NBC URLs download unstiched fragments

[bonacker]

I appreciate the recent addition of the MSNBC extractor that I requested a few weeks ago. The MSNBC.com URLS are working properly. Thanks!

Sometimes (I don't know why some work and others don't) NBC.com extractors do not stich the fragments together and instead put all of the individual fragments on the hard drive.

Here's what occurs with http://www.nbc.com/meet-the-press/video/meet-the-press-august-30-2015/2894316?onid=210121#vc210121=1

I have tried different formats. They all give the same result. First, I have pasted the output from the list format option. Then, I have pasted the verbose output that occurs when the fragments download individually.

---------------------------------- LIST FORMATS------------------
[NBC] 2894316: Downloading webpage
[ThePlatform] 8YsFR2OqQC0u: Downloading config
[ThePlatform] 8YsFR2OqQC0u: Downloading SMIL data
[ThePlatform] 8YsFR2OqQC0u: Downloading f4m manif
[ThePlatform] 8YsFR2OqQC0u: Downloading f4m manif
[ThePlatform] 8YsFR2OqQC0u: Downloading f4m manif
[ThePlatform] 8YsFR2OqQC0u: Downloading f4m manif
[ThePlatform] 8YsFR2OqQC0u: Downloading f4m manif
[ThePlatform] 8YsFR2OqQC0u: Downloading f4m manif
[ThePlatform] 8YsFR2OqQC0u: Downloading JSON meta
[info] Available formats for 8YsFR2OqQC0u:
format code extension resolution note
hds-145-0 flv unknown 145k
hds-145-1 flv unknown 145k
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hds-145-4 flv unknown 145k
hds-145-5 flv unknown 145k
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hds-1812-5 flv unknown 1812k (best)
---------------------------------------------- DOWNLOAD URL
Downloading http://www.nbc.com/meet-the-press/video/meet-the-press-august-30-2015/2894316?onid=210121#vc210121=1

[NBC] 2894316: Downloading webpage
[ThePlatform] 8YsFR2OqQC0u: Downloading config
[ThePlatform] 8YsFR2OqQC0u: Downloading SMIL data
[ThePlatform] 8YsFR2OqQC0u: Downloading f4m manifest
[ThePlatform] 8YsFR2OqQC0u: Downloading f4m manifest
[ThePlatform] 8YsFR2OqQC0u: Downloading f4m manifest
[ThePlatform] 8YsFR2OqQC0u: Downloading f4m manifest
[ThePlatform] 8YsFR2OqQC0u: Downloading f4m manifest
[ThePlatform] 8YsFR2OqQC0u: Downloading f4m manifest
[ThePlatform] 8YsFR2OqQC0u: Downloading JSON metadata
[debug] Invoking downloader on u'http://nbcmpx-vh.akamaihd.net/z/video/703/238/150821_2894316_Meet_the_Press_August_30__2015_mpx_,1696,1296,896,696,496,306,240,150,64,.mp4.csmil/manifest.f4m?hdnea=st=1441593422~exp=1441594352~acl=/*~id=d8fce5e9-138e-431b-8f23-dfa40ece6333~hmac=24eb42842e381fbbd2ca8a9689d76f0bb5d2ad013b8db976817abe0a6d09368a&g=UXWGVKRWHFSP&hdcore=3.0.3'
[f4m] Downloading f4m manifest
[f4m] Total fragments: 502
[download] Destination: Meet the Press August 30, 2015-8YsFR2OqQC0u.flv

[download] 0.0% of ~31.83MiB at Unknown speed ETA 10:27:54
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[I cut the output. It just continues like this]

[yan12125]

When the download is completed, all fragments are merged into a single file and then deleted.

[bonacker]

Thank you. I see that now, however the merged file doesn't playback correctly, at least on my machine. At the point when a new fragment is played, or every ~5 seconds, it replays about a .5 second of the end of the previous fragment. Is this being reproduced by other users? If so, is there an option that corrects this? Is it possible that a different format would not have this bug? I tried -f hds-145-0 and hds-145-1. Thanks.

[yan12125]

Which player are you using? I've tried mpv and VLC, and both work. I didn't notice repeated video fragments.

[bonacker]

Thanks for the fast replies. I appreciate it. I feel stupid that I didn't try alternative players. The file does play without repeating in a recent VLC (2.2.1) as well as an old 0.9 version. The problem occurred in SMPlayer 14.3.0 (mplayer Redxii-SVN-r36621-4.8.2).

I wonder if this writing to disk of potentially 1000's of tiny files in a minute or two will stress the hard drive or file system or make the drive fail sooner if one were to download these files every day.

[yan12125]

Then it should be a mplayer/SMPlayer's bug. I'm closing this ticket here as there's nothing to do with youtube-dl.

For the second problem: it's different from the original one. Please open a new issue for discussion.