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You way want to download lectures from webcolleges.uva.nl, for example to watch while travelling.

Exporting cookies

Make sure you're logged in, then use a browser extension to export your cookies to a cookies.txt file in netscape cookie format.

Use one of these extensions to save cookies to a cookies.txt file in a directory, for example your home directory.

Download the video

Open a terminal using Ctrl + Alt + T. If youtube-dl is not installed, run sudo apt install youtube-dl. Then, run this command (with your URL, in the same format):

youtube-dl https://webcolleges.uva.nl/Mediasite/Play/085c0c30d3d94344a27a58f3892199a71d --cookies cookies.txt
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