Capturing from abc.go.com using apple tv links vs. website links.

[ehurdler]

I recently started using Debookee to sniff out links for capturing streams. I am using a Macintosh and with Debookee, I am able to sniff out an .m3u8 link on both the Apple TV 4, and on my Mac using the abc.go.com website. I am trying to get the best quality version of 720p as I can between the two locations.

For example, I am capturing Designated Survivor s01e02 - http://abc.go.com/shows/designated-s...-the-first-day

Now with using Debookee, I can find the .m3u8 link for the highest quality 720p version the website dishes out. For this episode it is the j.m3u8 version showing:

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,RESOLUTION=1280x720,BANDWIDTH=4873305,CODECS="mp4a.40.5,avc1.64001f",FRAME-RATE=30.000,AUDIO="aac",SUBTITLES="subs",AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH=3529116
http://content-ause1.uplynk.com/31f4072fcc13457ea1aee48cc5b7d4ac/j.m3u8?exp=1478787882&ct=a&oid=d874124ecca24c88a3c9575e78686acf&eid=10078791&iph=92a6071a4f8cf161acea1de6335b86023b3ea192b0130e0c23c7d55987b191fc&rays=jihgfedcb&euid=CD00E39B-7801-4FBB-8EC5-330C1056E87C_000_1_001_lf_01-06-00_NA&cdn=ec&stgcfg=datg&pp2ip=0&sig=ba77ea4ad29b0bee11d0a56179f99633eb1a3a6ab74dfb78d24cf29daa70f5ff&ad.cping=1&pbs=6ffc7f4e2f904626b0f43c1fe614f164

This gives an .mp4 file with using ffmpeg of 1280x720, 23fps, variable bitrate of about 3400, 2 channel audio, etc. Pretty good!

Now when sniffing a link with Debookee on the Apple TV 4, I can find the same j.m3u8 link, but the quality of the bitrate is better, gives overall bitrate of almost 4400. Only issue is that it puts the ads into the video capture. Is there a way to capture using the Apple TV 4 .m3u8 link without the ads??

The difference in the Apple TV 4 links is:

http://content-ause1.uplynk.com/2cc3a18837594b0d950b2d790f8b5ddd/j.m3u8?pbs=9af2a6046a02400ea71a08d86857c466&euid=A2623B58-2AB2-449C-A9FD-E6BA2A726260_000_0_023_lf_01-08-00_2.0.2

I don't know how to modify this to remove ads, or how to download this j.m3u8 and modify that to not capture the ads with ffmpeg on the capture.

Any and all help would be great.