Downloading Video From Instagram

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Online video download services

  • savefrom.net
    Requires a VPN. Doesn't work in the US. But it does successfully download IG videos with audio elsewhere.

Download via browser

This wasn't working for me for at least one video in January 2024.
  • Load the video on its own page, not within a feed.
  • Right click on the video, then click Inspect to open Chrome Developer Tools.
  • Select the Network tab.
  • Search (Cmd + F) for "mp4" or "m3u8" to locate video sources on the page.
    • Click on one of the results.
    • This should cause content to be loaded in the Preview subtab, still under Network.
    • Click on the Headers subtab (same level as the Response tab.)
    • This should display a Request URL under the General section.
    • Copy the Request URL link.
  • Paste that request URL into a new browser tab.
    • Remove the bytestart and byteend parameters from the URL.
    • Now hit enter to process that request without those two parameters in the URL.
    • The video should be displayed but it won't have audio. Apparently Facebook delivers video and audio separately.
    • Right click on the video and select Download.

TODO

Figure out how to download the audio file and stitch it back together with the video using either VLC or ffmpeg.

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