cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/40426
Getting started
To do this properly, you need to understand how those websites work.
For the shake of simplicity fellow "pirates", they utilize
m3uwiki link
m3u899% of the time.You will also need
yt-dlpinstall it if you don't have alreadyExample on utilizing this knowledge
- Go to your favorite streaming site
- Simple press
F12- Go to
Network- Select
XHR(XMLHttpRequest)- Filter URLs for
m3u8
- If you find more than one, just test them out, you will soon find the trick on your own :)
- Copy the URL
- Open a terminal and type
yt-dlp <your-copied-link>Do it Ethically
Some may call us pirates, which I find really cool
But the true evil Pirates/criminals are the ones that keep the power to themselves and don't share it with others
Information is the only true power, and it should be free(free as in free speech) for all.
Share your own tips & tricks in the comments if you want!
For educational purposes.
The majority of websites with media content seem to, in my experience, use mp4 format under "Media", which you can then just right click, open in new tab and from there you can just download it via right click (copy the video title beforehand to paste it into the filename). Definitely much easier than trying to manually search the source code, especially since most sites / players obfuscate the direct URL nowadays.
After following this guide I had a look and what you say about sites using .mp4 is true. What's nice about yt-dlp is that it stitches files together when they're sometimes split into parts.