iVysilani (Czech television archive) downloader

Downloads video from Czech television archive named iVysilani.

Scripts description

getct.sh

Wrapper for getct.php. Requires getct.php located at $HOME/bin.

getct.php

PHP script for downloading. Usage:

php -f getct.php -- [-o filename] [-a] [-v] [-vv] [-f] [-s] [-d] [-l] [-q quality] [-b begin_time] [-e end_time] [-h] url

where

• -o filename output to filename (default: video.mp4 or video title)
• -v be verbose (show what will be done)
• -vv set verbose mode for downloader
• -f use ffmpeg in VLC mode
• -s "dry" mode (don't run downloader)
• -d debug mode (show debugging informations)
• -l live (in RTMP mode)
• -q quality setup quality (number)
• -b begin_time begin at (in RTMP mode, -l overrides this)
• -e end_time stop at (in RTMP mode, -l overrides this)
• -h show this help
• -a article mode
• url video URL or article id string to be downloaded

Modes

• RTMP mode: uses rtmpdump for downloading, before 2015;
• VLC mode: uses cvlc for downloading, used in year 2015;
• in VLC mode is possible use ffmpeg for downloading.

ctdown-all.sh

Uses ctdown.lst file for downloading more videos. File format:

filename url
filename url
...

Filename is without extension (.mp4 added), url is video URL.

Script defaults (where store downloaded videos, temporary directory etc.) can be overrided by file ctdown.cfg in $HOME/.config directory.