Neat project! cobalt.tools already supports bluesky video downloads FYI.
Thanks for mentioning Cobalt. Looks really neat and supports all the places I might need to download videos from.
Show HN: I made a Bluesky video downloader
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Re: Show HN: I made a Bluesky video downloader
#32Am I missing something, or are you just concatenating the MPEG-TS segments and slapping an .mp4 file extension on the end? This is not an MP4 file, and won't play in anything that expects .mp4 files to be MP4 files. (It'll still work in a surprising number of places because most players ignore the file extension and sniff the content anyway) To make this work properly, you need to mux it into an mp4 container. e.g. f…
Clearly, he based it on the open-source code from GitHub, which simply concatenates the MPEG-TS segments and adds an .mp4 file extension at the end. You can check out my previous work on a download site for the Bluesky platform at https://blueskyvideodownload.com , which runs smoothly and returns the correct video.
Fascinating, your site looks so similar I wouldn't be surprised if one was a clone of the other.
But, I checked yours out and can confirm that it returns a correctly muxed MP4.
Maybe if you both open-sourced your codebases we could've avoided this duplication ;)
Re: Show HN: I made a Bluesky video downloader
#33I strongly dislike this new trend of "SEO" spam titles for show HN posts. Show some respect to the community and quit using us as a link-building platform!
Well it certainly matches the way they've written the copy on the page.
Re: Show HN: I made a Bluesky video downloader
#34Off topic but related… With so many ways to get around downloading videos/media like this for example, I will never understand why companies don’t just allow videos to be saved like a picture. Add a simple download button to make it obvious and simple for users to download a video. For example, Tiktok has this, and just adds their watermark to the downloaded video. It’s just a false sense of security to users when th…
It keeps 95% of people from downloading it.
Re: Show HN: I made a Bluesky video downloader
#35It is a shame that "decentralized" social network does not allow you to download videos
Everyone connects to the Bluesky PDS (Personal Data Server) otherwise they won’t have anyone to interact with. Similar story on Mastodon.
Decentralized in protocol only. Not in practice.
Re: Show HN: I made a Bluesky video downloader
#36I strongly dislike this new trend of "SEO" spam titles for show HN posts. Show some respect to the community and quit using us as a link-building platform!
How does this post brake rules?
Re: Show HN: I made a Bluesky video downloader
#37On firefox you can click the lock icon in the address bar -> connection secure -> more information -> media tab -> sort by 'Type' to find 'Video' -> rightclick that entry and click 'Copy' -> paste in address bar of new tab -> rightclick video -> 'Save video As' This works on most websites that serve you videos.
This does not work for sites that serve videos in a segmented format, such as bluesky
I downloaded a video off bluesky this way before posting, I didn't check if the whole video got downloaded though, just the extension.
You are right that some websites give you .m3u or some kind of .htm that is not the actual video this way.
Re: Show HN: I made a Bluesky video downloader
#38Off topic but related… With so many ways to get around downloading videos/media like this for example, I will never understand why companies don’t just allow videos to be saved like a picture. Add a simple download button to make it obvious and simple for users to download a video. For example, Tiktok has this, and just adds their watermark to the downloaded video. It’s just a false sense of security to users when th…
They want to spy on what you are doing when browsing their website, giving you a video without hoops to jump through stops them from doing that.
They don't really care if you have a good time or if you really watch the video, it's just a bait.
Re: Show HN: I made a Bluesky video downloader
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Clearly, he based it on the open-source code from GitHub, which simply concatenates the MPEG-TS segments and adds an .mp4 file extension at the end. You can check out my previous work on a download site for the Bluesky platform at https://blueskyvideodownload.com , which runs smoothly and returns the correct video.
Fascinating, your site looks so similar I wouldn't be surprised if one was a clone of the other. But, I checked yours out and can confirm that it returns a correctly muxed MP4. Maybe if you both open-sourced your codebases we could've avoided this duplication ;)
Haha, I appreciate the observation! As a backend developer, I’m definitely more comfortable with the backend processes. But I also used Claude for the frontend, and while AI helps maintain a consistent aesthetic, it does lead to similar responses for everyone. That’s one of the downsides of relying on AI!