{"id":926,"date":"2006-12-17T17:57:22","date_gmt":"2006-12-18T01:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.krunk4ever.com\/blog\/?p=926"},"modified":"2010-11-04T00:56:32","modified_gmt":"2010-11-04T07:56:32","slug":"how-to-download-hd-trailers-from-applecom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.krunk4ever.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/17\/how-to-download-hd-trailers-from-applecom\/","title":{"rendered":"How to download HD Trailers from Apple.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

For more up-to-date instructions, please visit HD-Trailers.net<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

<update><\/ins><\/strong><\/p>\n

For simplified instructions, see: Tutorial: Download from Apple<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve also added instructions to download HD trailers from Yahoo! Movies: Tutorial: Download from Yahoo!<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, I’ve made a simple and elegant page to make downloading HD trailers super easy:
\nHD-Trailers.net<\/a>
\n\"hd-trailers.net<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/update><\/ins><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So Quicktime sucks and is a horrible video player. That’s why there’s VLC<\/a> and Media Player Classic<\/a> with Quicktime Alternative<\/a>. However, HD trailers on Apple.com<\/a> forces you to use Quicktime to watch the HD versions. However, the decoding of the video is so poorly done, I can’t even watch 480p through Quicktime.<\/p>\n

So a year back or so, I decided to figure out a way to download these High Definition trailers so I can watch them through VLC or MPC. I believe with VLC, you don’t need the QT alternative codec, but with MPC or WMP, you do. Anyway, if you go to an HD trailer page, e.g. Apple – Trailers – Breach- HD<\/a>, you’ll usually see 3 buttons: 480p, 720p, and 1080p. My machine’s not fast enough to decode their 1080p, so I always opt for the 720p version. Trailers are usually a couple hundred megs, depending on how long it is. When I showed Derek this trick, he noticed that even though trailers said 1080p, they were hardly ever 1920×1080, usually something a bit smaller.<\/p>\n

Anyway, once you’re on an HD trailer page:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Go to view source (CTRL+U in Firefox)<\/li>\n
  2. Search for 720p or 1080p (or 480p if you want) and it’s the 2nd hit you want.<\/li>\n
  3. You’ll find something close to this:
    \nQT_WriteOBJECT_XHTML(‘http:\/\/movies.apple.com\/trailers\/images\/hd_btn2_720p.mov’, ’67’, ’24’, ”, ‘bgcolor’, ‘FFFFFF’, ‘controller’, ‘false’, ‘href’, ‘http:\/\/images.apple.com\/movies\/universal\/breach\/breach-tlr1_720p.mov<\/strong>‘, ‘target’, ‘QuickTimePlayer’);<\/small><\/li>\n
  4. The 1st hit (i.e. hd_btn2_720p.mov) is just the image of the button. The 2nd hit (i.e. breach-tlr1_720p.mov) is actually a file that points to where the real trailer is ‘hidden’.<\/li>\n
  5. Take the 2nd URL and add an h between the _ and the resolution:
    \nFrom: http:\/\/images.apple.com\/movies\/universal\/breach\/breach-tlr1_720p.mov<\/small>
    \nTo: http:\/\/images.apple.com\/movies\/universal\/breach\/breach-tlr1_h<\/strong>720p.mov<\/small>
    \nFor 1080p, it would be:
    \nhttp:\/\/images.apple.com\/movies\/universal\/breach\/breach-tlr1_h<\/strong>1080p.mov<\/small><\/li>\n
  6. Next you can enter that URL into your browser and save it when it finishes downloading or whatever. I usually just use wget<\/a> which came with Cygwin<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Before, I used to keep all the trailers on my HDD:<\/p>\n

