[PLUG] Downloading a video file

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Sat Mar 28 00:28:56 UTC 2020


I was sent a URL to a long series of characters at https://clicks.aweber.com/
which is a 75 minute video file. Going to that address permits watching it,
but I'd like to download the file and watch it using local software.

wget fails to download the file:
wget https://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=DiWTO&m=3Y_Yrb7MxYNRiQT&b=xWUTz.PwZ0LRrmDbvf3h1w

[1] 18470 
[2] 18471
$ Redirecting output to ‘wget-log.1’

The log says,

--2020-03-27 17:25:06--  https://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=DiWTO
Resolving clicks.aweber.com... 204.194.222.24
Connecting to clicks.aweber.com|204.194.222.24|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2020-03-27 17:25:06 ERROR 404: Not Found.

yet the browser plays it.

I must be missing a wget option. What might that be?

Rich




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