Richard Carter

Computer Science & Game Development Student at North Carolina State University

If your professor disabled the ability to download the lectures, here’s the way to get around it. First, here’s the snippet you will need; then read below it for instructions.

javascript:__doPostBack('__Page','DownloadPresentation:1299fb37-f10a-31be-97fe-0224842e6cdd')

On the lectures list, hover over the link to the lecture you want and copy the peid from the URL. Put it after “DownloadPresentation” in the above JavaScript snippet, and add dashes exactly where that peid has them – you should have an extra “1d” on the end which you should just delete. Then run that javascript on the lecture list, and the download dialog will pop up.

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  1. Maria Said,

    Hey,

    I luckily stumbled on this post after hours of searching how to download mediasite content. Not only has our prof disabled the ability to download lectures but they also become unavailable next week.

    I have tried following the instructions on your post but have not had much luck. I am getting back error messages and I know I am probably doing something wrong. I would really really appreciate your help if possible.

    Thanks,

    Maria

  2. roarlad Said,

    I’m having the same issue,
    I can see lectures, but am getting:
    A problem occurred while downloading the presentation.
    when I try to download the presentation, are you sure the
    it should read: ‘__Page’ ???
    any help would be appreciated.
    thanks

  3. Richard Said,

    I’m sorry, I just wrote about the process that worked for me. Mediasite has some alternate views, some of which don’t work with this method. In Maria’s case, for example, her school had custom-made a page with the list of videos, so this method did not work on that page. I no longer have distance education courses (nor do I expect to have any more through the rest of my education), so I doubt I can help with your problem. But yes it should read exactly as I posted, if your mediasite experience is the same as mine was.

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Hi, I'm Richard Carter! I use this blog to document particularly difficult-to-solve computer problems. My posts are written for clarity and keywords for search engines to pick up on, so that the next person that runs into the same problem will easily find my solution here and have an easier time than I had! I'm forging a path through the brush, so to speak. So if you came here by search engine, I guess it worked! Enjoy the solution to your problem.