I found blob:https://www.facebook.com/c7e5a634-2343-4464-a03e-4a1987301ca1 video source on Facebook's private group and I really can't download the video by entering the url nor am I able to decode. Is there any way to decode this?
<video height="274" width="476" preload="auto" style="" class="_ox1 _21y0 _1_d1" data-video-width="476" data-video-height="274" data-original-aspect-ratio="1.7387058423913" id="u_0_27" src="blob:https://www.facebook.com/dc89feae-5b46-4103-8ee9-da7d7630ca94"></video>
This method will get the video and its audio AS SEPARATE FILES. The downloaded video will have no sound, but you will be able to download its audio file and connect it to the video in some video editing program if you need to.
In Google Chrome, go to Facebook.
Open the Chrome Developer Tools (F12).
Go to the Network tab in the Developer Tools (it's at the top of the Developer Tools window)
Play the video you would like to download on Facebook. Let it play for a few seconds and look at the Network tab during that. Long strings of numbers will appear every couple of seconds.
Right click one of those strings, then go Copy>Copy link address
Paste (CTRL+V) the link you copied somewhere (eg Notepad) and remove "&bytestart=3684046&byteend=3862768" from the end.
So I have a link like:
https://scontent-waw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t66.18014-6/46772657_738781116188283_6399514850013601801_n.mp4?_nc_cat=107&efg=4yJ7ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6ImRhc2hfb2VwX2hxMl9mcmFnXzJfdmlkZW8ifQ%3D%3D&_nc_ht=scontent-waw1-xx&oh=91a5abdd5608768a05fd884773a45802&oe=5C29B042
&bytestart=3684046&byteend=3862768
After you cut the bold part out, the link that points to the full .mp4 or .webm of the video is:
https://scontent-waw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t66.18014-6/46772657_738781116188283_6399514850013601801_n.mp4?_nc_cat=107&efg=4yJ7ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6ImRhc2hfb2VwX2hxMl9mcmFnXzJfdmlkZW8ifQ%3D%3D&_nc_ht=scontent-waw1-xx&oh=91a5abdd5608768a05fd884773a45802&oe=5C29B042
Open the modified link, right click the video inside and select "Save video as..."
Sometimes, when you open the link you may get just the audio of the video instead of the video itself.
That's because Facebook downloads the audio and video separately. Just try repeating steps 5-7 with a different string of numbers till you get it right. Instructions to reduce the chance of accidentally picking an audio link are below.
If you need to download many videos and don't want to guess whether your link points to audio or video, type larger-than: 50k (or more) in the Filter field in the Network tab. You can also click the XHR button in Filters so it doesn't show non-video files like FB images.
You can download an FB video in a chrome browser with no plugins / other software required. (As long as you are logged into FB and have permission to view the video).
open up the video and r.click for Get Video URL (copy it) -if you have the option "Copy URL at current time", use that option instead of "Show video URL"
paste that address into another tab and replace the www with m e.g. https://m.facebook.com/MusicIsMagico/videos/2645908645633407/?t=0
play the video, while it's playing open the dev tools and go to the elements tab
search for mp4 till you find a source address that's inside the
video tags - which will be inside a div that also contains another address with forward slashes and .mp4 in it.
e.g.
https://video.fmel5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t42.9040-2/10000000_1804934796220974_2070197824632389632_n.mp4?_nc_cat=1&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InN2ZV9zZCJ9&oh=785f223b80388c820f79b9a49c1dfc39&oe=5B73B10B
copy this source address. When you copy the address, chrome (if that's what you are using) does the html replacement for the ampersand characters. You will need to put them back. So replace the "& a m p ;" (< had to space that so it doesn't get converted here) separators in the address with just & - use notepad find and replace or something ) and paste in another tab. Drop any parts of the URL that have frame sizing etc.. so you address should look like this:
https://video.fmel5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t42.9040-2/10000000_1804934796220974_2070197824632389632_n.mp4?_nc_cat=1&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InN2ZV9zZCJ9&oh=5f241d3c08d5c819b0c3810d0e21d73b&oe=5B73BF1B
this will load
your browsers default html video player which has a download button
this will all only work if you are logged into FB and have permission to view the video (doesnt' work incognito)
Getting the right URL can take a bit of playing around but it works when you've got it right
Another alternative that worked in Firefox in Feb 2021:
Open the post's permalink
Change the page's URL - replace www with m and load that
Now use Inspector to navigate down to the div containing the video object - and the video URL will be a direct link
Copy-paste that URL into your browser, or create an anchor link to that URL and load your link and right-click to save destination.
It downloads as mp4 including video and audio.
Update, 2 Jul 2021
When I followed my own steps today, pasting the mp4 URL returned a page giving the following error:
Bad URL timestamp
However, I still found a work-around.
Side note: One of the containing divs has ID mobile_injected_video_feed_pagelet.
Facebook now injects the video element when you hit the play button.
That VIDEO element contains the URL you need. The URL does contain "MP4" in the path.
