toughIQ / orfondl

Downloader for videos on ORF ON

orfondl

Download videos from ORF ON. Currently only supports downloading 720p. This is an experimental project which may or may not work for you.

Installation

Install FFMPEG.

• Windows: https://ffmpeg.org/download.html#build-windows
• macOS: via brew brew install ffmpeg
• Linux: use your package manager, e.g. apt install ffmpeg

The path to the FFMPEG executable must be in your PATH environment variable, so orfondl can find and execute it.

Next, download the latest orfondl executable for your operating system from the release page. Also make sure its path is in your PATH environment variable.

Note on macOS and Linux run chmod a+x <executable> before launching the executable Note on macOS you will see the infamous "You want to run software on your computer? Not without a silly dance!" dialog after the first run. Open Privacy and Security, scroll down and press "Allow" or whatever the current flavor of this idiocy is. The run the executable again.

Downloading a video

1. Go to the video in your browser on ORF ON and copy the URL from the address bar.
2. Run orfondl <video-url> on the command line

Alternatively, you can specify an output file name, e.g. orfondl <video-url> output.mp4. To download multiple videos at once, create a text file and put each video's URL on a separate line. E.g. videos.txt:

https://on.orf.at/video/14211311/zib-700-vom-29012024
https://on.orf.at/video/14211757/zib-700-vom-01022024
https://on.orf.at/video/14211478/zib-700-vom-30012024

Run orfondl videos.txt to download all videos specified in the file videos.txt.

Building from source

You'll need Go installed. Then:

git clone https://github.com/badlogic/orfondl
cd orfondl
go build -o orfondl