This tutorial was meant to teach you how to download HD Trailers from MTV.

Where to find the trailers:
You should be able find most of MTV’s HD Movie Trailers on this page: MTV Movies | Trailers. HD trailers would be marked with a giant blue “WATCH THIS IN HD” button.

What to do once you decide on the trailer you want:
Go to the trailer page itself and you should noticed below the bottom right corner of the video player, you’ll see “Watch this in HD: 720p“. It looks like the only HD resolution they carry is 720p. At this point you should view the source and search for the following term: MTVN.Player.launchHD. The url immediately following that is the direct download link. Hover mouse over the following text to see sample url: Sample URL

How to download the actual trailer:
The final step is easy. You’ve already got the direct link to the actual HD trailer. You can now open it in your browser and File > Save it or you can use a file download tool like wget or curl.

Why aren’t direct download links provided in the blog posts:
These download links appear to append a key that is required to download (the part after __gda__). The key appears to be unique across browsers and sessions, and it expires in several hours after it was first generated. Without the key or with an expired key, you get a 403 Forbidden error:

An error occurred while processing your request.

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Therefore I’m unable to post direct download links for MTV HD trailers, but with this guide, I hope you’ll be able to craft up your own unique URL.