Ripping VOD from H0tM0vies

**NAMCO** · December 9th, 2014, 12:00 PM

I bought a clip from H0tMovies. It seems the clip is stream only as i see no option to DL.

I tried DownloadHelper & this just seemed to DL the video in 1MB parts. I have tried Windows Media Recorder & this is unable to pick up any stream at all. I then tried HiDownload Platinum. This program sniffs out the url of the stream & then automatically DL's. This program only DL's a 4kb file with an f4m extension.

sephopower · December 9th, 2014, 12:25 PM

If you are using firefox get the httpfox firefox extension. Using this extention you will be able to see the direct location of the video.

F4m is not the video, but the index file for flowplayer, which is the name of the videoplayer that streams the movie to your browser.

Use httpfox to try and identify the source of the video.

**Moon Raker** · December 9th, 2014, 12:28 PM

A similar query has been answered on another thread. Replay Video Capture will create a video file from anything played on a laptop screen. The free version times out after 2 minutes however.

frankbol · December 18th, 2014, 06:23 PM

It's probably AdobeHDS video. If so you can use this php script: https://github.com/K-S-V/Scripts/blo...r/AdobeHDS.php to download the video, it requires PHP. You can grab the manifest using this firefox addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...link-detector/

**MrLinc** · December 31st, 2014, 11:28 PM

You could try Ant Video Downloader, it worked for me whenever DownloadHelper refused to work.

solidwing68 · January 1st, 2015, 11:05 PM

NAMCO, change your player preferences on the H0tM0vies site to Classic Player. Then when you start viewing a movie next time and you have HiDownload Platinum running, it will pick up the wmv file and download the whole file.

**chip** · January 2nd, 2015, 02:08 AM

I've used Net Transfer [aka NetXFer] before to grab stuff from Hotmovies but that was several years ago. It wasn't perfect. But it worked.

That thing had a heck of a footprint and it wanted to associate with a ton of extensions and override program defaults for things like torrents and the donkey.

It did grab the streams but it was a bit shaky. It grabbed them as they came in on my connection, so if there was any lag or data loss it showed up pixelated. plus it put the files in the programs temp directory despite my specifying a different directory. I also think I had to rename the files as the saved data-streams had a non-media extension.

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**NAMCO** · January 3rd, 2015, 01:55 PM

It seems the video is AdobeHDS as nothing seems capable of saving the video or sniffing the correct url.

Anyone know if there's a tut to how to save these videos. Have asked on another forum. I've only received an answer from someone using XP & he has no idea if it will work with Win 7.

~~bigbobnobody~~ · January 9th, 2015, 06:10 AM

Don't fool with downloading it at all. Use Replay Video Capture. What's
that? Most handy damned program I've ever ran across hands down.
What it does, is basically the same thing that print screen does on your
computer, except rather than capturing a single frame of what's on your
monitor, it captures it in video form. I've used this over and over, on sites
that don't allow downloads of their videos, such as Amazon, Hulu, you name
it......doesn't matter. There's nothing that you can't use it on. Feel free
to holler at me if you want any more info about this program, plus I've got
a hacked one that I'll let you try if you want

solidwing68 · March 12th, 2015, 06:54 PM

Post a link to the video and I'll see if I can download it, NAMCO.

December 9th, 2014, 12:00 PM	#1
NAMCO Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 394 Thanks: 356 Thanked 10,204 Times in 383 Posts	Ripping VOD from H0tM0vies I bought a clip from H0tMovies. It seems the clip is stream only as i see no option to DL. I tried DownloadHelper & this just seemed to DL the video in 1MB parts. I have tried Windows Media Recorder & this is unable to pick up any stream at all. I then tried HiDownload Platinum. This program sniffs out the url of the stream & then automatically DL's. This program only DL's a 4kb file with an f4m extension.

December 31st, 2014, 11:28 PM	#5
MrLinc Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Nowhere to be found Posts: 629 Thanks: 6,911 Thanked 10,570 Times in 628 Posts	You could try Ant Video Downloader, it worked for me whenever DownloadHelper refused to work. __________________ Who farted?

January 2nd, 2015, 02:08 AM	#7
chip Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 1,202 Thanks: 33,672 Thanked 17,476 Times in 1,137 Posts	I've used Net Transfer [aka NetXFer] before to grab stuff from Hotmovies but that was several years ago. It wasn't perfect. But it worked. That thing had a heck of a footprint and it wanted to associate with a ton of extensions and override program defaults for things like torrents and the donkey. It did grab the streams but it was a bit shaky. It grabbed them as they came in on my connection, so if there was any lag or data loss it showed up pixelated. plus it put the files in the programs temp directory despite my specifying a different directory. I also think I had to rename the files as the saved data-streams had a non-media extension. -- __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

January 9th, 2015, 06:10 AM	#9
~~bigbobnobody~~ Banned! Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: not here Posts: 3,018 Thanks: 4,467 Thanked 94,236 Times in 3,111 Posts	Don't fool with downloading it at all. Use Replay Video Capture. What's that? Most handy damned program I've ever ran across hands down. What it does, is basically the same thing that print screen does on your computer, except rather than capturing a single frame of what's on your monitor, it captures it in video form. I've used this over and over, on sites that don't allow downloads of their videos, such as Amazon, Hulu, you name it......doesn't matter. There's nothing that you can't use it on. Feel free to holler at me if you want any more info about this program, plus I've got a hacked one that I'll let you try if you want Last edited by bigbobnobody; January 11th, 2015 at 01:36 AM..

December 9th, 2014, 12:25 PM	#2
sephopower Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 10 Thanks: 301 Thanked 25 Times in 9 Posts	If you are using firefox get the httpfox firefox extension. Using this extention you will be able to see the direct location of the video. F4m is not the video, but the index file for flowplayer, which is the name of the videoplayer that streams the movie to your browser. Use httpfox to try and identify the source of the video.

December 9th, 2014, 12:28 PM	#3
Moon Raker Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: UK Posts: 11,784 Thanks: 8,948 Thanked 231,247 Times in 12,003 Posts	A similar query has been answered on another thread. Replay Video Capture will create a video file from anything played on a laptop screen. The free version times out after 2 minutes however.

December 18th, 2014, 06:23 PM	#4
frankbol Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 5 Thanks: 735 Thanked 55 Times in 4 Posts	It's probably AdobeHDS video. If so you can use this php script: https://github.com/K-S-V/Scripts/blo...r/AdobeHDS.php to download the video, it requires PHP. You can grab the manifest using this firefox addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...link-detector/

January 1st, 2015, 11:05 PM	#6
solidwing68 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 349 Thanks: 4,015 Thanked 5,725 Times in 318 Posts	NAMCO, change your player preferences on the H0tM0vies site to Classic Player. Then when you start viewing a movie next time and you have HiDownload Platinum running, it will pick up the wmv file and download the whole file.

January 3rd, 2015, 01:55 PM	#8
NAMCO Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 394 Thanks: 356 Thanked 10,204 Times in 383 Posts	It seems the video is AdobeHDS as nothing seems capable of saving the video or sniffing the correct url. Anyone know if there's a tut to how to save these videos. Have asked on another forum. I've only received an answer from someone using XP & he has no idea if it will work with Win 7.

March 12th, 2015, 06:54 PM	#10
solidwing68 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 349 Thanks: 4,015 Thanked 5,725 Times in 318 Posts	Post a link to the video and I'll see if I can download it, NAMCO.