How to download videos from vrt.nu
- Go to the video you wish to download on the vrt.nu website. Do not yet start to play the video.
- Open the browser debug tools (F12)
- Activate the network tab and apply the filter
.m3u8
. - Start playing the video and stop it once a file is downloaded matching the filter
- Copy the URL of the
.m3u8
file - Open a terminal window and see which version vrt.nu offers for the specific video via
youtube-dl -F <URL>
. Remember the first number on the line displaying the video format you wish to download. - Download the video by running
youtube-dl -f <video-format-ref> -o <output-file>