Voot Downloader

Shell + PHP Script that allows you to download videos from voot in the quality that you want.

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Installation

Requirements:

• PHP + cURL
• LiveStreamer
• FFmpeg

Let's install these dependencies in their respective order:
1) For PHP + cURL

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php  
sudo apt-get update  
sudo apt-get install php  
sudo apt-get install php-curl OR sudo apt-get install php7.0-curl  

2) For LiveStreamer

sudo apt-get install python python-pip  
pip install -U livestreamer  

3) For FFmpeg

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media  
sudo apt-get update  
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg  

Now, just clone this repository and step into the new directory:
git clone https://github.com/AmruthPillai/Voot-Downloader.git && cd Voot-Downloader

Make your voot-downloader.sh an executable file, by running:

chmod a+x voot-downloader.sh

... and voila, installation is DONE! :)

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Usage

You can start running the shell script by typing:
./voot-downloader.sh

This will produce the following output:

Paste the video URL from voot.com:

Here, you can enter a Voot URL, for example:

http://www.voot.com/shows/global-citizen-india/1/459380/raj-nayak-stands-up-for-gender-equality/459801

Now, you can choose a quality.
You can enter the bitrate value to distinguish the rest:

"width":128,"height":72,"bitrate":86
"width":640,"height":360,"bitrate":320
"width":640,"height":360,"bitrate":464
"width":640,"height":360,"bitrate":664
"width":640,"height":360,"bitrate":926
"width":1280,"height":720,"bitrate":1628
"width":1920,"height":1080,"bitrate":2628
"width":1920,"height":1080,"bitrate":7916
Enter the bitrate that you want to download in:
2628

Live Stream URL: http://video.voot.com/enc/fhls/p/1982551/sp/198255100/serveFlavor/entryId/0_x4mm2aa0/v/2/pv/1/flavorId/0_l4qbb2kh/name/a.mp4/index.m3u8

Starting  LiveStreamer...

Starting  FFmpeg...

and once the download is done, your file will be stored in the ./videos folder of the repository.

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Credits

I'd like to thank Voot for their amazing content, and I didn't create this in the idea of piracy, but instead, wanted to showcase how easy it is to download a video from the website.
I'd also like to thank the creators of LiveStreamer and FFmpeg. It's the true brain behind the operation :)