I am trying to watch the March Madness streams (
from here) in a player like VLC or Kodi.
I have had success in the past obtaining links from websites like FoxSportsGo and YouTube streams by:
- Getting the .m3u8 from Chrome's network tab
- Livestreamer
- Sniffing Packets in Wireshark, Fiddler, or URLSnooper2
The March Madness streams are different though. I am still pretty new to the terminology so I am not sure if these are HLS or HDS (pretty sure they are not rtmp), but I know they do not provide an easy to read .m3u8 like this:
Code:
#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=1024000,RESOLUTION=640x360,CODECS="avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2"
http://linkgoeshere
When sniffing I get several .bootStrap files and a manifest file.
Dropbox Links to said files in case they are not attached right:
These are from a live stream that took place last night. I share them because when opened in a text editor they appear to have the information needed to obtain the .m3u8/direct streaming url, but I am not sure how to format it.
If anyone can show me a script that can parse these files and get the link, or show me how to manually do it I would be very appreciative. I have seen other instances on the forums where people have links and they want the direct .m3u8 but everyone has just given it to them instead of explaining how they did it. Thanks to those who took the time to read this!
03-16-2016, 02:34 PM
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