Downloading in Incognito mode

[Bryan Nystrom]

In the new Chrome release, when using VDH to download a video while in Incognito mode, the actual download now occurs in the non-Incognito mode and Chrome keeps a history of that download unless you manually remove it.

In the prior version, when you did a download from Incognito mode, the download was run through the browsers incognito window. When you closed the incognito window, no records of the download were saved by chrome (one of the purposes of Incognito mode). 

Am I missing a new setting that will make this happen? Or am I forced to manually remove records of downloads from chromes history all the time now?

[Bryan Nystrom]

Sorry: 

VDH 7.3.3.2

Windows 10 & Ubuntu 18

Chrome 67.0.3396.87

[mig]

Are you downloading with the companion app (recommended) or the browser ?

[Bryan Nystrom]

mig

Browser. Would that make a difference? The previous version worked and downloaded in incognito mode just fine w/o the companion app.

[mig]

The previous Chrome version, 2.0.1.0, only performed downloads with the browser. This only allowed simple downloads (1 URL to 1 file) and in many cases, the download would fail because the server verifies some meta information (like the "referrer" HTTP header) that cannot be faked with browser downloads.

The latest 7.3.3.2 version still permits browser downloads for compatibility, but also offers companion app downloads which allows faking referrers and cookies for simple downloads, but also permits downloading videos streamed using HLS and DASH protocols.

In fact, there is no real benefit using browser downloads.

With coapp downloads, there is no history saved anywhere, so when you close the browser, there is no trace of your previous downloads.