What are the ways to download videos from PluralSight?

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Nathaniel Lough


I had an idea for this - I won't say that I used it, but I can tell you it works. This method requires the use of (but not the understanding of) the developer console in Google Chrome.

  1. Go to the course you want, click "start course" so that you have the modules on the right and the video player on the left. This is the place where you would normally just watch the videos. In fact, one should be playing right now. Just pause it.
  2. Open the Developer Console (ctrl+shift+i)
  3. Click 'console'
  4. You're going to copy and paste some stuff, one after another. I'll explain each one.

First, we want to generate a list of all the file names that you will end up using to name your movies.

var list = document.getElementsByTagName("section");
var counter=0;
for (var i=0; i<list.length; i++) {
if ( list.className.match(/\bmodule\b/) ) {
var header_text = list.getElementsByTagName("h2")[0].innerText;
var ul = list.getElementsByClassName('clips');
var li_list = ul[0].getElementsByClassName('title');
if ( li_list.length > 1 ) {
console.log("------" + header_text + "------");
for (var y=0; y<li_list.length; y++) {
counter += 1;
console.log(counter + " - " + li_list[y].innerText);
}
console.log(" ");
console.log(" ");
}
}
}

function downloadVideo(uri, name) {
var link = document.createElement("a");
link.download = name;
link.href = uri;
link.click();
}


Copy and paste that into the Chrome console. Press enter. After you do that, immediately a list of organized and formatted file names will appear.

Copy and paste those file names into a text editor, like notepad. You'll use them later.

Now, to download any video you are currently viewing, just paste and press Enter:

downloadVideo(document.getElementsByTagName('video')[0].src, "blah.mp4")


It might tell you Pluralsight wants to download something. If so, just say yes.

Once it's downloaded, click the next video. Re-paste that line, press enter again, the video downloads. Just repeat this process, it will go quickly.

The videos will have cryptic file names. That's why you generated that file list. You can now just rename the files you downloaded with the cleanly indexed file names you generated earlier.

Good luck. This is the SAFEST way to do this. Don't resort to torrents or 3rd party programs.

Again, I would never download these myself. I'm an honest law abiding citizen. ;)

If all that was too confusing, you can simply paste

document.getElementsByTagName('video')[0].src


and it will print out the url for the video. Just go to it, right click, save as.

Using this method, I predict you can do a 112 video course, from start to fully named and organized in your File Explorer, in about 17 minutes. Just guessing though since I definitely haven't done this myself.



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Hikali-Tate

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Study Buddy
I use a third party software named Bigasoft Video Downloader Pro to batch download courses from Pluralsight to playback offline.
After copy the URL of the Pluralsight course to the main panel, a window will pop up to let you enter the user name and password for Pluralsight. Then you will be able to download the courses you have to MP4, AVI or any other formats.
Step by step guide from : Batch Download Pluralsight Courses for Offline Viewing on Mac and Windows
 

endeavorfrazer

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Study Buddy
Usually, there are two basic methods to download videos from PluralSight.

Method one: Record video from Pluralsight.

Method two: Directly download videos from PluralSight.

I prefer Method two, for it is more easier.

For this method, I use Allavsoft to directly download videos from Pluralsight to MP4, AVI, etc.

It also helps to directly download videos courses from Lynda, Udemy, Coursera, Digital Tutors, Craftfy etc.

I like its batch downloading funtion.
 

SmartSoul

New Member
That sounds good but is kind of complex. I'm used to right clicking the video I'm watching and copying the video URL , pasting it into Catchvideo.
Add this one. It can download videos in batches meanwhile:How to Solve Catchvideo Net Download Problems with Easy Steps.mcdvoice

After copy the URL of the Pluralsight course to the main panel, a window will pop up to let you enter the user name and password for Pluralsight. Then you will be able to download the courses you have to MP4, AVI or any other formats.
 

jangdong

New Member
Usually, there are two basic methods to download videos from PluralSight.

Method one: Record video from Pluralsight.

Method two: Directly download videos from PluralSight.

I prefer Method two, for it is more easier.

For this method, I use Allavsoft to directly download videos from Pluralsight to MP4, AVI, etc. Slope Unblocked

It also helps to directly download videos courses from Lynda, Udemy, Coursera, Digital Tutors, Craftfy etc.

I like its batch downloading funtion.
Really I love it ❤❤.
 
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