MStreamDownloader

Download Microsoft Stream videos.

This project was originally based on https://github.com/snobu/destreamer

Improvements in this fork:

• Multithreading download through aria2c (much faster)
• Possibility to choose the video resolution
• API Usage
• Much More :)

PoliMi students can use this fork too: https://github.com/sup3rgiu/PoliDown

PREREQS

• Node.js: anything above v8.0 seems to work.
• aria2: this needs to be in your $PATH (for example, copy aria2c.exe to c:\windows). downloader calls aria2c with a bunch of arguments in order to improve the download speed.
• ffmpeg: a recent version (year 2019 or above), in $PATH.

Windows Installation instructions

(On others OS is pretty much the same)

N.B: this video was done for https://github.com/sup3rgiu/PoliDown, but the process is the same.

USAGE

• Clone this repo
• cd into the cloned folder
• npm install to install dependencies

Default usage:

$ node downloader.js -v "https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/VIDEO-1"

Show options:

$ node downloader.js -h

Options:
  --version              Show version number                           [boolean]
  -v, --videoUrls                                             [array] [required]
  -u, --username         Your Microsoft Email                           [string]
  -m, --polimi           PoliMi Login. If set, use Codice Persona as username
                                                    [boolean] [default: false]
  -o, --outputDirectory                             [string] [default: "videos"]
  -q, --quality          Video Quality, usually [0-5]                   [number]
  -k, --noKeyring        Do not use system keyring    [boolean] [default: false]
  -c, --conn             Number of simultaneous connections [1-16]
                                                        [number] [default: 16]
  -h, --help             Show help                                     [boolean]

Multiple videos download:

$ node downloader.js -v "https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/VIDEO-1" "https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/VIDEO-2" "https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/VIDEO-3"

Define default video quality [0-5] (avoid manual prompt for each video):

$ node downloader.js -v "https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/VIDEO-1" -q 4

Output directory (relative or absoulte path):

$ node downloader.js -v "https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/VIDEO-1" -o "/my/path/here"

Define number of simultaneous connection used to download [1-16, default: 16]:

$ node downloader.js -v "https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/VIDEO-1" -c 10

Do not use system keyring to save the password:

$ node downloader.js -v "https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/VIDEO-1" -k

Use Politecnico di Milano (Italy) login instead of default one (only for PoliMi students!) (PoliMi students can use this fork too: https://github.com/sup3rgiu/PoliDown)

$ node downloader.js -v "https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/VIDEO-1" -m

You can omit the password argument. MStreamDownloader will ask for it interactively and then save it securely in system's keychain for the next use.

EXPECTED OUTPUT

Project originally based on https://github.com/snobu/destreamer
Fork powered by @sup3rgiu
Improvements: - Multithreading download (much faster) - API Usage - Video Quality Choice - And More :)
Using aria2 version 1.35.0
Using ffmpeg version git-2020-03-06-cfd9a65 Copyright (c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers

Launching headless Chrome to perform the OpenID Connect dance...
Navigating to STS login page...
We are logged in.
Got required authentication cookies.

Start downloading video: https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/d1e6c909-3189-488f-8172-e88947249f02

Video title is: SALIONI ALBERTO  088805-FISICA TECNICA (712804)

[0] 320x180
[1] 480x270
[2] 640x360
[3] 960x540
[4] 1280x720
[5] 1920x1080
Choose the desired resolution: 5

03/10 20:47:14 [NOTICE] Downloading 898 item(s)

[...]

At this point Chrome's job is done, shutting it down...
Done!

The video is now saved under videos/, or whatever the outputDirectory argument points to.