Saving Video Streamed Via Blob URLs
Overview
For example, if you inspect the video source on sites like Reddit or Instagram, you'll find the source url starts with "blob:https://etc.etc"
Process
- Play the video on the page. Open Developer Tools in Chrome.
- Navigate to the Network tab.
- Click the Media sub-tab.
- Now on the left, the Name panel should filter out everything except video sources.
- Click on the source representing the video being played on the page.
- Select the Headers tab in the panel to the right of the Name panel.
- Under General > Request URL, the real URL of the video is displayed. Copy this URL.
- Open VLC.
- File > Open Network ( CMD + N )