Recently, someone asked how to download Focus Interview videos. My mind immediately went to the usual – eight or nine out of ten times it’s encrypted using an m3u8 method, and a bit of simple processing is all it takes.
Downloader
https://github.com/nilaoda/N_m3u8DL-CLI
m3u8 downloader is an open-source command-line m3u8/HLS/dash downloader that supports ordinary AES-128-CBC decryption, multi-threading, custom request headers, etc. Supports Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and English. English Supported.
Browser Extensions
Honeyed Confidence
Getting the address, assuming it was solved, turned out to be nothing – unable to parse segments normally, query information, and discover that the official had processed the download address, requiring manual replacement of the key parsed by the plugin into the following links.
https://newcntv.qcloudcdn.com/asp/hls/2000/0303000a/3/default/***********************/2000.m3u8
As of January 2024, the address is still valid; if there are any changes in the future, analyze the webpage independently.
Historical Address Backup: https://hlswx.cntv.kcdnvip.com/asp/hls/main/0303000a/3/default/一串字符/main.m3u8?maxbr=2000