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    kinescope.io video downloader


Install python3, download tools: ffmpeg and N_m3u8DL-RE
Put kdl.py, ffmpeg and N_m3u8DL-RE into same folder
Run python kdl.py it will ask you to input kinescope embed link (e.g. https://kinescope.io/embed/1234534)
and referrer link (e.g. https://videos.mysite.org). kinescope forbids to access without a referrer.
Wait for a download copletion.

kdl.py can automatically select the best quality of a video or you can choose it in a menu provided by N_m3u8DL-RE.

ffmpeg receives parts of the selected video and an audio and muxes them into output mp4 file.
Use your Browser developer tools to find a request to https://kinescope.io/embed/ an use in the script.
If you faced dash error

Best option to make sure that you are providing right referrer and embedded link is:

Open in chrome
Press F12
Open your webpage, what you want to download
Press ctrl+ F, and type "u0026"
You will find list of urls, which contains videos. In Header tab you can grab right referrer and embedded link.
If dash = re.findall(r'dash: {"src":"(.?)"', resp)[0].strip() still fails, then switch to response tab and find link, which contains "u0026" (what you found on step 4) , it wll loks like : https://kinescope.io/29402382-ec45-4ea0-b45f-be4fc4f34ff5/master.m3u8?expires=1731320757\u0026token= , without "\u0026token=" it exactly string , what code dash = re.findall(r'{"src":"(.?)"', resp)[0].strip() is trying to find, so just hardcode it

Thanks to @kunter
Updates


2026-01-12 Parsing new Kinescope response format for a correct m3u8 link. Fixed IndexError: list index out of range at dash = re.findall(r'dash: {\"src\":\"(.*?)\"', dash)[0].strip()


## kdl.py
import requests
import re
import subprocess
import json
from urllib.parse import unquote

m3u8DL_RE_path = 'N_m3u8DL-RE.exe'

link = input('\nkinescope embed link: ')
referrer_link = input('\nreferrer link: ')
select_best = input('\nselect best quality automatically (y/n) [hit ENTER to decline]: ')

headers = {
    'authority': 'kinescope.io',
    'referer': referrer_link,
    'user-agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/102.0.0.0 Safari/537.36',
}

resp = requests.get(link, headers=headers).text

try:
    title = re.findall(r'<title>(.*?)</title>', resp)[0].strip()
    print(title)
except IndexError:
    title = input('video title: ')

# Поиск playerOptions
js_obj_match = re.search(r'var\s+playerOptions\s*=\s*(\{.*?\});\s*\n', resp, re.DOTALL)
final_url = None

if js_obj_match:
    player_options_json_str = js_obj_match.group(1).strip()
    try:
        cleaned_json_str = player_options_json_str.replace('\\u0026', '&')
        player_options = json.loads(cleaned_json_str)

        sources = player_options.get("playlist", [{}])[0].get("sources", {})
        final_url = sources.get("hls", {}).get("src") or sources.get("shakahls", {}).get("src")
    except (json.JSONDecodeError, IndexError, KeyError, TypeError):
        pass

if not final_url:
    ld_json_match = re.search(r'<script type="application/ld\+json">\s*(.*?)\s*</script>', resp, re.DOTALL)
    if ld_json_match:
        ld_json_str = ld_json_match.group(1).strip()
        try:
            ld_json_data = json.loads(ld_json_str)
            final_url = ld_json_data.get("contentUrl")
        except json.JSONDecodeError:
            pass

if not final_url:
    print("\Error: Can't get stream URL (m3u8).")
    exit(1)

final_url = unquote(final_url)

print(f'\nm3u8 link:\n{final_url}\n')

run_args = [
    m3u8DL_RE_path,
    '--concurrent-download',
    '-H', f'referer: {link}',
    '--log-level', 'INFO',
    '--del-after-done',
    '-M', 'format=mp4:muxer=ffmpeg',
    '--save-name', title,
    final_url
]
if select_best.lower().strip() == 'y':
    run_args.append('--auto-select')

subprocess.run(run_args)
	import requests
	import re
	import subprocess
	import json
	from urllib.parse import unquote

	m3u8DL_RE_path = 'N_m3u8DL-RE.exe'

	link = input('\nkinescope embed link: ')
	referrer_link = input('\nreferrer link: ')
	select_best = input('\nselect best quality automatically (y/n) [hit ENTER to decline]: ')

	headers = {
	'authority': 'kinescope.io',
	'referer': referrer_link,
	'user-agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/102.0.0.0 Safari/537.36',
	}

	resp = requests.get(link, headers=headers).text

	try:
	title = re.findall(r'<title>(.*?)</title>', resp)[0].strip()
	print(title)
	except IndexError:
	title = input('video title: ')

	# Поиск playerOptions
	js_obj_match = re.search(r'var\s+playerOptions\s=\s(\{.?\});\s\n', resp, re.DOTALL)
	final_url = None

	if js_obj_match:
	player_options_json_str = js_obj_match.group(1).strip()
	try:
	cleaned_json_str = player_options_json_str.replace('\\u0026', '&')
	player_options = json.loads(cleaned_json_str)

	sources = player_options.get("playlist", [{}])[0].get("sources", {})
	final_url = sources.get("hls", {}).get("src") or sources.get("shakahls", {}).get("src")
	except (json.JSONDecodeError, IndexError, KeyError, TypeError):
	pass

	if not final_url:
	ld_json_match = re.search(r'<script type="application/ld\+json">\s(.?)\s*</script>', resp, re.DOTALL)
	if ld_json_match:
	ld_json_str = ld_json_match.group(1).strip()
	try:
	ld_json_data = json.loads(ld_json_str)
	final_url = ld_json_data.get("contentUrl")
	except json.JSONDecodeError:
	pass

	if not final_url:
	print("\Error: Can't get stream URL (m3u8).")
	exit(1)

	final_url = unquote(final_url)

	print(f'\nm3u8 link:\n{final_url}\n')

	run_args = [
	m3u8DL_RE_path,
	'--concurrent-download',
	'-H', f'referer: {link}',
	'--log-level', 'INFO',
	'--del-after-done',
	'-M', 'format=mp4:muxer=ffmpeg',
	'--save-name', title,
	final_url
	]
	if select_best.lower().strip() == 'y':
	run_args.append('--auto-select')

	subprocess.run(run_args)
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