Here I just created a script to download the MMS 2012 sessions for offline viewing 
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There are few things you will need:
- Create a login account here http://www.mms-2012.com/digitalmms
- Get the script and the session file from here
UPDATE (26.04.2012):
I uploaded the latest sessions.txt file to skydrive which I received from Eric. It contains 208 session names. I have not verified all sessions. I could download 165 Sessions. 43 sessions couldn’t be downloaded. Maybe give it a shot it is in a zip file called sessions_208.zip.
UPDATE (20.04.2012): Wow! I didn’t expect to get so many nice words and suggestions. As a result of this I improved the script an built in some error handling.
Download the zip file MMS2012_Downloader_V2.zip
Setup:
- Copy the script file and the sessions.txt into the same directory!
- Add your credentials on top of the script. Nothing more to adjust!
- Call the script you just need to specify the path drive where you want to save the files e.g.
MMS2012_DownloaderV2.ps1 c:
A folder MMS2012Sessions will be created on c:\MMS2012Sessions
Improvements:
- I added the key note files into sessions.txt (credits to oclash)
- Script checks for neccessary files and would write a meaningful error
- Sessions which cannot be downloaded will be written out to a file in the script directory called sessions_notavailable.txt. You just can rename this file to sessions.txt and start the download again
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Create an account
Go to http://www.mms-2012.com/digitalmms and click…
and then going here…
I didn’t try facebook, twitter and other accounts in my script!
Script setup
After you copied the script and sessions.txt file e.g. to c:\temp, open the script and adjust the credentials, target path and where the sessions.txt file is located. Then execute the script in Powershell…
The script looks like this….
At this moment I am just downloading session 29…some sessions are maybe not available yet as you can see here…
I did not test the script very extensively so please forgive me any errors.
If you wan to know which session talks about what and what is the name of the session, you can download the pdf from here.
Have fun!
when i ran script i get this output:
Downloading Session…SV-IL307.wmv Number: 155 out of 155
Exception calling “DownloadFile” with “2” argument(s): “An exception occurred during a WebClient request.”
At C:tempMMS2012_Downloader.ps1:29 char:22
+ $wclient.DownloadFile <<<< ($file,$download)
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException
got it… i was missing the MMS2012 folder
Hi Danny
I just updated the script. No more such errors should happen.
Sorry when I published it it was just too late for error handling 🙂
Regards,
Stefan
Is there a script like this for the Powerpoints?
Hi Danny
I didn’t try it to find a way. Maybe if I get some more time…
Regards,
Stefan
Thanks! Great post!
Awesome! Thanks man.
Hi Ryan
Thank you!
Regards
Stefan
Awesome script.
BTW do you know the names of the keynote sessions?
Figured out the names….
Day 1 Keynote is KEY1.wmv
Day 2 Keynote is KEY2.wmv
Hi oclash
I just added the files to my updated script!
Thank you,
Stefan
Works like a charm, thanks!
B.T.W: if you get error “An exception occured during a webclient request” make sure you’ve specified the correct target folder to download the files to.
I had specified a folder for it, but expected the script to automatically..create the subfolder,which it didn’t 🙂
Hi Rik
Thank you!
I just updated the script to V2.
The reason I just didn’t built in some error handling was because it was 02:00 in the morning when I finished and anyway who needs error handling:).
Regards
Stefan
Awesome! Thanks! FYI Some people may need to configure PS so the script runs: “set-executionpolicy remotesigned”
Hi Kevin
Yes you are absolutly right!
Thank you!
Stefan
Nice script! wget for win32 works really well with a url list file
Hi thojo
Thanks.
Yes of course there are maybe other “ways” to do it.
Regards,
Stefan
as I didn’t go to mms, this is great, any chance you can tweak it so it also downloads the pptx? that would be cool.
Hi Ricky
I haven’t tried yet. If I find some time and way I will do it of course.
Regards,
Stefan
Nice post and script Stefan -well done, makes reviewing the sessions I missed at MMS all the more easier offline. Especially since we’re not getting a DVD this year with the recordings.
Thanks!
