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: 396 Thanks: 360 Thanked 10,332 Times in 385 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: 725 Thanks: 7,932 Thanked 12,081 Times in 723 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: 1,221 Thanks: 34,416 Thanked 18,353 Times in 1,156 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. -- __________________

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 26 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: 11,900 Thanks: 9,106 Thanked 241,353 Times in 12,148 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: 739 Thanked 56 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: 354 Thanks: 4,016 Thanked 5,821 Times in 319 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: 396 Thanks: 360 Thanked 10,332 Times in 385 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: 354 Thanks: 4,016 Thanked 5,821 Times in 319 Posts	Post a link to the video and I'll see if I can download it, NAMCO.