download-orf-tvthek.md

how to download a video from the orf tvthek

• open the tvthek page with the video you want to download
• open the dev tools
  • open the network tab
  • search for 'playlist'
  • open playlist.m3u8, and open the 'response' tab
  • look for the highest given bandwidth (usually at the bottom, e.g. #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=3192000)
  • copy the url below that, open it in a new browser tab and download it (e.g. https://apasfiis.sf.apa.at/ipad/cms-worldwide_abr/.../chunklist.m3u8&ip=...)
• open bash
  • go to the folder you downloaded the chunklist playlist to (e.g. chunklist.m3u)

# download each .ts file specified in the playlist
cat chunklist.m3u8 | grep -o ^.*\.ts | while read url; do wget $url; done

# stitch the .ts files together
find media_* | sort -V | xargs cat > joined.ts

• you can now open joined.ts in media players like vlc or the app called "movies and tv" integrated in windows 10

note that if the chunklist.m3u or chunklist.m3u8 file contains no full urls but only file names, use the following command instead:

# download each .ts file specified in the playlist
cat chunklist.m3u8 | grep -o ^.*\.ts | while read url; do wget {URL}$url; done

where {URL} should be replaced with the path to the media*.ts files, such as https://apasfiis.sf.apa.at/cms-austria_nas/_definst_/nas/cms-austria/online/2020-01-26_2305_sd_02_dokFilm--Back-t_____14039389__o__1216294778__s14632510_0__ORF2HD_23042611P_00203011P_Q8C.mp4/

media_from_to.md

wget https://varorfvod.sf.apa.at/cms-worldwide_episodes_nas/_definst_/nas/cms-worldwide_episodes/online/14025076_0013_Q8C.mp4/media_{98..120}.ts

hi, how does it work with: https://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Kaernten-heute/70022 ?

@Arnold1
actually, better forget about this and use yt-dlp instead https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

for example:

yt-dlp --playlist-items 2,3,4 https://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Kaernten-heute/70022

@sk22 thanks

how to fix the following?

./yt-dlp --playlist-items 1 https://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Formel-1/7028409/Formel-1-GP-von-Australien-2023-Highlights-aus-Melbourne/14174109
[orf:tvthek] Extracting URL: https://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Formel-1/7028409/Formel-1-GP-von-Australien-2023-Highlights-aus-Melbourne/14174109
[orf:tvthek] 14174109: Downloading webpage
[download] Downloading playlist: 14174109
[orf:tvthek] 15370818: Downloading hls-Q1A-Niedrig m3u8 manifest
ERROR: This video is not available from your location due to geo restriction
You might want to use a VPN or a proxy server (with --proxy) to workaround.
[orf:tvthek] Playlist 14174109: Downloading 1 items of 1
[download] Finished downloading playlist: 14174109

do you know any austrian proxy server?

@Arnold1
i don't, unfortunately, but anyway, i've down- and uploaded it for you:
part 1: https://we.tl/t-wdkTdELNCE
part 2: https://we.tl/t-I3fhZs64Ap

had to split it in two because the video was larger than 2 GB.
just open/extract the .7z.001 file using 7-zip (with both the .001 and .002 files downloaded to the same folder) and you should get the complete mp4 file.

greetings!

oh thank u. i wish i could do it myself also for other videos.