README.md

simple video downloader(svd)

A simple downloader for common video urls passed as json.

It can download:

1. Raw videos e.g example.com/video.mp4
2. Segmented videos (hls)
3. Specific live videos (from facebook and Instagram)
4. Specific Dash xml videos

Notes

1. simple json should include url,headers & type e.g

   {
       "url":"example.com/video.mp4",
       "headers":
                   {"referer":"example.com"},
   }

2. Since creating this json could be tedious, a simple svd browser extension is provided here

Dependencies

This package depends on ffmpeg and xsel (for pasting from clipboard)

Installation

1. Clone the necessary repos and install svg package

git clone https://github.com/fskamau/svd.git svd 
git clone https://github.com/fskamau/svd-extension.git svd-extension
cd svd
pip install .

2. Load svd extension in a browser

In Firefox

• Open a browser and navigate to about:debugging.
• Then select 'This Firefox', then 'Load Temporary Add-on...'
• A file dialog will appear, navigate to svd-extension folder and load click ok.
• Please note that the extension will have to be reloaded everytime the browser is started

3. Use it!

• Navigate to desired site of your choice and wait for a video to load.
• Click on the extension and copy the url.
• Run svd and simply download the video.

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