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This tutorial explains how to download videos from http://www.arte.tv/
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Edit 2021/02/16: warning

This gist is very old. I don't even know if it still works. Check the comments below to find more robust solutions, like youtube-dl for example, see this comment.

1

Go to http://www.arte.tv/ and select any videos, for example http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/046618-011/silex-and-the-city

2

In the source code extract the src parameter of the iframe player:

http://www.arte.tv/player/v2/index.php?json_url=http%3A%2F%2Farte.tv%2Fpapi%2Ftvguide%2Fvideos%2Fstream%2Fplayer%2FF%2F046618-011_PLUS7-F%2FALL%2FALL.json&lang=fr_FR&config=arte_tvguide&rendering_place=http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/046618-011/silex-and-the-city

3

From this URL, extract the json URL from the json_url parameter:

http://arte.tv/papi/tvguide/videos/stream/player/F/046618-011_PLUS7-F/ALL/ALL.json

4

In the JSON, select the video quality that you want, for example videoJsonPlayer.VSR.RTMP_SQ_8:

{
    "quality": "HD - 720p",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "mediaType": "rtmp",
    "mimeType": "application/x-fcs",
    "bitrate": 2200,
    "streamer": "rtmp://artestras.fcod.llnwd.net/a3903/o35/",
    "url": "geo/videothek/EUR_DE_FR/tvguide/046618-011-A_SQ_2_VOF-STMF_00767011_MP4-2200_AMM-Tvguide.mp4?e=1382539093&h=1bace4e51c75f98ed5bce1ca727d2651",
    "videoFormat": "RMP4",
    "versionProg": "8",
    "versionCode": "VOF-STMF",
    "versionLibelle": "ST sourds/mal"
}

5

Now you can download the video with rtmpdump http://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu/

6

Execute rtmpdump with the following parameters (replace with the good values):

  −−tcUrl "rtmp://artestras.fcod.llnwd.net/a3903/o35/"

  −−swfVfy "http://www.arte.tv/player/v2/jwplayer6/mediaplayer.6.6.swf"
  
  --app "a3903/o35/"
  
  −−pageUrl "http://www.arte.tv/player/v2/index.php?json_url=..."
  
  −−playpath "mp4:geo/videothek/..."
  
  −−rtmp "rtmp://artestras.fcod.llnwd.net/a3903/o35/geo/videothek/..."
  
  −−flv output_file

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Enjoy.

@raphaelmartin
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Where is the .json file here in that address? http://www.arte.tv/arte_vp/index.php?json_url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.arte.tv%2Fapi%2Fplayer%2Fv1%2Fconfig%2Ffr%2F066698-000-A%3Fplatform%3DEXTERNAL%26autostart%3D0%26infoLink%3D%26primaryAudioVersion%3D&lang=fr_FR&config=arte_external

@xiangshuii
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If you want to download arte.tv Videos with Subtitles to MP4, AVI, MKV on Mac and Windows,you will need Allavsoft, the best Arte.tv downloader, to help you.

@bumi
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bumi commented Apr 12, 2017 •
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thanks for sharing!! very helpful! :)

@raphaelmartin that could be: https://api.arte.tv/api/player/v1/config/fr/066698-000-A?platform=EXTERNAL&autostart=0&infoLink=&primaryAudioVersion=&lang=fr_FR&config=arte_external - but I think you have the wrong SRC address there.
I think my address started with something like http://www.arte.tv/player/v3/index.php?json_url

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gorillamoe commented Jan 20, 2018 •
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Or you simply use this greasemonkey script over here https://blog.gorilla.moe/51/arte.tv-video-downloader-tampermonkey-greasemonkey-script

