I’m not a programmer so I’m probably not using the right words but when I’m in Firefox and press F12 to get to the console (?) where can I find the address of the video that’s currently displayed on the page (to download with wget or yt-dlp)? I tried element picker but nothing that looks like an address appeared.

TIA!

  • moonpiedumplings@programming.devEnglish
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    10 days ago

    yt-dlp video_url if the site is supported by yt-dlp.

    If the site is not supported, F12 only works sometimes. Many sites use some form of encryption or obfuscation to try to prevent you from downloading.

    I’ve had good luck with Xtreme download manager. It’s FOSS, and has a browser extension that automatically detects videos and gives you the option to download them.