Download Course Videos?

Question

Hi I am getting an error message when I try to download the course videos. "Safari cannot open the website because the address is invalid" (im using an ipad) The wifi network at work is very slow so it would be very handy to download them to view offline during the day. Is anyone else experiencing this? Cheers Shane

Answer 1 · 2013-01-16T13:37:36Z

January 16, 2013 1:37pm

All I know is it tries to open itunes from the browser, I'm not sure if ipads can do that, on my widows computer I don't don't have itunes installed and I get the same error, on os x it works fine.

Answer 2 · 2013-01-16T14:04:09Z

January 16, 2013 2:04pm

I have found the best way to view a downloaded video offline on my iPad is by using Goodreader or a similar iPad app.

This is the process I follow:

Download the video to my Mac/PC
Upload the video to my Dropbox account
Connect to my Dropbox account with Goodreader
Download the video to my iPad via Goodreader

Then, I am able to watch the video offline through Goodreader. It may seem like a complex process, but it works quite well.

Answer 3 · 2013-01-16T14:05:38Z

January 16, 2013 2:05pm

is it not possible to transfer, from iTunes to iPad?

Answer 4 · 2013-01-16T14:16:06Z

January 16, 2013 2:16pm

I have had a look on iTunes, but a search for treehouse didn't return relevant hits. What should I search for?

Thanks for your responses, btw

Shane

Answer 5 · 2013-01-16T14:49:31Z

January 16, 2013 2:49pm

I can't find them either, best bet, if no one else can find anything, is to wait til your at a computer with iTunes installed, click the link on Treehouse webpage then click the subscribe button on iTunes, you'll get a list of all the videos, download what you want from the list then transfer them across.

Answer 6 · 2013-01-16T14:55:06Z

January 16, 2013 2:55pm

You shouldn't need iTunes. Just download the mp4 video from the link at the bottom/side of the course page via your browser on your PC or Mac.

Right-click (or CTRL+click on a mac) and Save as...

Answer 7 · 2013-01-16T15:09:56Z

January 16, 2013 3:09pm

Thanks guys. My computer is Linux based, so I don't have iTunes there. But I will try your suggestions Rhys. That sounds like it will work. Shane

Answer 8 · 2013-01-24T17:57:22Z

January 24, 2013 5:57pm

Just moved onto an Ubuntu desktop and struggling to find an efficient way to watch the videos. The desktop is somewhat old and both firefox and Chromium don't appear to stream the videos too well (they are embedded as HTML5 I think?). I've tried setting it to Flash videos, via the link (hidden in the forums someplace - Is it easier to find?), and that still fails. Tried running iTunes under Wine and it fails to even run. Any ideas Linux/Treebies?

PS: I don't want to download each video individually - I'd rather stream them or download all of them.

Hope someone can help please?

Answer 9 · 2013-09-06T14:26:10Z

September 6, 2013 2:26pm

Hi, I have been trying to download the videos via Itunes, but all it does after clicking the download feed button is open itunes, and I cant download anything to PC. Can someone help please?

Answer 10 · 2013-12-31T16:46:16Z

December 31, 2013 4:46pm

Run this on a server to get download links in one central location

<?php 
// Place your own unique token here
// ie. itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/websites/build-a-simple-website.rss?feed_token=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx 
// $token = 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx';
$token = '';

// Place any itunes feeds here
// This is an almost complete list... I left off some beginner lessons
// This might compile slowly depending on server... You can split this array up

