Panopto-Video-DL

Toolkit to download video recordings from Panopto.

Prerequisites

• Panopto-Video-DL-browser
• Python >= 3.7

Module Usage

Installation

Run the command:

pip install panopto-dl

FFmpeg extension

Since version 1.4.0 FFmpeg is no longer needed, but it is still possible to download video using ffmpeg by adding [ffmpeg] to the pip command used to install it.

pip install git+https://github.com/Panopto-Video-DL/Panopto-Video-DL-lib#egg=PanoptoDownloader[ffmpeg]

Note: FFmpeg must be added in the system PATH

Usage

• In a new terminal run the command:

panoptodownloader

• Paste the link automatically copied from Panopto-Video-DL-browser
• Set the destination folder
• Wait for the download to finish

Use as Python Module

import PanoptoDownloader


URL = "https://****"
PATH = "./output.mp4"


def callback(progress: int):
    """
    :param progress: Downloading progress. From 0 to 100
    """
    print(f"{progress} / 100")


if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        PanoptoDownloader.download(
            URL,
            PATH,
            callback
        )
        print("Download completed")

    except Exception as e:
        print(e)

Application UI

Installation

1. Install JavaScript browser extension to get M3U8 file path

   • Install TamperMonkey Script-Manager browser extension
     • Chrome
     • Firefox
     • Other browser
   • Install this JavaScript script from here

2. Clone this repository to local path

   • $ git clone https://github.com/samsonq/panopto-dl.git
   • Install requirements to run application
     • $ pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run application

   • Enter cloned repository
   • $ cd panopto-dl
   • $ python main.py
   • A UI (user-interface) should appear within a few seconds with instructions

UI Application Usage

1. Start application (see above section), the following UI should be displayed:

2. Open Panopto recording on web browser, and click the 'Download' button at the bottom left of the page. This will automatically copy a link for you:

3. Create a recordings folder in your local directory to store file recordings
   • $ mkdir recordings
   • The supported extensions of the downloaded recording include: .mp4, .mkv, .flv, .avi
4. Paste the copied link from step (2) into the application
5. Enter the specified path to save the video recording
   • i.e. ./recordings/lecture.mp4
6. Click the Download button and wait for recording to finish processing
   • After the progress bar reaches the end, the video recording should be saved in the specified path