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Oh wow I am very happy that i found this topic. I have a site and dont have any idea how to bring all of the json stuff together. I hope that this topic is not only for arte video streams. What I looking for is a direct url to the japanese live channel Music On! TV. After I try to get the url I found finaly the json file. This is the link to json: http://live.isp2017.com:9083/query/s/pgmLWFXQDT2BRXEZT-Hqvw==.json?type=live
And here is the content of json:<br><p>{"state":2,"uid":"1B27D19536BE9C738C528F451C90117E","vid":"A6098B5855D00D3D814571194FE1EABF","cid":"82E3629A1866A000001C6BFBD8220FB6","audited":1,"enable_hls":0,"name":"MUSIC ON! TV","description":"103-2","tags":"CS325ch,$LIVE_CAT_CS","ccount":null,"timeshift":null,"rate":0,"rate_count":0,"page":null,"movie_level":0,"running":1,"running_delta":21,"substreams":[{"id":"5F86807742A63CD32321743390FBE395","backup_id":null,"state":2,"live_id":"lv1","live_sid":"lv1","path":"/X4/aA/X4aAd0KmPNMjIXQzkPvjlQ==","audited":1,"width":1024,"height":576,"datarate":466,"vcodec":1748121140,"acodec":1633772320,"player1":null,"player2":null,"player3":null,"lang":null,"record":1,"encrypt_code":"5Q/abwJR/uiJ0vpUvE4Rzw==","def":"主码流","thumb_ver":2,"running":1,"running_delta":21,"format":1718646304,"http_url":"http://23.237.66.34:9083/live/lv1-lv1/X4/aA/X4aAd0KmPNMjIXQzkPvjlQ==","p2p_url":"rtmfp://23.237.66.34:9035/live/lv1-lv1/X4/aA/X4aAd0KmPNMjIXQzkPvjlQ==","rtmp_url":"rtmp://23.237.66.34:9035/live/lv1-lv1/X4/aA/X4aAd0KmPNMjIXQzkPvjlQ=="}],"downloadable":false,"sc_tk":"3Q096ulfsK19LsmHBU0BBpOlaBYwEFJC7o3EicdErzzFEf4C40airMA4icVdwKGF0QAwhoKpHz2CHEckHJ9+jw==","code":"OK","type":"live","play_host":"http://158.69.228.193:9083","play_host_rtmfp":"rtmfp://158.69.228.193:9035"}</p>
I'm really sorry for the confusion. The stream can only be opened with a flash player. I would be very happy if someone could tell me which way to go.

@JannikArndt
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I created a script for this: https://github.com/JannikArndt/arte-downloader

@nicos99
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nicos99 commented Jan 17, 2020

Yet an other script, in Python ;-) https://github.com/nicos99/ArteDownloader

@miquelbofill
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I created a script for this: https://github.com/JannikArndt/arte-downloader

It works perfectly. Thank you for sharing.

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ghost commented Mar 29, 2020

It worked! thanks.

@dtf505
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dtf505 commented Apr 7, 2020

Hello,
I'm new at this. Can someone explain me how this works. I used IDM to extract from arte.tv, doesn't work anymore.

Thanks in advance

@valsou
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valsou commented Jun 14, 2020

Yet another² userscript (javascript/any monkey you want). I added a sort to see the best options.

https://github.com/valsou/artePlusPlus

@brugni
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brugni commented Sep 11, 2020

Is it possible to download only the subtitles in arte?

@jaimet
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jaimet commented Feb 16, 2021

I realise that it's over 7 years since this original gist, but FWIW youtube-dl can download from http://www.arte.tv, eg:

$ youtube-dl https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/102131-001-A/daniel-hope-raul-da-costa-and-maria-carvalho/
[ArteTV] 102131-001-A: Downloading JSON metadata
[ArteTV] 102131-001-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[download] Destination: Daniel Hope, Raúl da Costa and Maria Carvalho-102131-001-A.mp4
[download]   2.4% of 759.54MiB at 539.42KiB/s ETA 23:27

You can also use youtube-dl's "-F" option to list all the available formats, eg:

$ youtube-dl -F https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/102131-001-A/daniel-hope-raul-da-costa-and-maria-carvalho/
[ArteTV] 102131-001-A: Downloading JSON metadata
[ArteTV] 102131-001-A: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] Available formats for 102131-001-A:
format code    extension  resolution note
HLS_XQ_1-61    mp4        audio only   61k , mp4a.40.2
HLS_XQ_1-356   mp4        384x216     356k , avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2
HLS_XQ_1-909   mp4        640x360     909k , avc1.77.30, mp4a.40.2
HLS_XQ_1-1548  mp4        720x406    1548k , avc1.77.30, mp4a.40.2
HLS_XQ_1-2213  mp4        1280x720   2213k , avc1.77.30, mp4a.40.2
HTTPS_MQ_1     mp4        384x216    VO, Musical (Original)  300k 
HTTPS_HQ_1     mp4        640x360    VO, Musical (Original)  800k 
HTTPS_EQ_1     mp4        720x406    VO, Musical (Original) 1500k 
HTTPS_SQ_1     mp4        1280x720   VO, Musical (Original) 2200k  (best)

HTH.

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mledoze commented Feb 16, 2021

@jaimet thank you for the tip, I didn't know youtube-dl could do that. I will add a warning to my gist to say that it is outdated. People should use more robust tools, like youtube-dl.

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mledoze commented Feb 16, 2021 •
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Is it possible to download only the subtitles in arte?

@brugni apparently not, see GuGuss/ARTE-7-Downloader#63 (comment)

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