    Directory of F:\\Downloads\\apple trailers<\/p>\n

    16_blocks_h720p.mov
    \n300-journal_5_h480p.mov
    \naccepted_h720p.mov
    \naeon_flux_h720p.mov
    \nakeelahandthebee-tlr2a_h720p.mov
    \nalpha_dog_h720p.mov
    \namerican_hardcore_h720p.mov
    \nan_american_haunting_h720p.mov
    \napocalypto-tsr1_h720p.mov
    \nart_school_confidential-tlr_h720p.mov
    \natl_h720p.mov
    \na_scanner_darkly-tlr2_h720p.mov
    \nbabel_h720p.mov
    \nbasic_instinct_2_h720p.mov
    \nblack_dahlia_h720p.mov
    \ncars-tlr_1_h720p.mov
    \ncars-tsr4_h720p.mov
    \nchildren_of_men-tlr1_h720p.mov
    \nclick-tlr1_h720p.mov
    \nda_vinci_code-tsr2_h720p.mov
    \ndevilanddanieljohnston_h720p.mov
    \ndistrict_b13_h720p.mov
    \ndowninthevalley_h720p.mov
    \neight_below_h720p.mov
    \nemployeeofthemonth-tlr2a_h720p.mov
    \nfast_food_nation_h720p.mov
    \nfirewall-tlr1_h720p.mov
    \nfriends_with_money_h720p.mov
    \nghost_rider-tsr-intl_h720p.mov
    \nghost_rider-tsr_h720p.mov
    \ngoal_h720p.mov
    \nguys_and_balls_h720p.mov
    \nhappy_feet-tlr2a_h720p.mov
    \nhappy_feet_h720p.mov
    \nhard_candy_h720p.mov
    \nhoot-tlr1_h720p.mov
    \nhoot-tsr_h720p.mov
    \nhouse_of_sand_h720p.mov
    \nice_age_2-tlrD_h720p.mov
    \nimax-deep_sea_h720p.mov
    \njoyeux_noel_h720p.mov
    \nladyinthewater-tlr2_h720p.mov
    \nladyinthewater-tlr3_h720p.mov
    \nladyinthewater_h720p.mov
    \nlamujerdemihermano_h720p.mov
    \nlarrythecableguy_h720p.mov
    \nlastkingofscotland_h720p.mov
    \nleonard_cohen_h720p.mov
    \nlittle_miss_sunshine-tlr_h720p.mov
    \nlittle_miss_sunshine_h720p.mov
    \nlost_city_h720p.mov
    \nl_enfant_h720p.mov
    \nmadeas_family_reunion-tlr2a_h720p.mov
    \nmeet_the_robinsons-tsr_h720p.mov
    \nmiami_vice-tlr2_h720p.mov
    \nmission_impossible_3-sb_h720p.mov
    \nmonster_house-tlr1_h720p.mov
    \nnight_watch-tlra_h720p.mov
    \none_last_thing_h720p.mov
    \nopen_season-rev_h720p.mov
    \nopen_season-tlr2_h720p.mov
    \nover_the_hedge-tlr1_h720p.mov
    \nover_the_hedge-tsr2a_h720p.mov
    \npeaceful_warrior_h720p.mov
    \nphat_girlz-tlra_h720p.mov
    \nposeidon-intl_tlr_h720p.mov
    \nposeidon-tlr2_h720p.mov
    \nposeidon-tlr3a_h720p.mov
    \npulse-tlr2_h720p.mov
    \npulse-tlr3_h720p.mov
    \nquinceanera-tlr_h720p.mov
    \nratatouille-tsr1_h720p.mov
    \nrenaissance_h720p.mov
    \nridingalonefor1000sofmiles_h720p.mov
    \nroving_mars_h720p.mov
    \nrv-tlr_h720p.mov
    \nschool_for_scoundrels_h720p.mov
    \nsee_no_evil_h720p.mov
    \nsilent_hill_h720p.mov
    \nsketchesoffrankgehry_h720p.mov
    \nspider-man_3-tsr_h720p.mov
    \nstay_alive_h720p.mov
    \nstick_it_h720p.mov
    \nsummer_storm_h720p.mov
    \nsuperman_returns-tlr1_h720p.mov
    \nsuperman_returns-tlr2_h720p.mov
    \ntalladega_nights-tsr_h720p.mov
    \ntcm_thebegining_h720p.mov
    \nthankyouforsmoking_h720p.mov
    \nthehillshaveeyes_h720p.mov
    \nthesantaclause3-tlr1_h720p.mov
    \nthescienceofsleep_h720p.mov
    \ntheusvsjohnlennon_h720p.mov
    \nthe_benchwarmers_h720p.mov
    \nthe_departed-tlr1a_h720p.mov
    \nthe_departed-tlr1b_h720p.mov
    \nthe_descent_h720p.mov
    \nthe_fountain-tlr1_h720p.mov
    \nthe_fountain-tsr_h720p.mov
    \nthe_italian_h720p.mov
    \nthe_lake_house_h720p.mov
    \nthe_namesake_h720p.mov
    \nthe_night_listener_h720p.mov
    \nthe_omen_666-tlrb_h720p.mov
    \nthe_pink_panther-tlr2_h720p.mov
    \nthe_prestige_h720p.mov
    \nthe_promise_h720p.mov
    \nthe_quiet_h720p.mov
    \nthe_shaggy_dog_h720p.mov
    \nthe_wicker_man_h720p.mov
    \nthe_wild_h720p.mov
    \ntmnt-tlr1_h720p.mov
    \ntrust_the_man_h720p.mov
    \nunited_93-fte_h720p.mov
    \nunited_93_h720p.mov
    \nviva_pedro_h720p.mov
    \nvolver_h720p.mov
    \nv_for_vendetta-tlr2_h720p.mov
    \nwhenastrangercalls_h720p.mov
    \nwhokilledtheelectriccar_h720p.mov
    \nwolf_creek-internet_tlr_h720p.mov
    \nworld_trade_center-tlr1_h720p.mov
    \nxmenthelaststand_h720p.mov<\/p>\n

