mediaset infinity downloader

Mediaset Infinity Downloader

Mediaset Infinity Downloader is a typescript library to download Mediaset Infinity movies or tv-series. It uses yt-dlp to download the actual episodes.

Installation

To use mediaset-infinity-downloader, clone this repo and cd into the cloned folder. Then you have to install needed packages

# Install typescript runner
npm install --global ts-node

# Install project packages
npm install

Setup

1. Make yt-dlp accessible to the script:
   1. Download the executable (for your machine)
   2. Put the executable into the folder src/executables
2. Tweak your src/user/config.ts file making sure the ytDlpPath is correct and the outputFolder exists.
3. Fill in your src/user/episodes.ts with an array of strings containing the episode or movie page. Example below

   export default [
     'https://mediasetinfinity.mediaset.it/video/terraamara/episodio-243_F311851102010702',
     'https://mediasetinfinity.mediaset.it/video/terraamara/episodio-242_F311851102010602',
   ];

How to use

# cd into the project folder
cd mediaset-infinitry-downloader
# run the script
npm run start

Tips And Tricks

Customizing files output name

By default yt-dlp uses the name that the .mp4 you are about to download as the output file name I've added in the config a way to programmatically change the output of the file name. Follow steps below to use it

1. Enable customOutputName in the src/user/config.ts
2. Adjust customOutputNameFunction to output a string that will be automatically be used as the file name for the corresponding element in the array.

To gather the list of links there are three ways

• Simplest, safest but most time-consuming
  1. Open each episode page and copy the link manually.
  2. Add it to episodes.ts array surrounded by ticks.
• Most prone to fail (if mediasetinfinity changes the page structure) but fastest
  1. Scroll to the bottom in the episodes list page
  2. Open browser console and paste this js copy($$('a[href*="/video/"]').map((x)=>x.href))
  3. You will find in your clipboard the array of all episodes links
  4. Paste the episodes array into the episodes.ts file
• Most reliable (requires some expertise)
  1. Open an episodes list page (example: https://mediasetinfinity.mediaset.it/fiction/bitterlands/episodi_SE000000001766,ST000000003181,sb100018308)
  2. Open devtools and go to Network Tab
  3. Scroll to the bottom of the page
  4. You will see a new type:'fetch' request appearing named mediaset-prod-all-programs-v2
  5. Right click then Copy > Copy as fetch
  6. Go to Console Tab of the devtools
  7. Paste the copied fetch (example below)

     fetch("https://feed.entertainment.tv.theplatform.eu/f/PR1GhC/mediaset-prod-all-programs-v2?byCustomValue={subBrandId} 
     {100018308}&sort=:publishInfo_lastPublished|desc,tvSeasonEpisodeNumber|desc&range=1-1000", {
     "headers": {
         "accept": "*/*",
         "accept-language": "it-IT,it;q=0.9,en-US;q=0.8,en;q=0.7",
         "sec-ch-ua": ""Not.A/Brand";v="8", "Chromium";v="114", "Google Chrome";v="114"",
         "sec-ch-ua-mobile": "?0",
         "sec-ch-ua-platform": ""Windows"",
         "sec-fetch-dest": "empty",
         "sec-fetch-mode": "cors",
         "sec-fetch-site": "cross-site"
     },
     "referrer": "https://mediasetinfinity.mediaset.it/",
     "referrerPolicy": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin",
     "body": null,
     "method": "GET",
     "mode": "cors",
     "credentials": "omit"
     });

  8. Modify the range queryParam to any number you want (in the example above i modified it to 1 to 1000)
  9. Run the fetch by pressing enter
  10. Go back to Network Tab
  11. Select the request we just did and in the preview tab right click entries and press Copy value.
  12. Paste the episodes array into the episodes.ts file