Download iTunes Festival streams

itunes-festival.sh

#!/bin/bash

#
# Download iTunes Festival streams
#
# 1. Open Wireshark, start a new Capture, filter by "http.cookie"
#
# 2. Open iTunes and play the Festival show you want
#
# 3. Look for "/auth/" items in your capture list.
#    You need these to continue:
#
# 	a. The full URL of the .m3u8 you want
# 	b. The cookie associated with it
#
# 4. Split the URL up as per the example below, fill-in the "path"
#    "input", and "output" variables at the top of the script
#
# 5. Fill-in the "cookie" variable too
#
# 6. Run the script, play the waiting game
#

#
# Example URL:
#
#	http://streaming.itunesfestival.com/auth/farm6/vod/20140313/v1/8500_256/133036_soundgarden_vod.m3u8
#

path="http://streaming.itunesfestival.com/auth/farm6/vod/20140313/v1/8500_256/"
input="133036_soundgarden_vod.m3u8"
output="soundgarden.ts"
cookie=""

cache="/tmp/playlist.m3u8"
curl -b "$cookie" "$path$input" > "$cache"
playlist=`cat "$cache"`

# Download

for next_line in $playlist; do

	if [[ "$next_line" =~ "act" ]]; then

		# Trim
		filename=`echo $next_line`

		echo "Downloading: $filename"
		curl -s -b "$cookie" "$path$filename" > $filename
	fi
done

# Build

echo "Building: $output"

rm "$output"
touch "$output"

for next_line in $playlist; do

	if [[ "$next_line" =~ "act" ]]; then

		# Trim
		filename=`echo $next_line`
		cat "$filename" >> "$output"
		mv "$filename" /tmp
	fi
done

echo "Created: $output"
echo "Working files were moved to /tmp if you still want them"

README.md

Download iTunes Festival streams

1. Open Wireshark, start a new Capture, filter by "http.cookie"

2. Open iTunes and play the Festival show you want

3. Look for "/auth/" items in your capture list. You need these to continue:

   1. The full URL of the .m3u8 you want
   2. The cookie associated with it

4. Split the URL up as per the example below, fill-in the "path" "input", and "output" variables at the top of the script

5. Fill-in the "cookie" variable too

6. Run the script, play the waiting game