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Not sure if it is supposed to be downloadable by FlashGot or not? It fetches some strange files, 1.5 MB each.

They use HDS and HLS for streaming, which basically means the video is split into small fragments ("strange files, 1.5 MB each"), so simply downloading those fragments with a download manager won't do you any good because they still need to be muxed back to a single video.

For HDS (*.f4m) you can use AdobeHDS.php: And for HLS (*.m3u8) you can use ffmpeg: or VLC player: Media -> Convert / Save (Ctrl+R) -> the Network tab.

user wrote:They use HDS and HLS for streaming, which basically means the video is split into small fragments ("strange files, 1.5 MB each"), so simply downloading those fragments with a download manager won't do you any good because they still need to be muxed back to a single video.

For HDS (*.f4m) you can use AdobeHDS.php:

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php.exe AdobeHDS.php --manifest "http://.../manifest.f4m" --outfile "output.flv"

And for HLS (*.m3u8) you can use ffmpeg:

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ffmpeg -i "http://.../playlist.m3u8" -c copy output.mp4

or VLC player: Media -> Convert / Save (Ctrl+R) -> the Network tab.

I half understand this. Never used PHP but I can follow instructions, can type in command line commands. Downloaded XAMPP for Windows.

Yeah, really strange files to me. Since it's 22 minutes video, and I can download with FlashGot like 4 pieces of 1.5 MB segments. That will not add up to the whole video. Not to mention VLC does not play the 1.5 MB segments.

You gave me 2-3 (or 2.5? not sure) different instructions and I am not sure if it is one after the other or either-or?

It's 3 (or 2.5) alternatives.

The site offers 2 different streaming options for the video: HLS and HDS. And there're at least 3 different ways to save (download) those streams.
HLS:
1) FFmpeg: 2) VLC player: Media -> Convert/Save -> Network tab -> paste the HLS m3u8 URL -> Convert/Save button -> select the "Dump raw output" radio button -> choose the output filename.

HDS:
1) AdobeHDS.php: Where to get HLS and HDS playlist/manifest URLs:
0) Look at what FlashGot has to offer you in its media menu - maybe the URLs are already there. If they are, just copy them with the right mouse button.
1) Otherwise open the page source (usually it's Ctrl+U).
2) Search for the string "m3u" without the quotes. You should find something that looks like this: The URL in the "src" attribute would be your HLS playlist URL, it starts with "http:" and end with "m3u8", inclusive.

3) Search for the string "f4m" without the quotes. You should find somthing that looks like this: Again, the URL in "src" attribute would be your HDS manifest URL, it starts with "http:" and ends with "hdcore=1", inclusive.

user wrote:2) VLC player: ... select the "Dump raw output" radio button ...

That should be "Dump raw input", sorry.

user wrote:HDS:
1) AdobeHDS.php:

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php.exe AdobeHDS.php --manifest "HDS f4m URL" --output "output.flv"

If you don't want FLV, you can remux it to MP4 with ffmpeg:

user wrote:HDS:
1) AdobeHDS.php:

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php.exe AdobeHDS.php --manifest "HDS f4m URL" --output "output.flv"

And that should be --outfile, not --output.