Technical explanation for the difficulty of downloading the J6 videos

I've successfully downloaded a J6 video but this has required some very tricky manipulation using a proxy server. I won't go into detail about how this was done. Rather, I want to explain what the problem is. I'm considering the possibility of releasing code to help with the download process.

First of all, the videos will only play on site. The site uses the Shaka video player and a trick to ensure that videos won't work offsite. Most of the videos are in DASH format with the ".mpd" extension. This link is easily accessible using browser tools but, if you transfer the link to an external video player (like VLC), it won't play. The link contains a token within the query string. This token is needed to access the video segments but, crucially, the token is not present in the mpd file. Shaka player somehow works around this, supplying the token when accessing the video segments.

If the token can be supplied somehow then the video can be downloaded and properly converted to mp4 format using ffmpeg. By itself, ffmpeg cannot download the video. Some intermediary process is necessary to intervene and supply the token.

I'm open to answering questions about this.

>>19939611

Using screen capture is a last-ditch solution which requires actually playing the video.

It is better to have a proper download option since this is much faster and can be done in parallel.

>>19939637

What do you mean? The site link has already been made public.

>>19939678

>they have the filenames as mp4

Those links just load an iframe. The actual video link is fetched via Javascript.

>>19939723

President Trump is protected by the Q team. My thinking is that certain individuals have been warned not to attempt assassination on pain of death. Attempts have indeed been made but perhaps were intended as warnings. Either this or he is protected by God.

>>19939393

Thinking of what sort of code I could write to facilitate downloading the J6 videos. I tried adding the token string to the mpd file but ffmpeg reported an xml decoding error. It appears that the ampersand character was the problem so I think I have a solution.

Basically, I need to write code to access the site, find the video link, download the mpd, modify the mpd to include the token and then save the file. The file can then be processed using ffmpeg. Simple enough, I think. I'll play around with this later this night shift.