$urls = array(
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/installing-a-ruby-development-environment.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/how-to-build-a-wordpress-plugin.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/implementing-designs-for-iphone.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/illustrator-foundations-3.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/usability-foundations.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/logo-design-basics.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/html-email-design.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/objectivec-basics.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/framework-basics.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/sass-basics.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/installing-a-ruby-development-environment.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/how-to-build-a-wordpress-plugin.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/implementing-designs-for-iphone.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/illustrator-foundations-3.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/usability-foundations.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/logo-design-basics.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/objectivec-basics.rss?'.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/ios-foundations.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-simple-iphone-app-ios7-2.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming/build-a-simple-php-application.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming/building-social-features-in-ruby-on-rails.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming/build-a-simple-ruby-on-rails-application.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming/enhancing-a-simple-php-application.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming/using-php-with-mysql.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming/advanced-social-features-in-ruby-on-rails.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming/database-foundations.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming/ruby-foundations.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming/introduction-to-programming.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming/console-foundations.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming/git-basics.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/websites/build-a-responsive-website.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/websites/design-foundations.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/websites/build-an-interactive-website.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/websites/how-to-build-a-wordpress-theme.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/websites/html.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/websites/css-foundations-2.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/websites/website-basics.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/websites/aesthetic-foundations.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/websites/javascript-foundations.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/websites/photoshop-foundations.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/websites/accessibility.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/websites/technology-foundations.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/websites/illustrator-foundations.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/ios-development/build-a-simple-iphone-app.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/ios-development/build-a-blog-reader-iphone-app.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/ios-development/build-a-selfdestructing-message-iphone-app.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/ios-development/ios-foundations.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/business/how-to-start-a-business.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/business/how-to-build-your-company.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/business/how-to-market-your-business.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/business/careers-foundations.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/business/copyright-basics.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/business/how-to-run-a-web-design-business.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/business/how-to-build-your-business-through-blogging.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/android-development/build-a-simple-android-app.rss?feed_token='.$token,
'itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/android-development/build-a-blog-reader-android-app.rss?feed_token='.$token
);

foreach ($urls as $url):
    $url = str_replace("itpc://","http://",$url);
    $xml = simplexml_load_file($url);

    echo '<h2>'.$xml->channel[0]->title.'</h2>';
    foreach ($xml->channel->item as $pixinfo):
        $title=$pixinfo->title;
        $link=$pixinfo->enclosure['url'];
        // In chrome the HTML5 download attribute will auto download, no right clicking necessary
        // Hold Alt plus Click will autodownload
        echo '<a href="'.$link.'" download>'. $title .'</a><br>';
    endforeach; 

endforeach; 



?>

Answer 11 · 2014-09-28T20:35:41Z

September 28, 2014 8:35pm

I wrote this small python parser. It returns a list of curl commands ready to create the dirs and rename the downloaded files You can locate the itpc link along with the token by going to the course page and copying the itunes link.

python parser.py itpc://teamtreehouse.com/library/how-to-run-a-web-design-business.rss?feed_token=3453456457657asdfsdfsfd

#parser.py
import string
import sys
import urllib
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

arg=sys.argv[1]
feed=arg.replace("itpc://", "http://");

def formatString(unformatted):
    unformatted=unformatted.lower()
    unformatted=unformatted.strip()
    unformatted=unformatted.replace("treehouse - ", "");
    unformatted=unformatted.replace("&", "and");
    unformatted=unformatted.translate(None, "'?()")
    unformatted=unformatted.replace("  ", " ");
    unformatted=unformatted.replace(" ", "-");
    formatted=unformatted.replace("--", "-");
    return formatted

def getList(listOfDicts, key):
    return [i[key] for i in listOfDicts if key in i]

i=0
nChapter=0
nEpisode=0
oldChapter=''
extension='.mp4'

try:
    f=urllib.urlopen(feed)
    s=f.read()

    episode=dict()
    repository=list()

    root = ET.fromstring(s)

    for channel in root.iter('channel'):
        course=formatString(channel.find('title').text)

        for item in channel.iter('item'):
            t=item.find('title').text
            title= t.split(': ')

            chapter=formatString(title[0])
            name=formatString(title[1])

            url=item.find('enclosure').get('url')

            episode['course']=course
            if oldChapter != chapter:
                 nChapter=nChapter+1
                 nEpisode=1
            episode['chapter']=format(nChapter,"02d")+'-'+chapter
            episode['name']=format(nEpisode,"02d")+'-'+name
            episode['url']=url
            episode['filename']=episode['name']+extension

            repository.append(episode.copy())

            i+=1
            nEpisode+=1
            oldChapter=chapter

    for ep in repository:
        output='treehouse/'+ep['course']+'/'+ep['chapter']+'/'+ep['filename']
        print "curl --limit-rate 800K -L --create-dirs -o "+output+" "+ep['url']

except:
    print "Error"

Answer 12 · 2015-01-18T20:36:40Z

January 18, 2015 8:36pm

I have developed a little web app where you can insert your token and you can download videos from teamtreehouse http://jonathanobino.16mb.com/treehouse/

Answer 13 · 2015-02-23T21:52:31Z

February 23, 2015 9:52pm

how can i download the videos please ?,

Answer 14 · 2018-04-01T07:22:32Z

April 1, 2018 7:22am

Replace the itpc with https in the link. It's not as computer fancy as others; but you'll be able to to see the RSS Feed as links of downloads. It's a start.

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