Mediathek

Name: Mediathek
Rating: 4.4583 (22 reviews)

2.6.4b

18 September 2012

Download videos from ARD, ZDF, 3sat, ARTE and WDR (discontinued / eingestellt).

Overview

Mediathek allows you to search and download videos from the online portals of ARD, ZDF, 3sat, ARTE, WDR and more.

Mediathek bietet die Suche und den Download von Beiträgen zahlreicher Sender, darunter ARD, ZDF, 3sat, ARTE und WDR.

What's new in Mediathek

Version 2.6.4b:

Note: Development of Mediathek has been discontinued. Der Betrieb von Mediathek für Mac wurde eingestellt.

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Version 2.6.4b

Leoncahun

05 February 2013

This website is the best stand-in for Mediathek I know of: http://vavideo.de/ You can search for any program, and (other than with zdfmediathek.app) high-quality mp4’s (not Flash-files) are offered. Of course, it can’t hold a candle to Mediathek; however, it gets the job (somewhat) done.

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Version 2.6.4b

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Bjoernowitsch

29 April 2013

Tonight, I tried to open the www.vavideo.de, but I found that the page had been closed. This is the message I read: "Welcome to Parallels! If you are seeing this message, the website for vavideo.de is not available at this time. If you are the owner of this website, one of the following things may be occurring: You have not put any content on your website. Your provider has suspended this page. Please login to https://vavideo.de:8443 to receive instructions on setting up your website".

Leoncahun

03 May 2013

As of now, vavideo.de is up (again).

Bjoernowitsch

06 June 2013

Now the vavideo web page has been taken down, but this time there has been no notice of maintenance left. This is the message I read instead: "Web Server's Default Page This page is generated by Parallels Plesk Panel, the leading hosting automation software. You see this page because there is no Web site at this address. You can do the following: Create domains and set up Web hosting using Parallels Plesk Panel."

ZahraE1193

24 October 2013

Hello . Thank you very much for your good introduction .

Bjoernowitsch

17 April 2014

Vavideo has changed it policy. From having offered downloadable livestreams in the .mp4 format, it has been reduced to nothing but a collection of links to the livestreams from the TV stations. This makes me unable to even watch the livestreams, since they require the latest version of the Adobe Flash Player, and my old Power Mac is a G5 machine. What a luck that I did not donate any money to them, because they would have been wasted now. I suppose that the public service TV stations have agreed to stop the facility of downloading their programs for copyright reasons. Should someone else offer the same service in the future, never spend money on donating to them!

Krabbe

03 January 2013

try this java app: http://zdfmediathk.sourceforge.net/download.html Seems to be German only. You may need to activate java (from your applications/utilities folder)

Version 2.6.4b

6 answer(s)

Bjoernowitsch

03 January 2013

Hello, Krabbe! Thank you for your tio, but it seems to work only with Windows or Linux, not Mac OS X any more.

Krabbe

03 January 2013

As mentioned, you need Java to use the proposed app. I'm still on Snow Leopard, so I have Java installed by default. For newer versions of OS X I found this link on MU: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/44788/java-se-runtime-environment-7 I did not try this Java installation, though. The app itself works for me, at least - but it is extremely poor compared to the original "Mediathek".

Bjoernowitsch

03 January 2013

Hello again, Krabbe! My system is still the Mac OS X 10.5.8 PPC, so I cannot use the Java version you suggested. My old Mediathek 2.6.4b simply stopped working last night, and I have uninstalled it. When I try to install it again, it informs me that there is no connection with the server, and that I have to check the settings of my network.

Krabbe

03 January 2013

Apparently the original "Mediathek" project is discontinued and its server is taken offline. RIP. I don't have any idea for a workaround for 10.5 PPC. There are a few recorders for TV programmes on the internet like onlinetvrecorder, save.TV, Bong.TV and others.

Bjoernowitsch

05 January 2013

Hello again, Krabbe! today I have received an e-mail from the developer. It says that they had to close down the server because of copyright issues, which I have feared ever since I found and installed this software. This means, if anyone else would run such a server and develop a similar software, the same thing would happen again.

Leoncahun

09 January 2013

Krabbe, thanks for the hint concerning MediathekView. I installed it successfully on 10.6.8 and, apparently, downloading works. However, VLC refuses to play the file ("undefinable format"). As far as I can figure it out, the file (or the transfer?) is an Adobe RMTP/Flash-file (Real Time Messaging Protocol). That is why, apparently, there is the application flvstreamer involved. Still, this doesn’t seem to work for me. Moreover, could RMTP be the culprit that "Mediathek" stopped working? Any proprietary Adobe stuff/licenses involved? On Twitter, the two German broadcasters ARD and WDR explicitly refused responsibility as regards the demise of "Mediathek". Of course, everybody is free to be skeptical about their assertions. But it could mean that the "legal issues" claimed by the developer do not have to do with the broadcasters (as far as right holders of the content) but with the (with the new year apparently changed) technical infrastructure of the broadcasters. Just an idea.

Krabbe

03 January 2013

try this java app: http://zdfmediathk.sourceforge.net/download.html Seems to be German only. You may need to activate java (inside your applications/utilities folder)

Version 2.6.4b

Bjoernowitsch

03 January 2013

What has happened to Mediathek? The last version, 2.6.4b, is the last one available, but the developer seems to have cancelled developing the software, and the server is taken offline, which means that nothing can be downloaded.

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Version 2.6.4b

1 answer(s)

Widber

03 January 2013

Schlechte Nachricht von http://appdrive.net/mediathek/discontinued/ "Der Betrieb von Mediathek für Mac wurde eingestellt."

2.6.4b working again on 10.8. Thanks a ton. :)

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Version 2.6.4b

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Tschigg

18 September 2012

Dear developer, since 2.6.4b I'm in an update loop with the sparkle updates.

Gerhard-Uhlhorn

08 September 2012

Auch bei mir läuft es unter 10.8.1 und 10.7.x (letzte 10.7) nicht mehr. Kein Server zu erreichen. Ansonsten ein tolles Programm! Ich würde es sehr vermissen!

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Version 2.6.2

philanonyme

07 September 2012

Hi, since I update Mediathek on my mac (10.5.8), it doesn't work :( And now it is impossible to go back to old version of Mediathek. Someone can help? Bonjour, la dernière version de Mediathek ne fonctionne plus sur mon mac 10.5.8 :( Le programme me dit que je ne suis plus relié au web ou que le serveur est innaccessible alors que tout marche nickel. Et à présent, il est impossible de remettre l'ancienne version de Mediathek (obligation de la quitter car j'aurais créé une banque de donnée avec Mediathek mis à jour, et ce même en mettant cette nouvelle database à la poubelle). Quelqu'un peut aider?

Version 2.6.2

JoRa-b02c5b32

07 September 2012

problems with mountain lion, please update application!!!!!

Version 2.6.2