channel9-dl

.NET core powered tool to help download MSDN Channel 9 videos for offline viewing.

Use git clone --recurse-submodules to clone this repository.

Better documentation to come, but the intent of this tool is to facilitate downloading of channel 9 training videos for offline use.

PRE-CONDITION: .NET Core SDK or Visual Studio 2017 installed.

Use git clone --recurse-submodules <repository_url> to clone this repository.

Build with Visual Studio 2017

• Open \src\channel9-dl.sln
• Build (i.e. CTRL+SHIFT+B)

Build with .NET Core SDK

• cd to \src\ directory.
• Use dotnet restore channel9-dl.sln to restore all NuGetPackages.
• Use dotnet build channel9-dl.sln to build the solution.

USAGE:

NOTE: To download channel 9 session content for offline use:

• Navigate to Channel 9's event/show site. For example, https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2018
• Click the "RSS" icon and navigate to the feed. For example, https://s.ch9.ms/Events/Build/2018/RSS.
• Cut/paste this feed and use as the --rss input parameter below.

cd to ..\src\channel9-dl\bin\Debug\netcoreapp2.1\

Run :

dotnet channel9-dl.dll --rss https://s.ch9.ms/Events/Build/2018/RSS -d C:\MyVideos\Build2018 --mp4 --mp3 --hd -n 5

or

dotnet channel9-dl.dll --rss https://s.ch9.ms/Events/Ignite/2018/RSS -d C:\MyVideos\Ignite2018 --mp4 --mp3 --hd -n 5

where

• --rss is required - specify the RSS feed from the channel 9 event containing the recordings
• -d is required - specify the local directory to where you wish to download the recordings
• --mp4 is optional - specify to include mp4 videos
• --mp3 is optional - specify to include mp3 audio tracks (BTW - no validation yet but if you do not specify at least one, nothing will be downloaded)
• --hd is optional - specify to indicate you wish to download the highest quality available. If not specified, the smallest filesize will be downloaded.
• -n is optional and determines the number of concurrent downloads