zanetti
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Here I'll share a small tut for downloading stuff off of PlutoTV, ABC, NBC, in fact any video thats not DRM protected (I tested it with abovementioned websites). I use it to add stuff to my library and preserving tokens in AS. Most of the stuff is 720p and AAC audio, but 1080p can be found (grabbed first 9 episodes of Blade Runner Black Lotus off of VRV in 1080p).
Dont expect higher bitrate audio tracks, usually they are AAC from 96kbps to 128kbps, stereo. Not good, but not bad either. So far Ive grabbed all 6 seasons of 'Becker' and 2 seasons (70 episodes each) of 'Deal Or No Deal' off of PlutoTV and two seasons of '8 Simple Rules' off of ABC (these were 720p with bitrate of cca 3500kbps, but audio was still just AAC 128kbps). A few months ago I also grabbed a season or two of 'Battlefield' off of NBC, if I remember correctly (these were 1080p).
1) get TubeDigger (20$ iirc)
2) install Link Gopher for Firefox
3) open PlutoTV/NBC/ABC
4) select a (free) show
5) goto season page
6) click on Link Gopher
7) select 'Extract All Links'
8) new tab opens with all the links, save it as .html
9) open TubeDigger
10) click on 'Bookmarks'
11) then 'Import'
12) import the .html file from step 8
13) select all non-essential links, leaving only episodes' links
14) MUST click on 'Remove' then 'OK' (if you remove & close 'Bookmarks' window changes wont be saved)
15) open 'Bookmarks' again
16) doubleclick first link/bookmark
17) TubeDigger will load the page in the upper screen
18) .srt and .ts file will appear in bottom screen
19) select them and click 'Download'
A few notes: Yes, there is no queue/batch. You have to click each and every episode link and let it load in upper portion of TubeDigger's window. When the link loads there may be some .mp4 files detected and sometimes .srt files will appear in dozes for a video thats loaded. Just delete them, and leave only .ts file that usually has the same title as the loaded .srt file.
Also, here are a few protips:
Open 'Convert' and select 'Convert to MP4 without transcoding' (its fast even on my anemic 200GE).
In 'Settings' select/check the following:
- convert automatically
- start next idle download after finished one
- use built-in name detection
- download accelerator (use what you wish, I tried everything, download speeds never exceed 3MB/s no matter the website)
I surely forgot something, but its a pretty simple program, youll figure it out.
Cheers!
EDIT: Just found out that all shows available on CW are 1080p with insane video bitrates of 10000kbps. Audio is crap at 128kbps, but still. I didnt find anything interesting, but its worth noting. Plex, Tubi, Popcornflix are a no go, sadly. Tubi spews out a DRM error (due to crappy engine of TubeDigger I presume), and Popcornflix doesnt even display links when clicking on stuff on their website (I didnt inspect further, you might have a solution for this and if you do, do share).
P.S. Mods, if this is an inappropriate topic, feel free to trash it. I apologize in that case.
Dont expect higher bitrate audio tracks, usually they are AAC from 96kbps to 128kbps, stereo. Not good, but not bad either. So far Ive grabbed all 6 seasons of 'Becker' and 2 seasons (70 episodes each) of 'Deal Or No Deal' off of PlutoTV and two seasons of '8 Simple Rules' off of ABC (these were 720p with bitrate of cca 3500kbps, but audio was still just AAC 128kbps). A few months ago I also grabbed a season or two of 'Battlefield' off of NBC, if I remember correctly (these were 1080p).
1) get TubeDigger (20$ iirc)
2) install Link Gopher for Firefox
3) open PlutoTV/NBC/ABC
4) select a (free) show
5) goto season page
6) click on Link Gopher
7) select 'Extract All Links'
8) new tab opens with all the links, save it as .html
9) open TubeDigger
10) click on 'Bookmarks'
11) then 'Import'
12) import the .html file from step 8
13) select all non-essential links, leaving only episodes' links
14) MUST click on 'Remove' then 'OK' (if you remove & close 'Bookmarks' window changes wont be saved)
15) open 'Bookmarks' again
16) doubleclick first link/bookmark
17) TubeDigger will load the page in the upper screen
18) .srt and .ts file will appear in bottom screen
19) select them and click 'Download'
A few notes: Yes, there is no queue/batch. You have to click each and every episode link and let it load in upper portion of TubeDigger's window. When the link loads there may be some .mp4 files detected and sometimes .srt files will appear in dozes for a video thats loaded. Just delete them, and leave only .ts file that usually has the same title as the loaded .srt file.
Also, here are a few protips:
Open 'Convert' and select 'Convert to MP4 without transcoding' (its fast even on my anemic 200GE).
In 'Settings' select/check the following:
- convert automatically
- start next idle download after finished one
- use built-in name detection
- download accelerator (use what you wish, I tried everything, download speeds never exceed 3MB/s no matter the website)
I surely forgot something, but its a pretty simple program, youll figure it out.
Cheers!
EDIT: Just found out that all shows available on CW are 1080p with insane video bitrates of 10000kbps. Audio is crap at 128kbps, but still. I didnt find anything interesting, but its worth noting. Plex, Tubi, Popcornflix are a no go, sadly. Tubi spews out a DRM error (due to crappy engine of TubeDigger I presume), and Popcornflix doesnt even display links when clicking on stuff on their website (I didnt inspect further, you might have a solution for this and if you do, do share).
P.S. Mods, if this is an inappropriate topic, feel free to trash it. I apologize in that case.
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