Kevin Greene.
Hi Kevin
Great that I could help!
Regards,
Stefan
I’ve validated that it does work if you pass Windows Live ID credentials as the email and password.
Hi Greg
Thank’s for your input!
Regards,http://scomfaq.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit-comments.php#comments-form
Stefan
Downloading sessions… Thanks for this script!
I think I broke it!
When I run the script it downloads all the files, but they’re only 3KB. I’m not receiving any errors, any idea of a fix?
Thanks!
Hi Patrick
Sorry about the delay offically I am on vaccation :).
I haven’t heard of any problems so far. Have you tried to download other stuff from the internet using your browser? Does it work? Maybe some proxy/firewall/antivirus is causing the problem.
Let me know.
Regards,
Stefan
Awesome… just what I needed. Anyway it can be tweaked to get the powerpoints?
Quick modify so that you don’t have to hard-code your password:
write-host “PLEASE ENTER YOUR PASSWORD (Don’t worry, it’s secure.)”
$password = Read-Host -AsSecureString
Hi Nick
Thank you for this input. I might adjust my script…
Greetings,
Stefan
For all those asking about the Powerpoints. check out this post on MyITForum
http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2012/04/24/download-all-the-mms-2012-ppts-in-one-fell-swoop/
But thanks for a great Script, it rocks.
Argh, am I doing something wrong? Or has something changed with the hosting of the videos? All I get is the following when I run the script for each of the sessions…
Downloading Session…CD-IL320.wmv Number: 149 out of 157
Session not available please check C:MMS2012sessions_notavailable.txt
Downloading Session…CD-IL321.wmv Number: 150 out of 157
Session not available please check C:MMS2012sessions_notavailable.txt
Downloading Session…CD-IL322.wmv Number: 151 out of 157
Session not available please check C:MMS2012sessions_notavailable.txt
Downloading Session…CD-IL323.wmv Number: 152 out of 157
Session not available please check C:MMS2012sessions_notavailable.txt
Downloading Session…CD-IL324.wmv Number: 153 out of 157
Session not available please check C:MMS2012sessions_notavailable.txt
Downloading Session…SV-IL301.wmv Number: 154 out of 157
Session not available please check C:MMS2012sessions_notavailable.txt
Downloading Session…SV-IL304.wmv Number: 155 out of 157
Session not available please check C:MMS2012sessions_notavailable.txt
Downloading Session…SV-IL306.wmv Number: 156 out of 157
Session not available please check C:MMS2012sessions_notavailable.txt
Downloading Session…SV-IL307.wmv Number: 157 out of 157
Session not available please check C:MMS2012sessions_notavailable.txt
Finished!
It does not find any of the session videos, and thus downloads nothing.
Anyone else seeing this? Or am I missing something?
Thanks…
Hi Mike
Those sessions are probably not online yet. Maybe you have to try it later this week. You can verify the only sessions by visiting the MMS 2012 page on http://www.mms-2012.com/digitalmms.
I just got a new sessions.txt file from Eric with more sessions. I will verify it and upload it tomorrow. Visit my blog for an update and I also will send a tweet 🙂
Regards,
Stefan
First off, thank you very much for the script. It was very helpful!
I’m a bit of a completest, so I compared your original Sessions.txt with the last official list from MMS and found about 34 more videos it downloaded. I’ve got the updated Sessions.txt, but I don’t have a way of getting it to you. 😀
Hi Erik
Great!
I sent you a mail. Please attach your Version and I will upload it.
Thank you,
Stefan
hi, I have about 20-30 videos that wouldn’t download, has anyone else had any issues?
Hi Andy
To generate my sessions.txt file I used the pdf guide which I put on skydrive. If you missed sessions I just uploaded a new sessions.txt file which I got from Eric. See my update post.
Regards,
Stefan
Stefan –
GREAT script (not only because of the content, but also for the powershell lesson 🙂
Many thanks!
Jorge
Hi Jorge
Cool, I am glad I could help you!
Your welcome 🙂
Stefan
Hi,
Please let me know if there is any way to download the session now as the link http://www.mms-2012.com/digitalmms don’t seems to work anymore. Please advise.
