Forbes video download (hosted on Brigthcove)

[thob]

Possible to add? example: http://www.forbes.com/video/5118388570001/

[IDerr]

Get the userid + token here

And then get with the header

https://edge.api.brightcove.com/playback/v1/accounts/{userid}/videos/{videoid}
ex : https://edge.api.brightcove.com/playback/v1/accounts/2097119709001/videos/5118388570001

Curl command :
curl 'https://edge.api.brightcove.com/playback/v1/accounts/2097119709001/videos/5118388570001' - -H 'Accept: application/json;pk=BCpkADawqM0-G5-DWC1YBItrQpbHMmduUmORMn1zqXbI51aL_8oYgnW6FKK6tG4YKHnTYr3j89gv68LY_J3PFJtW3hWfBV4TFF0nj1tOhpF5RqiIgeEWEij0gE1eSgiwnGWDyRJRa23G7Qjz'

Good JSON 💃

Just posting here as a reminder or if someone wants to implement it ;)

[yan12125]

Here's a simipler way. Check this line in webpage source:

<meta name="twitter:player" content="https://players.brightcove.net/2097119709001/598f142b-5fda-4057-8ece-b03c43222b3f_default/index.html?videoId=5118388570001" />

And download it:

youtube-dl "https://players.brightcove.net/2097119709001/598f142b-5fda-4057-8ece-b03c43222b3f_default/index.html?videoId=5118388570001"

[IDerr]

Yes, but if we want different sources (480p,720p), description,duration etc..

It'll be easier to parse the json.

[yan12125]

Well, those JSON parsing stuff are already in brightcove.py

$ youtube-dl -vF "https://players.brightcove.net/2097119709001/598f142b-5fda-4057-8ece-b03c43222b3f_default/index.html?videoId=5118388570001"                                      
[debug] System config: []                            
[debug] User config: []                                               
[debug] Command-line args: ['-vF', 'https://players.brightcove.net/2097119709001/598f142b-5fda-4057-8ece-b03c43222b3f_default/index.html?videoId=5118388570001']                                                              
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8                      
[debug] youtube-dl version 2016.11.02                 
[debug] Git HEAD: cc99a77                             
[debug] Python version 3.5.2 - Linux-4.8.4-1-ARCH-x86_64-with-arch                    
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.2, ffprobe 3.2, rtmpdump 2.4                           
[debug] Proxy map: {}                                 
[brightcove:new] 5118388570001: Downloading webpage   
[brightcove:new] 5118388570001: Downloading JSON metadata                              
[brightcove:new] 5118388570001: Downloading m3u8 information                           
[info] Available formats for 5118388570001:           
format code                extension  resolution note                                  
hls-meta                   mp4        multiple   Quality selection URL                        
hls-511                    mp4        480x270     511k
http-streaming-511k-270p   mp4        480x270     511k , MP4 container, H264, 29.45MiB
http-511k-270p             mp4        480x270     511k , MP4 container, H264, 29.45MiB
hls-792                    mp4        640x360     792k                                                                                  hls-993                    mp4        640x360     993k
http-streaming-994k-360p   mp4        640x360     994k , MP4 container, H264, 57.10MiB
http-994k-360p             mp4        640x360     994k , MP4 container, H264, 57.10MiB
hls-1291                   mp4        960x540    1291k
hls-1825                   mp4        960x540    1825k
http-streaming-1825k-540p  mp4        960x540    1825k , MP4 container, H264, 104.63MiB
http-1825k-540p            mp4        960x540    1825k , MP4 container, H264, 104.63MiB
hls-2623                   mp4        1280x720   2623k                                                                                  http-streaming-3123k-720p  mp4        1280x720   3123k , MP4 container, H264, 178.86MiB
http-3123k-720p            mp4        1280x720   3123k , MP4 container, H264, 178.86MiB (best)

$ youtube-dl --get-description "https://players.brightcove.net/2097119709001/598f142b-5fda-4057-8ece-b03c43222b3f_default/index.html?videoId=5118388570001"                                                                                                                  
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[IDerr]

oh, my bad, so yes it's easier 😀