Lynda Member only video download

[piyushverma]

I just see great feature in youtube-dl. it allow to download from lynda.com.

But if video are paid it give message "Video %s is only available for members' % video_id"

Would it be possible to get userName and password in shell and login and download those video ?

[dstftw]

It is easily possible. The only problem with this is lynda's paid-only membership. You can, however, assist by providing an account credentials.

[piyushverma]

Hello Sergey,

I can not disclose account details publicly how ever if you provide your
personal email I can pass to you.

Thanks & Regards

Piyush Verma

[dstftw]

Hi, you can contact me via dstftw AT gmail.com.

[piyushverma]

Perfect it works out of box.

How ever some small point may help others.

When I try to download normal way
./youtube-dl http://www.lynda.com/Blogger-tutorials/Creating-one-year-plan/122472/137666-4.html

It give error.
[lynda] 137666: Downloading video JSON
ERROR: lynda returned error: Session has expired

By looking in patch I notice some line
ACCOUNT_CREDENTIALS_HINT = 'Use --username and --password options to provide lynda.com account credentials.'

So I try
./youtube-dl http://www.lynda.com/Blogger-tutorials/Creating-one-year-plan/122472/137666-4.html --username abc@abc.com --password pwd

It works perfectly.