Thanks a mil for the script. Can’t get the Instructor led labs though… 🙁
Were they removed or does anyone have an alternate link for them?
Regards
Tom
Thanks for the script! I improved on it slightly to get more meaningful flie names by using the session titles (created a file sessioncatalog.txt which I parsed from the MMS2012 web site).
Hope it helps someone. You can find it here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9839106/MMS2012_DownloaderV3.zip
link to videos is dead.
http://cdn.tri-digital.com/MMS/video/
Hi
You can not call the URL itself. Try to use the script to download the sessions.
I just verified that the script still works.
Regards,
Stefan
Thank you so much for this script!
Is there any way to get the CD-IL videos? I cant’t find those anywhere, especially the CD-IL322 by Ben Hunter.
Hi Mathieu,
If those videos are not online available, I dont’t think there is another to get them.
Regards,
Stefan
Hello Stefan,
Thank you for the script, it saves me a lot of time…
Would be possible to do the same for TechEd 2012 after it is finish in Orlando / Amsterdam???
Regards,
Hi Charo
Check out my latest post http://blog.scomfaq.ch/2012/06/13/teched-2012-orlando-download-sessions-offline-viewing/ 🙂
Regards,
Stefan
Thank you Stefan for your kind reply,
Unfortunately, I am not able to download 43 sessions from MMS 2012:
Sessions are not available:
AM-B312.wmv
AM-B317.wmv
CD-B214.wmv
CD-B324.wmv
CD-B405.wmv
SV-B307.wmv
AM-IL302.wmv
AM-IL304.wmv
AM-IL305.wmv
CD-IL305.wmv
CD-IL306.wmv
CD-IL307.wmv
CD-IL308.wmv
CD-IL309.wmv
CD-IL310.wmv
CD-IL311.wmv
CD-IL312.wmv
CD-IL313.wmv
CD-IL314.wmv
CD-IL315.wmv
CD-IL316.wmv
CD-IL317.wmv
CD-IL318.wmv
CD-IL319.wmv
CD-IL320.wmv
CD-IL321.wmv
CD-IL322.wmv
CD-IL323.wmv
CD-IL324.wmv
CD-IL327.wmv
FI-IL301.wmv
FI-IL303.wmv
FI-IL304.wmv
FI-IL305.wmv
SD-IL301.wmv
SD-IL302.wmv
SD-IL303.wmv
SD-IL305.wmv
SD-IL306.wmv
SV-IL301.wmv
SV-IL304.wmv
SV-IL306.wmv
SV-IL307.wmv
Were you able to download them?
Thank you and regards,
Hi Charo,
Unfortunately those videos are not available…don’t know why but we already talked about that a few posts ago.
Here is a list of 37 more videos I found after comparing what downloaded from the script to what’s posted on the site:
EC-B105.wmv
EC-B106.wmv
EC-B107.wmv
AM-B391.wmv
AM-B101.wmv
AM-B390.wmv
AM-B323.wmv
CD-B201.wmv
CD-B338.wmv
CD-B351.wmv
CD-B390.wmv
CD-B340.wmv
CD-B307.wmv
CD-B341.wmv
CD-B391.wmv
CD-B306.wmv
CD-B350.wmv
CD-B213.wmv
FI-B290.wmv
FI-B294.wmv
FI-B291.wmv
FI-B490.wmv
FI-B323.wmv
FI-B292.wmv
SV-B290.wmv
SV-B390.wmv
SV-B293.wmv
SV-B323.wmv
SV-B291.wmv
SV-B321.wmv
SV-B490.wmv
SV-B324.wmv
SV-B292.wmv
SV-B322.wmv
SD-B390.wmv
SD-B318.wmv
SD-B317.wmv
Congratulations! Very good.
Hi,
Please let me know if there is any way to download the session now as the link http://www.mms-2012.com/digitalmms don’t seems to work anymore. Please advise.
Hi
You can find the Videos on channel 9 from MMS 2012 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/MMS/2012
Cheers,
Stefan