Hi guys, regarding the iTunes Festival videos that stream in iTunes. It says they're up for a limited time and I'm not able to purchase these to keep. Is there a way to download these to my iMac to save? If I could open these in a web page I'm sure there are ways. Does anyone know if this is possible?
Thanks in advance.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.2)
As far as I know, iTunes festival videos, are streamed using the iPhone HTTP Streaming. Thus using .m3u8 playlist containing hundreds of .ts files. For example Linkin Park's streaming is composed by more than 500 .ts files. If you could get the playlist (.m3u8) you get access to all the .ts files and you can download them and later on merge them in a single video.
Hope this help!
RM
Thanks for reply. Yes, that makes sense, if I could get the .ts files I could burn a dvd in toast combining them all.
Any ideas how to get the .m3u8 playlist containing them?
Cheers.
Have you tried any packet analyzer (i.e. Wireshark)?
You can analyze your incoming pakets, while streaming from the iTunes store, and find out the original address of the stream (playlist).
Cheers,
RM
Sounds interesting, I'll have a try with that...
Thanks.
Anybody have any luck with this?
I managed to find what I was looking for as a torrent, so no need to try wireshark, but judging by the quality of the download it was direct from the stream. I'd be interested to know if anyone does have any joy with this. Wireshark does seem a little complicated for me.
iTunes Festival Videos
