Obtaining direct download link for an embedded Kaltura video

Question

I'm looking at some embedded Kaltura videos and trying to obtain a direct download link.

For example, here is a link to an embedded video: https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Conference-Videos/Os-Guinness-Is-It-Fools-Talk-Unbelievable-Conference-2014

I found on gitHub that someone determined the source link to be: http://cfvod.kaltura.com/pd/p/618072/sp/61807200/serveFlavor/entryId/1_a52wc67y/v/2/flavorId/0_a6xfygse/name/a.mp4

How do I come up with this source link to a kaltura video in general and how do I determine the fill in parameters/variables to the API? Can someone please walk me through?

I tried using "inspect" and source code option but its too complicated for me (I am not a coder). I also tried using the network tab to see data streaming but that didn't work.

Best I got so far are these links:

https://github.com/kaltura/DeveloperPortalDocs/blob/master/documentation/Deliver-and-Distribute-Media/how-retrieve-download-or-streaming-url-using-api-calls.md

https://knowledge.kaltura.com/faq/how-retrieve-download-or-streaming-url-using-api-calls

But I am having trouble determining the values to the API call from the source code.

I'm just trying to do this to download an embedded video. If you know of any other tool or something, that would be great. I just didn't find any of them picking the video up.

Thank you in advance! I appreciate your time/help.

Answer 1

This is really late but I managed to figure it out and it might help others. For Google Chrome (similar for other browsers):

1. Open the inspect tab (CTRL+Shift+i), go to the network tab, and filter on only XHR;
2. Click to a random part in the video and you should see a few new entries. Mouse over each looking for one starting with https://cfvod.kaltura.com/scf/hls/p/... This is the next few seconds of video your browser just buffered;
3. Copy the link and replace the scf/hls at the beginning of the link with pd, i.e. https://cfvod.kaltura.com/pd/p/... and you're left with the source link.

You can then paste it in as a url to be able to right click and save, or whatever else you want to do.