Author Topic: MFCRecorder - Continued (Read 107205 times)

4wd · « **Reply #50 on:** October 02, 2016, 09:13 PM »

However, to get the stream with the higher resolution requires a different URL, eg.

-4wd (October 02, 2016, 06:46 PM)

Right, and so theres nothing that can be done on MFCrecorder as of yet?
-Thankyou (October 02, 2016, 07:39 PM)

Asudem has not released any code for his updated version of MFCRecorder, however the source is still available for the original release if you want to play with that.

Send him a PM, he was having trouble with thread notifications at one point. Otherwise, he hasn't been active here or a couple of other sites I know of for the last 3-4 months, it could be that real life has reared it's ugly head

Here's the section of the original source that builds the URL:

Code: C# [Select]

private string GetVideoUrl(Model model)
        {
            try
            {
                if (_videoServers.ContainsKey(model.Camserv.ToString()))
                {
                    long modelid = model.Id;
                    if (modelid < 100000000) { modelid += 100000000; }
 
                    return string.Format("http://{0}.myfreecams.com:1935/NxServer/mfc_{1}.f4v_aac/playlist.m3u8", _videoServers[model.Camserv.ToString()], modelid);
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Log.Error("GetVideoUrl Exception: " + ex);
            }
 
            return "-1";
        }

I assume that the section could be duplicated with the new parameters for the high-res stream with a fallback to the low-res if it encounters an error, eg. 404, etc.

emm.arr · « **Reply #51 on:** October 04, 2016, 06:54 AM »

Hi All,

I'm new to this forum but I've been following this topic for a while...

I've managed to get the source to build and I've started to re-write the bits of the code that were de-compiled into the 'nasty' IL / Dynamic - (all the CallSite related code) and I'm very keen to get the higher resolution streams working. Does anyone know what the URL's for the higher res streams would look like or where the in the 'non mobile' version of the site I can look at to get them?

I'm hoping to re-write the app as I don;t like the 'clunky' WPF front end that it currently has. I've taken a look a look at the non-mobile site in fiddler to see if I can trace what urls it's using but fiddler soesn't seem to catch them...any ideas?

4wd · « **Reply #52 on:** October 04, 2016, 07:44 AM »

Does anyone know what the URL's for the higher res streams would look like or where the in the 'non mobile' version of the site I can look at to get them?
-emm.arr (October 04, 2016, 06:54 AM)

See here, the links came from this Stream Recorder post.

At this post there is a small tool that will call Livestreamer to record the stream so you can test that there is a stream and the recorded resolution. Of course, you could just use that tool to record a stream as it loops until a stream is found so you can run multiple instances, each with a different model.

To record the non mobile feed would require you to use RTMP protocol, (thereby using rtmpserv, rtmpsuck, or rtmpdump), and from what I've read the initial handshaking to get that stream isn't the standard.

emm.arr · « **Reply #53 on:** October 04, 2016, 08:06 AM »

Cheers 4wd - much appreciated.

May I just clarify a couple of points first please....

Are you saying that the format of the URL in the earlier post is correct for higher res streams: -

http://video482.myfr...4v_aac/playlist.m3u8
http://video482.myfr...mobile/playlist.m3u8

But even if correct I wouldn't be able to use FFMPEG to capture it due to the non-standard handshaking and instead could use the tool (calling livestreamer) you kindly mentioned in the same way that the current MFCRecorder codebase using FFMPEG by spawning from another process?

Apologies in advance...

4wd · « **Reply #54 on:** October 04, 2016, 08:54 PM »

You could use ffmpeg to capture either of the mobile streams, (m3u8 streams), that tool I pointed to just uses Livestreamer. ffmpeg will give you the option of transcoding, eg. the audio stream to MP3, and then muxing into a MP4 container.

If you read a little more of the thread it also appears that adding the ngrp: and substituting _mobile is not guaranteed to get you the higher-res feed though.

This is only my interpretation of reading through the Stream Recorder forum but you could use rtmpserv or ffmpeg to capture the RTMP stream (the normal non-mobile stream) but you need to perform all the non-standard RTMP negotiation to get the URL to begin with.

MFC go out of their way to make capturing the RTMP stream hard - I think they also block the feed if more than one is detected going to the same IP with no valid login.

Just to clarify a bit more (possibly):
The URLs ending .m3u8 are the mobile streams, you can capture these using Livestreamer, ffmpeg, etc because it's just a HTTP streaming playlist. You can play them with VLC, MPC-HC, etc.
(It should be noted that there is no mobile (m3u8) stream for Private.)

The non-mobile stream uses Flash and the URL is something like RTMPS://....flv - that requires a Flash video player at the client end. rtmp(dump|suck|serv) and ffmpeg can capture RTMP(S) streams but there is handshaking to be done before the final URL is known. As far as I understand, MFC messed around with handshaking a little so that it's not standard, so making it a little harder to retrieve the final RTMP(S) URL.

As I said, this is my interpretation of what I've read.

highfive7 · « **Reply #55 on:** October 16, 2016, 11:52 PM »

hi guys,

first of all thank you so much for providing a simple solution for MFC
but i can't even make any changes on this while i'm running.
nothing won't change.
do i have to modify Settings.xml before launching the "MFCRecorder.exe"

anyway, I did at least the model ID who I want.

and do I also have to modify this section?
<UpdateTime>0001-01-01T00:00:00</UpdateTime>
if so, please let me know how to modify this part.

