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Sergii Sergii
Apr 18, 2023, 11:20:58 AM4/18/23
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Hello, I use VDH for Chrome during many years. I have license. But some time ago started having trouble recording on a certain site (links below). I have read the opinions and ways here and I am using the merging of the two files to create a complete record. But it is extremely inconvenient. Again, there has never been a problem with the sound and video connection before. Thanks in advance
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Wild Willy
Apr 18, 2023, 12:45:45 PM4/18/23
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In order to get the video, I had to click the link labeled "Video" below the image of the
product. Clicking that link caused VDH to recognize the content on the page without
actually launching playback of the video. This might be because I'm in the US & the site
is the Italy branch of the organization. It was a minor inconvenience.
In any case, I ran ffprobe on the master manifests I found in the VDH Hit Details. In
both cases, we have audio tracks shared by multiple video tracks. This triggers a known
bug in VDH. It can't figure out how to correctly interpret a master manifest in which
the same audio track is paired multiple times with different video tracks.
If you want to avoid having to download separate audio & video tracks then merge them,
you can do either of 2 things. You can simply leave the 2 tracks separate & play them
using the VLC synchronous playback feature. Or you can learn how to use ffmpeg,
something I'm sure you've come across in your searches of this forum. If you continue to
use VDH, you will continue to have to do separate downloads. If you learn how to use
ffmpeg instead of VDH, then you will be able to do just a single download, & the video &
audio will already be combined into a single file.
It's up to you. You might find this link helpful for learning about the various things
you will need:
https://groups.google.com/g/video-downloadhelper-q-and-a/c/BzPLK2YyL-s
product. Clicking that link caused VDH to recognize the content on the page without
actually launching playback of the video. This might be because I'm in the US & the site
is the Italy branch of the organization. It was a minor inconvenience.
In any case, I ran ffprobe on the master manifests I found in the VDH Hit Details. In
both cases, we have audio tracks shared by multiple video tracks. This triggers a known
bug in VDH. It can't figure out how to correctly interpret a master manifest in which
the same audio track is paired multiple times with different video tracks.
If you want to avoid having to download separate audio & video tracks then merge them,
you can do either of 2 things. You can simply leave the 2 tracks separate & play them
using the VLC synchronous playback feature. Or you can learn how to use ffmpeg,
something I'm sure you've come across in your searches of this forum. If you continue to
use VDH, you will continue to have to do separate downloads. If you learn how to use
ffmpeg instead of VDH, then you will be able to do just a single download, & the video &
audio will already be combined into a single file.
It's up to you. You might find this link helpful for learning about the various things
you will need:
https://groups.google.com/g/video-downloadhelper-q-and-a/c/BzPLK2YyL-s
Wild Willy
Apr 18, 2023, 12:53:09 PM4/18/23
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I forgot to mention one other thing. The fact that it used to work differently is not
really surprising. Web sites change the way they do things all the time. If it causes
some inconvenience for those of us who want to download their content, too bad. Most web
sties don't care about people trying to download their content. If the site does not
show a button labeled "Download," they don't care about us. We are on our own. How
things used to work is something you need to forget about. It is of no consequence now
how things used to work. Be concerned only with how things work now. Things changed.
You have to adapt. There's no avoiding it. I don't see a "Download" button on that site
so they clearly had no intention of accommodating people who want to download their
content. There's no use complaining to them. They probably never even considered the
possibility that anybody might want to download their content. So just do whatever you
can to accomplish your goals. It looks like you can download this content using either
VDH or ffmpeg so be happy that much at least works.
really surprising. Web sites change the way they do things all the time. If it causes
some inconvenience for those of us who want to download their content, too bad. Most web
sties don't care about people trying to download their content. If the site does not
show a button labeled "Download," they don't care about us. We are on our own. How
things used to work is something you need to forget about. It is of no consequence now
how things used to work. Be concerned only with how things work now. Things changed.
You have to adapt. There's no avoiding it. I don't see a "Download" button on that site
so they clearly had no intention of accommodating people who want to download their
content. There's no use complaining to them. They probably never even considered the
possibility that anybody might want to download their content. So just do whatever you
can to accomplish your goals. It looks like you can download this content using either
VDH or ffmpeg so be happy that much at least works.
Iryna
Apr 18, 2023, 2:27:15 PM4/18/23
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Thnks. I'll try to work with ffmpeg. But I don't know how in my case. Vedeo doesn/t have personal link... But I'm going to investigate.
вторник, 18 апреля 2023 г. в 18:53:09 UTC+2, Wild Willy:
Wild Willy
Apr 18, 2023, 10:55:24 PM4/18/23
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Iryna, perhaps you could give us a proper problem report. I gave this link to Sergii
above but it would probably be useful to you as well:
https://groups.google.com/g/video-downloadhelper-q-and-a/c/BzPLK2YyL-s
First, read the frist 2 paragraphs you'll find there. Then, there are several strings
within the text of that page that you ought to look for:
problem report
stealth quote
cannot download
In each case, there is a link provided. Click the link, read what you find, & follow the
advice. The "cannot download" reference takes you to a tutorial on how to use ffmpeg.
You will discover that I learned things as I went along so you should read the whole
tutorial before you try anything yourself.
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above but it would probably be useful to you as well:
https://groups.google.com/g/video-downloadhelper-q-and-a/c/BzPLK2YyL-s
First, read the frist 2 paragraphs you'll find there. Then, there are several strings
within the text of that page that you ought to look for:
problem report
stealth quote
cannot download
In each case, there is a link provided. Click the link, read what you find, & follow the
advice. The "cannot download" reference takes you to a tutorial on how to use ffmpeg.
You will discover that I learned things as I went along so you should read the whole
tutorial before you try anything yourself.
When you respond, use the Reply all button. DO NOT USE the Reply to author button. I do
not respond to anything I receive from Reply to author.
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