Please help to try and download from history.com

[ehurdler]

I am trying to download a video from link http://www.history.com/shows/sons-of...dangerous-game The video does not require authentication to watch online. This is part of the History Channel in the USA. I am assuming that the issue I am having in downloading this video is with the "Akamai DRM".

Steps I have taken so far.

1. open link: http://www.history.com/shows/sons-of...dangerous-game to start viewing.

2. I wait and see the url pop up from "HDS Link Detector", I copy the link and paste into cmd window.

php AdobeHDS.php --manifest "http://hdaks3.aetndigital.com/z/AETN-History_VMS/BRAND_THC_SOLA_162323_TVE_000_2398_120_20150123_000_S3_,4,18,13,10,7,2,1,00.mp4.csmil/manifest.f4m?hdnea=st=1422374842~exp=1422385672~acl=/*~hmac=282c41bcc82fac9e0c80b38f59949422c55736fd3be40735264399d6eb8d65d9&g=BCNYYEKZBKMV&hdcore=3.0.3" --delete --auth "pvtoken=exp%3D9999999999%7Eacl%3D%252f%252a%7Edata%3D%21IIVIY4IRIPieWgEwup4O8K0h1IVDGLBZrxBiwJ/3rg8%3D%7Ehmac%3D5C9DE4CCBD49ABE0B4100CB658B767D643F4B5F9124A087AEA1304E436D80936&hdntl=exp=1422461275~acl=%2f*~data=hdntl~hmac=bb14430ef5796c3b32bdda738b255bae1d508c2fc6bf113a8921b690027edaff&als=0,3,NaN,6,0,NaN,0,0,0,87,f,0,5058.28,f,s,BCNYYEKZBKMV,3.0.3,87&hdcore=3.0.3" --useragent "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:35.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/35.0"

3. The process starts and I get the following:

KSV Adobe HDS Downloader

Processing manifest info....
Quality Selection:
 Available: 1924 1421 1124 825 525 326 162
 Selected : 1924
Fragments Total: 843, First: 1, Start: 1, Parallel: 8
This stream is encrypted with Akamai DRM. Decryption of such streams isn't currently possible with this script.

C:\dl>

4. I am able to view the manifest file in the console window in Firefox, I can see the segments flash by, the original key file, etc.

example:

GET http://hdaks3.aetndigital.com/z/AETN-History_VMS/BRAND_THC_SOLA_162323_TVE_000_2398_120_20150123_000_S3_,4,18,13,10,7,2,1,00.mp4.csmil/key_AQAY5ejMzLoQpOq9x1TzvExFmIY29rZUevkzvghQvSOIb8PuL74A87Vww%2fS3eTe4xJy3DPY9 [HTTP/1.0 200 OK 108ms]


GET http://hdaks3.aetndigital.com/z/AETN-History_VMS/BRAND_THC_SOLA_162323_TVE_000_2398_120_20150123_000_S3_,4,18,13,10,7,2,1,00.mp4.csmil/1_99d5d2de5725874a_Seg1-Frag2

GET http://hdaks3.aetndigital.com/z/AETN-History_VMS/BRAND_THC_SOLA_162323_TVE_000_2398_120_20150123_000_S3_,4,18,13,10,7,2,1,00.mp4.csmil/key_AQAY5ejMzLoQpPC9x1SARfdIAmo3vAu8hCcbdQXDnzfuCznJTGUgRmNz9Kz6vULRlLS3V8bR [HTTP/1.0 200 OK 103ms]

5. I am able to download individual segments if I copy the full url into firefox and save. Example:

http://hdaks3.aetndigital.com/z/AETN-History_VMS/BRAND_THC_SOLA_162323_TVE_000_2398_120_20150123_000_S3_,4,18,13,10,7,2,1,00.mp4.csmil/1_99d5d2de5725874a_Seg1-Frag2_AQAY5ejMzLoQpPO+x1Smeq0dUzUN9ozUtMhQYFg+qxw8HHMFoQDqT0IbFIkFZ5Y0FtdXHgkN?hdntl=exp=1422463088~acl=%2f*~data=hdntl~hmac=7d3f83b442b67dddc829ad1382ef16e1cd9f1ede7c24baa71a178aa9ac2bd7dd&als=0.08,3,NaN,6,0,342185,0,0,0,107,t,0,5058.28,f,s,SGZSDIQGWFEV,3.0.3,107&hdcore=3.0.3

If i could sit and copy all 843 segments this way I would try.

6. I tried to use Adownloader to download the video but it says "Canal no soportado...Esperando una url valida" So the url isn't valid to download from I assume. If possibly there is a different embedded url I could use Adownloader with, I would love to try that.

I found the post http://stream-recorder.com/forum/dow...om-t19250.html About downloading from hotstar, so I am hoping downloading from history.com in the USA is possible with Adownloader or even with ffmpeg or AdobeHDS?

Please any help would be greatly appreciated.

[ehurdler]

Originally Posted by blimey

The hds has drm, and so do all of those individual hds fragments that you've referenced.

The hls and mp4 does not have drm. You could try;

http://aepdaks3.aetndigital.com/AETN-History_VMS/BRAND_THC_SOLA_162323_TVE_000_2398_120_20150123_000_S3_1800.mp4?__gda__=1422393475_90d12aa21bcf79cf507193e0ae10ecae

It would be easy for adownloader to have this site incorporated (for non-authenticated), so maybe it will happen.

Blimey, great thank you!

Would you mind please explaining how you arrived at that url to download? I am currently downloading with ffmpeg. I greatly appreciate it, but would like to figure out how to capture other videos from other sites and other parts of the same mini series.

For example, the second part link is: http://www.history.com/shows/sons-of...s/the-uprising

[denobis]

If you like it, adownloader catchs now history.com

[Manual]

Sorry for offtopic, but can Atresdownloader handle 720p streams from MTV.com?

[denobis]

Yes. But mtv videos are splitted in parts which are rtmpdownloaded and muxed.

[ehurdler]

Originally Posted by denobis

If you like it, adownloader catchs now history.com

Thank you for adding history.com into adownloader. I downloaded the third piece of the 3 part mini series with adownloader. I really appreciate it, downloaded in 1280x720 so it is what I was looking for. I tried to download parts 1 and 2 with adownloader as the link to part 1 Blimey posted yesterday was at 960x540, so I just wanted to capture the 720p version.

Unfortunately adownloader for some reason only will download the most recent video for the mini series. Even with other shows like Vikings. I tried to download a few of those episodes from season 2, but it only will download the last video posted. Episode 10 in the Vikings season 2.

Regardless. Is this is something that can be fixed? Or possibly something I am doing wrong? The links for "Sons of Liberty" that I am trying to download the full 720 versions of are:

Part 1: A Dangerous Game: http://www.history.com/shows/sons-of...dangerous-game

Part 2: The Uprising: http://www.history.com/shows/sons-of...s/the-uprising

Part 3: Independence: http://www.history.com/shows/sons-of...s/independence

Part 3 being the only part now I have the 720 version of I was looking for.

[denobis]

Just fixed

[ehurdler]

Thanks denobis, works great!

[lordrylen]

Originally Posted by ehurdler

Blimey, great thank you!

Would you mind please explaining how you arrived at that url to download? I am currently downloading with ffmpeg. I greatly appreciate it, but would like to figure out how to capture other videos from other sites and other parts of the same mini series.

For example, the second part link is: http://www.history.com/shows/sons-of...s/the-uprising

I too would like to know how you got that url, blimey. Any help would be appreciated.