[wellylug] nzviddl - download video from NZ news sites

[Lee Begg]

Hi all

I have uploaded a series for scripts I use to watch the videos from NZ news 
sites to my public github.

http://github.com/llnz/nzviddl

The scripts work similar to youtube-dl which downloads the videos from YouTube 
so they can be watched. Basically, you pass the argument of the url of the 
webpage with the video on it, and the script downloads the flv video file so you 
can watch it with your favorite video player. Handy for those of us that for 
whatever reason don't have a flash player.

For example:
tvnz-dl "http://tvnz.co.nz/technology-news/helping-blind-see-light-in-
christchurch-3078178/video"

(without the obvious email line wrapping)


They currently cover these sites:
www.tvnz.co.nz (news and on-demand in separate scripts)
www.3news.co.nz
www.nzherald.co.nz
www.primetv.co.nz
www.ch9.co.nz (Dunedin local channel)

I'm currently looking at TV3 on-demand, but it appears much more complex than 
the sites above.

Hopefully others find them useful. Over time, I may refactor them to have more 
features and maybe bring them into one program. Suggestions are welcome, as 
are patches.

Later
Lee Begg