Getting started
To do this properly, you need to understand how those websites work.
For the shake of simplicity fellow “pirates”, they utilize m3u wiki link
m3u899% of the time.
You will also need yt-dlp install it if you don’t have already
Example on utilizing this knowledge
- Go to your favorite streaming site
- Simple press
F12 - Go to
Network - Select
XHR(XMLHttpRequest) - Filter URLs for
m3u8- If you find more than one, just test them out, you will soon find the trick on your own :)
- Copy the URL
- Open a terminal and type
yt-dlp <your-copied-link>
Do it Ethically
Some may call us pirates, which I find really cool
But the true evil Pirates/criminals are the ones that keep the power to themselves and don’t share it with others
Information is the only true power, and it should be free(free as in free speech) for all.
Share your own tips & tricks in the comments if you want!
This works for yt videos fine, but yt-dl is unmaintained and slow, you will have issues downloading content outside from yt too
yt-dlp is generally the recommended fork to use. It’s much more actively developed and also has a bunch of quality-of-life improvements.
I suppose I haven’t tried that many different sites but it has worked for me so far. The last official release was in 2021, but the github repo is still being updated regularly so it looks like it’s being maintained again