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Re: Show HN: Trott – search,sort,extract social media videos(ig,yt,tiktok)

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Post by sudo712 » Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 1:22 AM UTC

lazyfanatic42 wrote: post #3

I'm too old for this world of massive youtube videos as my front page, I also don't have a "scroll" because I actively avoid the scrolling habit now because I think it is really really bad for you.

I understand that. My frustration was that when I save a video, I have to scroll through a massive list of videos and have to guess which one is which by looking into thumbnails. Seemed like such a waste, hence I made this. I cant completely give up instagram, and I love some of the content there like the travel and food videos, so I would like to make the most out of my time

Re: Show HN: Trott – search,sort,extract social media videos(ig,yt,tiktok)

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Post by sudo712 » Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 1:26 AM UTC

gala8y wrote: post #6

There is a lot of quality content on these platforms, no doubt. I would much prefer to be able to download a reel or a whole account easily (using, say, Instaloader), without needing to climb their gardens' walls (obviously something which gets harder and harder), instead of their UIs.

I don't have a web version yet, but my app works with just url too, so that you can use it like Instaloader, and you will still get all the data in the video, already summarized and important bits extracted and highlighted. I am not storing the video locally because it seems that storing locally only provides me with the advantage of playing the video offline.

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