Python downloader for the Italian streaming platform RaiPlay
pip install -r requirements.txt
RaiPlay serves video via HLS streams. youtube-dl is used to process and download the m3u8 playlist files for them.
usage: raiplay-dl [-h] [-d download_directory] url
positional arguments:
url URL of the content to download
optional arguments:
-d download_directory
Directory to download content to
The URL can be the url of a single episode / film (e.g. https://www.raiplay.it/video/2019/10/Aspettando-VivaRaiPlay-Ep-1-14b79f55-1c75-44ab-b861-281615b94636.html), or a whole series (e.g. https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/vivaraiplay), in which case all seasons / episodes will be downloaded. Downloaded content will be organised in folders based on the content's show name and seasons.
Although (free) registration to RaiPlay is required to watch content on the platform, you can grab the required URLs for download without making an account, nor raiplay-dl requires authentication details to download.