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How to download a video from Kaltura video service

Kaltura Video Downloader

Also known as: find and merge m3u8 files

⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ → use this guide at your sole discretion.

Check the copyright laws and the term of service before using it. You might be breaking the law!


  1. Open the Network tab of the Chrome Inspector
  2. Before all the network calls to .ts video segment files, you'll find a request to index.m3u8: this is the playlist
  3. Download it by copying-pasting the URL to the m3u8 file into the browser
  4. Use the following command to download the video: ffmpeg -protocol_whitelist file,http,https,tcp,tls,crypto -i ./your_playlist_file.m3u8 -c copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc new_file.mp4
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