What I did was:
Open Inspector
Hit "Play" on the video
While the video is playing, find the VIDEO element and copy the URL from the VIDEO element
Paste that into a new tab
The new tab would show a smaller thumbnail of the video
Right-click the thumbnail and save the media to your PC
You must hit play for the VIDEO element to appear in the page source.
I'm using Firefox but any browser with an inspector should work.
Add this extension to your chrome browser to download FB videos:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-downloader-plus/njgehaondchbmjmajphnhlojfnbfokng
Once installed, go play the video and click the fb downloader icon (Downward Arrow icon) and choose your desired resolution.
I use Blob Video Downloader extension. It takes a few mins but it opens a new tab with a button to download video. I try it with a 1min video 720p.
For video that is in this blob format
or other formats served by Facebook with the intent to hide the ability to download, you can try loading the page without Javascript. They will serve you a version that is compatible, which means directlink
Tested working 11-2020
I assemble here the necessary steps from the different answers :
Facebook downloads the audio and the video separately, so get the
audio link from the google chrome inspector, by right click on the
video and choosing inspect ,going to Inspector, Network Tab, and
checking the links, use filter:larger-than:50k in the filter area to
select bigger files (change 50k according to the length of your
video), look in the results for mp4 or wav links, remove
&bytestart=number_here &byteend =number_here from the end of the
link, open it and download the audio
Get the video link from the google chrome inspector, using same
steps above, open the link and download the video
Now in order to mix the audio and the video, we need to use ffmeg :
Download ffmpeg build for your OS from its website, use this link
Extract the downloaded zip file
Open your command line tool and cd to :
\Downloads\ffmpeg-2021-04-28-git-1ab74bc193-full_build\ffmpeg-2021-04-28-git-1ab74bc193-full_build\bin
(change according to which version you downloaded)
Assume the input files are in the current folder, the output will be
generated in the current folder too
Mix the audio and the video with ffmpeg using command :
.\ffmpeg.exe -i video.ext -i audio.ext -c:v copy -c:a aac output.mp4
I want to implement an online radio that will live in my own server and admin will have the option to select mp3 files just as they do in a media player play list. And admin will also be able to pause the mp3 file playing and start broadcasting from the microphone input.
in order to implement that in an online Linux server -
1) which source client should I use that will be easy to fulfill my requirements ?
2) Should the mp3 files be uploaded in the server first to give the admin the ability to select it from there or should the ability be such that the mp3 files will be selected by browsing the hard drive? Which one is better for performance ?
just use Sam Broadcaster... its a software that is specially designed to be able to use your mic and play mp3, then send them to the icecast server, there are a couple of guides around the web, but overall its a simple program, its what i use at least, you dont need to upload anything either
I want something similar to this:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/video-download-ibolt-downloader/id481606548?mt=8
I want to detect there is any video in web page and want to download that stream into iphone device.
In console media players tells that it is setting the movie path to some URL. There must be a way to download stream and save in local device.
P.S: I know how to download a video file. I want it using online streaming or from sites which does not provide a download link.
P.S++: Video download from HTML + UIWebView is not helpful.
Thanks.
The post is old but it might be worth to clear this
Those apps are probably using undocumented API. Apple doesn't accept private API when apps are submitted to the app store, however they might not be looking for usage of undocumented notifications
You can find more information in here and here
Those apps show you the download button after you click video, and after the video starts. So probably they are listening for media playback notifications and get the url from MPMoviePlayer instance.
By the way, apple doesn't allow apps that download videos from youtube. There might be some apps on the app store that does that, but I recently got rejected because of this. It might not be worth the hassle, as most big video streaming websites don't want people downloading their videos and work hard to make sure that they don't.
I am working with a group at developing an app that will essentially be a 'radio' app. One view that will just play whatever audio is streaming at the time, and another view or two of archives to listen to past programs. What I am working on right now is how to assemble the view to play. The site in question is on-this-rock.org and the source for playing is here
Any suggestions for how I can best go about building the player to stream in the audio, without needing the rest of the site graphics?
Thanks
The stream URL is actually:
http://s4.voscast.com:8080/
This is just a SHOUTcast stream. You can build your radio player to connect directly to it. No need for the HTML/Flash on the website itself.
You can find this easily by looking at your browser tool's network tab, or by using a tool such as Fiddler or Wireshark.
I can see this video through VLC: http://webtv.camera.it/cartelloaula.asx
But I want to see it through Flash. Is it possible?
If yes, how?
It can be played in Flash. Here's a tutorial from Adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/learning_guide/video/part04.html
Modified steps from the article for your specific situation:
Select File > Import > Import video. The Import Video Wizard is displayed.
Select "Already deployed to a web server" and enter the URL.
Click "Next".
Choose the skin you like and "Next"
Click "Finish"
Note that this is not streaming video. This is just a plain old progressive download video. Streaming involves using a server component that sends video packets requested by the client and can provide server side seek and pause functionality among other features. When you just load a video onto a web server, the video is downloaded like any other asset (like an image), and played by the client.