HELP! Issue with Smart Naming (with examples)

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marcwolf60

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Jul 10, 2018, 4:21:35 AM7/10/18
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Hi.
I am using Google Chrome  Version 67.0.3396.99 (Official Build) (64-bit)  with VideoDownloadHelper version Version 7.3.3.2. I do have the premium paid version and am signed in to Google Chrome.

I need some help with the Smart Rules.
I subscribe to this site www.stanwinstonschool.com and will download the files for future reference.  When  I am in the site I am using my valid login in details.
With the previous VDH I used smart naming to save the video under the name  217_JGRO2_05_Lo.mp4

With the new smart naming how can I accomplish this. It is vital that I get this working since I record these and then watch away from the net.

I have attached the HIT of the page and also the full page source.  The key field I am interested in is the URLFilename

Many thanks
Dave

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mig

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Jul 10, 2018, 4:34:36 AM7/10/18
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In the next few days, there will be an update of VDH for Chrome (7.3.4.0) with some changes in the smartnaming.

For now, only the Firefox beta version has those changes. Would you mind using Firefox, install VDH beta from https://www.downloadhelper.net/firefox/betas and check if this solves your problem ? The soon-to-come Chrome version will work exactly the same way.

marcwolf60

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Jul 10, 2018, 8:41:39 AM7/10/18
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Many thanks.
I went back to square one and added an XPath helper to my browser.
This monstrosity gets my file name

substring-after(substring-after(substring-after(substring-after(substring-before(//video[@class='jw-video jw-reset']/@src,'?'),'//'),'/'),'/'),'/')

Again thanks
Dave

mig

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Jul 10, 2018, 8:45:13 AM7/10/18
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That the kind of hacking i love  :) Congrats !

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