FRD ver. 0.9u4
pbs plugin ver. pbs 1.2.1
jre 1.8.0.-141

while trying on pbs, FRD says : error parsing file url.

Please please please help
Thanks a lot.

Provide, please, sample url.

babcca Wrote:
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> Provide, please, sample url.


Sorry .
This is the sample url
[www.pbs.org]

chancemimi wrote:
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> This is the sample url
> [www.pbs.org]

Until the plugin is fixed, you can

1. On Mozilla Firefox install the following addon:

https://addons.mozilla.org/el/firefox/addon/hls-stream-detector/

2. Make sure you have the Adobe Flash NPAPI plugin installed in your system and enabled in Firefox
3. Load your sample URL in Firefox, make sure that the "Flash Version 26" flavour of the JW Player is loaded.
4. Press play; you should be served AppleHLS streams that the addon you installed should be able to pick up.
5. Of the variants playlists picked up, select the master one; it should look like this:

https://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/newshour/1d6a1637-6e45-4db3-a44e-98601be311be/2000003474/hd-16x9-mezzanine-1080p/no0l37a2_20170811_fullshow-16x9-720p.m3u8

6. If you're after a 1080p encode, change the previous playlist to:

https://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/newshour/1d6a1637-6e45-4db3-a44e-98601be311be/2000003474/hd-16x9-mezzanine-1080p/no0l37a2_20170811_fullshow-16x9-1080p.m3u8

7. Use streamlink to download:

Language: XML
streamlink -o "PBS_NewsHour_Aug11_2017_1080p.ts" "hlsvariant://https://ga.video.cdn.pbs.org/videos/newshour/1d6a1637-6e45-4db3-a44e-98601be311be/2000003474/hd-16x9-mezzanine-1080p/no0l37a2_20170811_fullshow-16x9-1080p.m3u8 name_key=bitrate" best

Language: XML
[cli][info] Found matching plugin stream for URL hlsvariant://https://ga.video.c
dn.pbs.org/videos/newshour/1d6a1637-6e45-4db3-a44e-98601be311be/2000003474/hd-16
x9-mezzanine-1080p/no0l37a2_20170811_fullshow-16x9-1080p.m3u8 name_key=bitrate
[cli][info] Available streams: 252k (worst), 515k, 926k, 1371k, 2410k, 3570k, 52
37k, 7444k (best)
[cli][info] Opening stream: 7444k (hls)
[download][..our_Aug11_2017_1080p.ts] Written 229.6 MB (2m51s @ 1.5 MB/s)

NB: For normal viewing on a laptop, 1371k or 2410k should be fine; the "best" bitrate quality is a HUGE ( ~ 2.54 GB ) download...

Thank you very much for your detailed instruction. I really appreciate it .
Now I have tried your steps and successfully get this video with ffmpeg.
Thank you very much!