How do I start to download streamed media on this site? It has all I need in my language (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 days ago by orize@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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How do I download the streaming media off of the site/or the media files' server?

Is there a client you guys know about that I can start using? Or is there a process to it?

Help is very appreciated! Thanks

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[-] MissingInteger@lemm.ee 22 points 2 days ago

Okay, this was harder than anticipated. Maybe someone can find an easier solution:

Go to the video you want to download, open the DevTools in your browser (F12 in Firefox), go to Network (you might need to reload the page), play the video. In the search bar under Network type in .m3u8. You'll get a file likely named master.m3u8. Right-click on it 'Copy value' than 'Copy url'. Paste this in the following yt-dlp command:

yt-dlp \
  --add-header "Referer: https://vidmoly.to/" \
  "https://paste-url-here.to/master.m3u8"

This should download the video.
If you want the subtitles, search for .vtt instead (you might need to select the desired subtitles in the player first). You can directly open the subtile file and download it.

I really hope someone can give you an easier solution.
Don't hesitate to ask further questions!

Some background

The the website is not supported and the generic downloader from yt-dlp doesn't work, hence the need for the m3u8 playlist. Their primary video host seems to be vidmoly, which I found that under the Request Headers.
BTW vidmoly as a standalone website is also not supported in yt-dlp with the hilarious reason:

This site looks like it is primarily used for piracy and therefore cannot be supported.

[-] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 5 points 2 days ago

If you look through the FAQ section the reason for this makes a lot of sense, and is similar to what I would've expected.

The short answer is that supporting piracy sites would in all likelihood result in the project being shut down. In the past, other similar projects have been shut down due to supporting piracy sites. The yt-dlp maintainers are of the position that supporting such sites is not worth the risk.