    123 File(s) 11,848,500,131 bytes
    \n2 Dir(s) 51,537,440,768 bytes free<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    But then I decided that it wasn’t really worth keeping all these trailers, since I hardly ever rewatch them, so they went bye bye one day. <\/p>\n

    I usually visit the Apple Trailers site once or twice a month and watch all the trailers. For the trailers that have HD, I just paste all the links into notepad and do a replace all like:<\/p>\n

    wget http:\/\/images.apple.com\/movies\/disney\/bridge_to_terabithia\/bridge_to_terabithia-tlr1_h720p.mov http:\/\/images.apple.com\/movies\/sony\/offside\/offside_h720p.mov http:\/\/images.apple.com\/movies\/universal\/the_good_shepherd\/the_good_shepherd-tlr2_h720p.mov http:\/\/images.apple.com\/movies\/wb\/harry_potter-phoenix\/harry_potter_phoenix-tlr1_h720p.mov http:\/\/images.apple.com\/movies\/lionsgate\/happily_never_after\/happily_never_after_h720p.mov http:\/\/images.apple.com\/movies\/wb\/lettersfromiwojima\/lettersfromiwojima_h720p.mov<\/small><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Update<\/strong><\/ins>: Apple made an adjustment to deal with the Avatar trailer traffic which only allows QuickTime to download trailers directly. Please refer to this blog post for more details and workarounds: Direct Download Links from Apple Are Not Working<\/strong><\/a>. Here’s to hoping it’s only temporary.<\/p>\n

    Update #2<\/strong><\/ins>: Apple links work when you change the domain from movies.apple.com<\/code> to www.apple.com<\/code>. For most up-to-date instructions, please visit HD-Trailers.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    For more up-to-date instructions, please visit HD-Trailers.net <update> For simplified instructions, see: Tutorial: Download from Apple I’ve also added instructions to download HD trailers from Yahoo! Movies: Tutorial: Download from Yahoo! Finally, I’ve made a simple and elegant page to make downloading HD trailers super easy: HD-Trailers.net <\/update> So Quicktime sucks and is a horrible … <\/p>\n

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