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srf video downloader

script to download one or many videos from sf drs please use it only to save the videos for backups and don't spread those in the internet.

This is to respect the intention of sfdrs to not provide a download link, in order that the video doesn't spread.

#!/bin/sh
# script to download one or many videos from sf drs
# please use it only to save the videos for backups
# and don't spread those in the internet.
#
# This is to respect the intention of sfdrs to not
# provide a download link, in order that the video
# doesn't spread.
# This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
# Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
# distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
# binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any
# means.
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# software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit
# of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and
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if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
echo "specify url with links to videos (overview) or link to detail page (single video)"
exit 1
fi
rtmpdump -h 2>/dev/null || { echo >&2 "rtmpdump is required, please install from here: http://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu/download/"; exit 1; }
# all is ok from here
# if provided url is detail page, fetch only one id
if [[ $1 == */video/* ]]; then
echo "fetching videos from detail page"
arrIN=(${1//id=/ })
id=${arrIN[1]}
ids=($id)
else
echo "fetching video from result page"
ids=($(curl -s "$1" | grep -E -o "id=([0-9a-z]+-[0-9a-z\-]+)" | sort | uniq | cut -c 4-))
fi
## loop over all videos found on page
for i in ${ids[@]}; do
video_url=$(curl -s "http://www.srf.ch/webservice/cvis/segment/$i/.json" | grep -E -o "rtmp:[^\"]+" | head -1 | sed "s/\\\\//g")
if [ -n "$video_url" ]; then
echo fetching $video_url
file_name=$(basename $video_url)
status=1
while [ $status -ne 0 ]; do
# strangely sometimes rtmpdump leaves empty files => delete those to avoid endless loop
if [ ! -s $file_name ]; then rm -f $file_name; fi
rtmpdump -e -r $video_url -o $file_name
status=$?
done
fi
done
@sansibar24
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Thanks, seems to work!

Just one approvement:
grep -E -o "rtmp:[^\"]+"
takes the first mentioned rtmp-URL, or am I wrong?

As I saw, there are often several rtmp-URLs with different qualities in the json, beginning with the lowest quality, ascending to the best one. So it would be better to take the last mentioned rtmp-URL.

Two examples I found:

JSON for a478be63-b411-44ab-a8f3-b6c0a99b540c:

rtmp://cp50792.edgefcs.net/ondemand/cosf/vod/ts20/2008/09/ts20_20080916_124619_106k.flv
...
rtmp://cp50792.edgefcs.net/ondemand/cosf/vod/ts20/2008/09/ts20_20080916_124619_500k.flv

.

JSON for 6129573d-49c4-4e35-9a20-b79e07710a68:

rtmp://cp50792.edgefcs.net/ondemand/mp4:aka/vod/ts13/2014/02/ts13_20140218_124500_v_webcast_h264_q10.mp4
...
rtmp://cp50792.edgefcs.net/ondemand/mp4:aka/vod/ts13/2014/02/ts13_20140218_124500_v_webcast_h264_q20.mp4
...
rtmp://cp50792.edgefcs.net/ondemand/mp4:aka/vod/ts13/2014/02/ts13_20140218_124500_v_webcast_h264_q30.mp4
...
rtmp://cp50792.edgefcs.net/ondemand/mp4:aka/vod/ts13/2014/02/ts13_20140218_124500_v_webcast_h264_q40.mp4
...
rtmp://cp50792.edgefcs.net/ondemand/mp4:aka/vod/ts13/2014/02/ts13_20140218_124500_v_webcast_h264_q50.mp4

Thanks for your work!

EDIT: Just saw: The order of the URLs can change. So you'll better look for the filename ending. My quick&dirty fix:
grep -E -o "rtmp:[^\"]+((q50.mp4)|(500k.flv))"

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