into this:
Code:
http://subscribe.starsports.com/portal/test/iOSStream.aspx?url=<PASTE M3U8 URL HERE>&callback=cb
For example, this is my new URL:
Code:
http://subscribe.starsports.com/portal/test/iOSStream.aspx?url=http://sshds24-lh.akamaihd.net/i/ipl2016a_IPL2016M57GUJRATVSBANGALORE_1@345737/master.m3u8&callback=cb
4. Copy and paste the URL you just made in step 3 into your address bar and you will get presented with something like this on your screen:
Code:
cb({"url":"http://sshds24-lh.akamaihd.net/i/ipl2016a_IPL2016M57GUJRATVSBANGALORE_1@345737/master.m3u8?hdnea=st=1464236589~exp=1464237189~acl=/*~hmac=3f932da836ff9daaa0d63d3274572f528d32b0b5836a68d98cfcb37f0dd494ab"});
5. Copy the new M3U8 URL between the quotes and visit it in the address bar, it should download a M3U8 file.
Code:
http://sshds24-lh.akamaihd.net/i/ipl2016a_IPL2016M57GUJRATVSBANGALORE_1@345737/master.m3u8?hdnea=st=1464236589~exp=1464237189~acl=/*~hmac=3f932da836ff9daaa0d63d3274572f528d32b0b5836a68d98cfcb37f0dd494ab
6. Open the M3U8 using Notepad (or any text editor) and look at any of the URLs, I chose the last one.
Code:
#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=70000,RESOLUTION=250x140,CODECS="avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2"
http://sshds24-lh.akamaihd.net/i/ipl2016a_IPL2016M57GUJRATVSBANGALORE_1@345737/index_66_av-p.m3u8?sd=10&rebase=on&hdntl=exp=1464323236~acl=%2f*~data=hdntl~hmac=12928eb40c45e7343ed69e413c4613728839f2b2d5fdcf0e478e890a5928cbf0
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=70000,RESOLUTION=250x140,CODECS="avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2"
http://sshds24-lh.akamaihd.net/i/ipl2016a_IPL2016M57GUJRATVSBANGALORE_1@345737/index_66_av-b.m3u8?sd=10&rebase=on&hdntl=exp=1464323236~acl=%2f*~data=hdntl~hmac=12928eb40c45e7343ed69e413c4613728839f2b2d5fdcf0e478e890a5928cbf0
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=106000,RESOLUTION=320x180,CODECS="avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2"
http://sshds24-lh.akamaihd.net/i/ipl2016a_IPL2016M57GUJRATVSBANGALORE_1@345737/index_102_av-p.m3u8?sd=10&rebase=on&hdntl=exp=1464323236~acl=%2f*~data=hdntl~hmac=12928eb40c45e7343ed69e413c4613728839f2b2d5fdcf0e478e890a5928cbf0
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=106000,RESOLUTION=320x180,CODECS="avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2"
http://sshds24-lh.akamaihd.net/i/ipl2016a_IPL2016M57GUJRATVSBANGALORE_1@345737/index_102_av-b.m3u8?sd=10&rebase=on&hdntl=exp=1464323236~acl=%2f*~data=hdntl~hmac=12928eb40c45e7343ed69e413c4613728839f2b2d5fdcf0e478e890a5928cbf0
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=244000,RESOLUTION=320x180,CODECS="avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2"
http://sshds24-lh.akamaihd.net/i/ipl2016a_IPL2016M57GUJRATVSBANGALORE_1@345737/index_244_av-p.m3u8?sd=10&rebase=on&hdntl=exp=1464323236~acl=%2f*~data=hdntl~hmac=12928eb40c45e7343ed69e413c4613728839f2b2d5fdcf0e478e890a5928cbf0
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=244000,RESOLUTION=320x180,CODECS="avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2"
http://sshds24-lh.akamaihd.net/i/ipl2016a_IPL2016M57GUJRATVSBANGALORE_1@345737/index_244_av-b.m3u8?sd=10&rebase=on&hdntl=exp=1464323236~acl=%2f*~data=hdntl~hmac=12928eb40c45e7343ed69e413c4613728839f2b2d5fdcf0e478e890a5928cbf0
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=464000,RESOLUTION=416x234,CODECS="avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2"
http://sshds24-lh.akamaihd.net/i/ipl2016a_IPL2016M57GUJRATVSBANGALORE_1@345737/index_464_av-p.m3u8?sd=10&rebase=on&hdntl=exp=1464323236~acl=%2f*~data=hdntl~hmac=12928eb40c45e7343ed69e413c4613728839f2b2d5fdcf0e478e890a5928cbf0
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=464000,RESOLUTION=416x234,CODECS="avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2"
http://sshds24-lh.akamaihd.net/i/ipl2016a_IPL2016M57GUJRATVSBANGALORE_1@345737/index_464_av-b.m3u8?sd=10&rebase=on&hdntl=exp=1464323236~acl=%2f*~data=hdntl~hmac=12928eb40c45e7343ed69e413c4613728839f2b2d5fdcf0e478e890a5928cbf0
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=864000,RESOLUTION=640x360,CODECS="avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2"
http://sshds24-lh.akamaihd.net/i/ipl2016a_IPL2016M57GUJRATVSBANGALORE_1@345737/index_864_av-p.m3u8?sd=10&rebase=on&hdntl=exp=1464323236~acl=%2f*~data=hdntl~hmac=12928eb40c45e7343ed69e413c4613728839f2b2d5fdcf0e478e890a5928cbf0
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=864000,RESOLUTION=640x360,CODECS="avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2"
http://sshds24-lh.akamaihd.net/i/ipl2016a_IPL2016M57GUJRATVSBANGALORE_1@345737/index_864_av-b.m3u8?sd=10&rebase=on&hdntl=exp=1464323236~acl=%2f*~data=hdntl~hmac=12928eb40c45e7343ed69e413c4613728839f2b2d5fdcf0e478e890a5928cbf0
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=1363000,RESOLUTION=720x404,CODECS="avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2"
http://sshds24-lh.akamaihd.net/i/ipl2016a_IPL2016M57GUJRATVSBANGALORE_1@345737/index_1364_av-p.m3u8?sd=10&rebase=on&hdntl=exp=1464323236~acl=%2f*~data=hdntl~hmac=12928eb40c45e7343ed69e413c4613728839f2b2d5fdcf0e478e890a5928cbf0
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=1363000,RESOLUTION=720x404,CODECS="avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2"
http://sshds24-lh.akamaihd.net/i/ipl2016a_IPL2016M57GUJRATVSBANGALORE_1@345737/index_1364_av-b.m3u8?sd=10&rebase=on&hdntl=exp=1464323236~acl=%2f*~data=hdntl~hmac=12928eb40c45e7343ed69e413c4613728839f2b2d5fdcf0e478e890a5928cbf0
7. Replace "index_XXXX_av" with the best quality bitrate from before, for my example it was 2064. So that means I change "index_1364_av" to "index_2064_av". So this is my new M3U8 URL:
Code:
http://sshds24-lh.akamaihd.net/i/ipl2016a_IPL2016M57GUJRATVSBANGALORE_1@345737/index_2064_av-b.m3u8?sd=10&rebase=on&hdntl=exp=1464323236~acl=%2f*~data=hdntl~hmac=12928eb40c45e7343ed69e413c4613728839f2b2d5fdcf0e478e890a5928cbf0
8. Now download using ffmpeg or livestreamer and enjoy!
