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Rouxbe Video Downloader

Quick and easy app to download videos from rouxbe.com

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RouxbeVideoDownloader

An easy to use app to save videos from rouxbe.com for offline viewing.

By default, rouxbe.com only provides a way for you to stream their videos. However, it is much more convenient to be able to download the videos to your device and view them anytime without an Internet connection.

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Screenshot of Rouxbe Video Downloader App

How to use the app?

Copy and paste a URL from rouxbe.com. Example: http://rouxbe.com/cooking-school/lessons/240-eggs-frying-basting-poaching
Press Return/Enter to add downloads to the queue.

Features

Very easy to get started. Just copy and paste a URL to add downloads to the download queue.
Downloaded Lesson and Recipe videos are automatically organized into folders. Videos are also renamed to match the correct order of the Lesson's or Recipe's steps.
Videos are saved in MP4 format, so you can view them on your iOS devices.
Downloads are resumable even after you quit the app.
You can limit the number of video downloads that can run concurrently to manage your bandwidth.

How to Build and Run

Build Requirements: Xcode 5, Mac OS X 10.9 SDK, CocoaPods
Runtime Requirements: Mac OS X 10.9 or later

Step 1: Download and Install CocoaPods

If you've already installed CocoaPods, you can skip to Step 2.
Otherwise, install CocoaPods by following the quick installation guide at http://cocoapods.org/.

Step 2: Install Library Dependencies

This sample app needs to download and install the required libraries before it can be build. We'll let CocoaPods do all the hard work for us.

Run the following commands in Terminal.app:

$ cd RouxbeVideoDownloader
$ pod install  
$ open RouxbeVideoDownloader.xcworkspace

Unit Tests

RouxbeVideoDownloader includes a suite of unit tests in the RouxbeVideoDownloaderTests directory. The unit test framework used is XCTest, so you can run the unit tests easily from XCode using the shortcut ⌘U.

Open Source Libraries Used

AFNetworking - A delightful Objective-C networking library.
RaptureXML - Simple block-based XML library.
OCMock - Objective-C implementation of mock objects.
Expecta - A matcher framework for Objective-C.
OHHTTPStubs - Stub network requests easily for testing.

License

This project's source code is provided for educational purposes only. Please see Rouxbe's Terms and Conditions before downloading any video. See the LICENSE file for more info.