How to Download BLOB or m3u8 Embedded Video

My Friends,

I have partially covered some of this before, downloading Blog or Embedded Video or media Content, within webpages.

How to Download blob files

Its very easy, just follow these steps:

1. Download 'ffmpeg.exe' from here: https://ffmpeg.org/download.html
2. Save and extract the bin/ to a Folder on the desktop, see below Image.
3. Create a Batch File and save the Code below into your batch file and run it.

Folder Structure

Your Folder Structure should look like this:

To create the batch file: Goto Start, Run, type in notepad.exe and paste the following code in:

CD \

CD "C:\Users\<User Folder>\Desktop\Blob Downloader\"

SET M8Path="https://...."

SET OutputPath="C:\Users\<User Folder>\Desktop\Blob Downloader\Downloaded Video.mp4"

ffmpeg.exe -i %M8Path% -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc -vcodec copy -c copy -crf 50 %OutputPath%

pause

Replace "<User Folder>" and "https://...." with your specific data.

How to get the Uri

On your keyboard, press the F12 key and open the Dev Tools dialog. Your browser will likely look different, I am using Chrome ATM, you will get a window similar to this:

At the top, select "network" as is shown.

Type in the filter text box: m3u8.

NOTE: m3u8, or m3u files are different and this media format can change, and have different names so be aware of this.

Ensure the record button is on! Its Red when on! Then and refresh the page! Sometimes you may need to play the video?

Be ready to click the Record button, because you don't want hundreds of items to sort through, by clicking the Record Button again, it will turn grey and stop recording I have highlighted in a red box:

Now, sort through the items found, copy the Uri and Paste it into the Batch File where it says M8Path:

Sometimes the correct Uri is not the first file, it may be second or third, but normally close to the top! Repeat this step until you find the item that you get the one with Video and Audio Data, by testing the video file that you get by running the bat file:

Above you can see, I am copying the Uri of the third item down, I select the "Request URL" and Copy it. That's what goes into the "M8Path" field.

After you have entered the details required, save the Batch File making sure you have selected "All Files" with extension .bat:

To run the Batch File, just double click on the Run Me, that will run the Code above you pasted in and saved:

Then, when you're done, you will have a Video, with Audio and Video called: "Downloaded Video.mp4" like this:

Enjoy My Friends, this is a real conundrum for a lot of people, and may thought their videos were safe online, safe from us and we could not download them, but here you can see how easy it is to download these videos!

Best Wishes,

   Chris