FAU-TV Video Downloader

Downloads all videos of a given course (even if the download has been restricted) to a local folder. This software is provided without warranty. Usage is discouraged! Usage of this software is at your own risk!

Usage

usage: dl.py [-h] [--out-dir OUT_DIR] [--starter=url STARTER=URL] [--start-at START_AT] [--auth-token AUTH_TOKEN]
             [--session-id SESSION_ID] [--session-ci SESSION_CI]
             course-id

Download clips from a course

positional arguments:
  course-id             Course ID

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --out-dir OUT_DIR     Output directory
  --starter=url STARTER=URL
                        Starter URL
  --start-at START_AT   Skip all previous indices (defaults to 1)
  --auth-token AUTH_TOKEN
  --session-id SESSION_ID
  --session-ci SESSION_CI

Procedure

Upon starting, a firefox instance is opened, prompting you to log in using IDM SSO. As soon as the url changes to something starting with https://www.fau.tv, download will be starting. If you do not want to provide your credentials, you can provide https://www.fau.tv as a starter url.