use rtmpdump to get arte videos mp4 files

rtmpdump-arte.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'open-uri'
require "rexml/document"

rtmpdump = '~/Downloads/rtmpdump-2.1/rtmpdump'

url = ARGV.pop

html = open(url).read

xml_url = html.scan(/http:.+asPlayerXml\.xml/).last
xml = open(xml_url).read
# puts xml
parsed = REXML::Document.new(xml)

ref_xml_url = parsed.elements["*/videos/video[@lang='fr']"].attributes["ref"]

puts ref_xml_url

name = ref_xml_url.split('/').last.split(',').first
puts name

xml = open(ref_xml_url).read
# puts xml
parsed = REXML::Document.new(xml)
url = parsed.elements["video/urls/url[@quality='hd']"].text

100.times do
  puts name
  result = `#{rtmpdump} -e -r '#{url}' -o '#{name}.tmp.mp4'`
  puts result
  break if result =~ /Download complete/
end

system("mv '#{name}.tmp.mp4' '#{name}.mp4'")