FYI, i put 2 files in the "MFCRecorder" folder : ffmpeg/ffplay (x86 the latest version of ffmpeg)

i tried clicking on "get model datat" in the file menu and nothing's come up.

OS: Windows 10 x64

any help please?
(if i didn't do anyting wrong, please send me a working version of yours including ffmpeg and ffplay)

PacoPaco · « **Reply #56 on:** November 11, 2016, 09:23 PM »

No news about being able to record at a higher bitrate folks?

FerNR · « **Reply #57 on:** December 26, 2016, 05:08 AM »

Hello everyone! I would like to know if its possible to add in the recording folders names, besides the ID and username, the age and the country of each model. If possible, how should I proceed? Thanks in advance for all help.

dm9452 · « **Reply #58 on:** December 27, 2016, 04:02 AM »

Just to clarify a bit more (possibly):
The URLs ending .m3u8 are the mobile streams, you can capture these using Livestreamer, ffmpeg, etc because it's just a HTTP streaming playlist. You can play them with VLC, MPC-HC, etc.
-4wd (October 04, 2016, 08:54 PM)

I found the ones that will be classified as "Away" by MFCRecorder but are indeed online can not be downloaded via this way. I wonder if their mobile stream have different URL format.

4wd · « **Reply #59 on:** December 27, 2016, 05:30 AM »

Just to clarify a bit more (possibly):
The URLs ending .m3u8 are the mobile streams, you can capture these using Livestreamer, ffmpeg, etc because it's just a HTTP streaming playlist. You can play them with VLC, MPC-HC, etc.
-4wd (October 04, 2016, 08:54 PM)
I found the ones that will be classified as "Away" by MFCRecorder but are indeed online can not be downloaded via this way. I wonder if their mobile stream have different URL format.
-dm9452 (December 27, 2016, 04:02 AM)

When viewing which site?
The MFC mobile or normal site?

dm9452 · « **Reply #60 on:** December 31, 2016, 10:37 AM »

When viewing which site?
The MFC mobile or normal site?
-4wd (December 27, 2016, 05:30 AM)

Either site.

I found the ones I referred to in my last post are also labeled as "No Mobile Feed" by MFC's mobile site.

For example:

MFCRecorder - Continued

4wd · « **Reply #61 on:** December 31, 2016, 07:53 PM »

When viewing which site?
The MFC mobile or normal site?
-4wd (December 27, 2016, 05:30 AM)
Either site.

I found the ones I referred to in my last post are also labeled as "No Mobile Feed" by MFC's mobile site.
-dm9452 (December 31, 2016, 10:37 AM)

That's because it is a Flash stream and not a mobile feed, MFCRecorder only handles .m3u8 streaming HTTP.

If you open the mobile site in a normal desktop browser, (eg. Chrome), that is set so that the Flash plugin requires permission to run you'll see that when you click on one of the "No Mobile Feed" it will ask to run the Flash plugin.

If you check the same "No Mobile Feed" on a mobile browser that doesn't support Flash, you'll get a still image every 30 seconds or so.

mouser's URLSnooper also shows it is a Flash stream:

2017-01-01 12_30_56.png

If you use a Flash capable mobile browser to view the mobile site, you'll never know if it's Flash or not unless you can disable automatic Flash playback.

You need to remember, Adobe Flash is not officially supported on any mobile platform, Adobe stopped supporting it back at version 10 or 11. It's the reason why most chat sites do not support Hidden/Private chat on mobile platforms, Flash makes it possible to easily stream the secure video/audio but there will be no mobile feed while it's happening.

Another thing to note, whether or not there is a mobile feed is up to the model, it's dependant on the resolution chosen for the broadcast. See here.

PacoPaco · « **Reply #62 on:** February 26, 2017, 12:56 PM »

Any news on a better video quality version folks?

wraith808 · « **Reply #63 on:** February 26, 2017, 06:25 PM »

Any news on a better video quality version folks?
-PacoPaco (February 26, 2017, 12:56 PM)

This is an closed source project, continued from a questionably open source project by someone that doesn't seem to visit the site anymore.

As stated by 4wd above, the original source is still available: http://stream-record...61&postcount=435

However, I wouldn't expect any further development here, unless asudem unexpectedly returns.

mfmax · « **Reply #64 on:** April 23, 2017, 02:30 PM »

Hello friends!

Would it be possible to update the MFCRecorder due to recent changes in the MFC servers? The code could be transferred to others interested in giving continuity? Particularly I think it an excellent program.

wraith808 · « **Reply #65 on:** April 23, 2017, 04:06 PM »

The person that was doing the development hasn't been on this forum since Oct 2016. The link for the original source from his post about getting permission is no longer available. So I'd consider this line pretty much dead.

Jarko · « **Reply #66 on:** April 26, 2017, 10:00 PM »

So, is this it for the MFCRecorder as it no longer works?

maghetto · « **Reply #67 on:** May 08, 2017, 05:03 PM »

Hi, i fixed the original version and now seems working again

enyce2 · « **Reply #68 on:** May 09, 2017, 05:31 AM »

Hi, i fixed the original version and now seems working again
-maghetto (May 08, 2017, 05:03 PM)

Can you post a link to the working version maghetto?

erd33 · « **Reply #69 on:** May 20, 2017, 10:23 PM »

Hi, i fixed the original version and now seems working again
-maghetto (May 08, 2017, 05:03 PM)

Thanks for updating the software. Can you share it here for us? Thanks.

Jarko · « **Reply #70 on:** June 24, 2017, 06:06 PM »

Guess it's over