How to download video from arte+7, arte-tv and similar sites?

Question

Arte tv has a website called arte+7 where some videos are provided for a period of time. But these are not as easy to download as those on youtube and other such websites.

Is there a program that can do that?

Solution 1

Arte.tv website has been completly rewritten in March 2013... Probably old scripts and hacks have not updated their code.

I have created a small standalone php webpage that allow you to download, without any software or account any Arte+7 videos as a MP4 file , just go there: http://floriancrouzat.net/arte/ and paste your Arte+7 URL. If you liked it, either recommend the page or leave me a comment, it's always a pleasure ;) -- Florian

Solution 2

There is qarte (http://www.oqapy.eu/download?lang=en), but you still need to be in a country where you can watch Arte.

There is a how-to in French here : http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/qarte

Solution 3

Another way to do it:

• GO TO http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/, choose the desired video link and open it in browser
• click “View Page Source”
• in source, search for link that contains PLUS7 and ALL.json
• copy that link but don't remove the string player/ from it
• open it in browser
• in that page, search for .MP4 or HD - (if you want high-definition) or version for language.

The first URL found is something like that: http://arte.tv/papi/tvguide/videos/stream/player/F/053366-002_PLUS7-F/ALL/ALL.json

There are several HBBTV.mp4, one for each version. Look for the language version of mp4 which you would prefer. There are blocks like:

"HTTP_MP4_EQ_1":{"quality":"MD - 400p","width":720,"height":406,"mediaType":"mp4","mimeType":"video/mp4","bitrate":1500,"url":"http://artestras.vo.llnwd.net/v2/am/HBBTV/053366-002-A_EQ_2_VF-STF_01749068_MP4-1500_AMM-HBBTV.mp4","videoFormat":"HBBTV","versionProg":"1","versionCode":"VF-STF","versionLibelle":"VF","versionShortLibelle":"VF","VQU":"EQ"},

They are all written on one line, so copy-pasting to a text editor helps. It becomes possible to use new lines where the closing brackets are, and thus to separate the versions. Warning: there are also versions other than mp4 files.

Once you have found the link you want, copy this new link to browser (e. g. Firefox) and wait if necessary. When you see the player, right-click on it and choose "save video as".

Thanks to Nikola for the first part of this answer.

Solution 4

You could try my python script. It is an interactive menu based application. Still some work to be finished. But mostly working

Go and get it at https://github.com/solsticedhiver/arteVIDEOS

But most arte+7 videos are available on youtube nowadays so any youtube downloader can get you what you want most of the time.

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Comments

[Admin]

i have now un-deleted an older (formerly definitive) answer of mine (here), on Qarte: but that had stopped working as of april 2013 and so I switched to different solutions. It seems to work again now. Great.

[Admin]

it seems Qarte works again too.

[Admin]

thanks for the links on the updated versions. I have undeleted my older poste, updated the links according to your answer, and merged it with my newer post on the userscript

[Admin]

" search for HBBTV.MP4" didn't work when I tried it. I would suggest at that stage searching for part that starts with http:// and ends with .mp4.

[Admin]

instead of search for HBBTV.MP4 it should be HBBTV_MP4, I have edited your answer.

[Admin]

this is useful in order to get the subtitled video if needed