- right-click on the playing video, select Copy link
- find Wistia video ID in the copied link e.g.
wvideo=tra6gsm6rl- alternative: look for e.g.
hashedId=tra6gsm6rlin the page source
- alternative: look for e.g.
- load
http://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/+ video ID in your browser - look for
"type":"original"in the page source and copy the URL from the next line e.g."url":"http://embed.wistia.com/deliveries/129720d1762175bcd8e06dcab926ec76ad38ff00.bin"- alternative: look for
"type":"hd_mp4_video"
- alternative: look for
- download the video from the URL with
.mp4extension instead of.bin
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HI guys! I created a Chrome extension that does just that in a click of a button: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/fhmlmcbfjnegdoafmfcfmhpahfegdjlp?authuser=1&hl=en
I'd really appreciate it if you can give me your feedback after trying it. Any bugs, anything I can improve on it?
Perfect thank you so much!
@berroz1 Thank you that worked. One thing I'd like is if it worked for video #3 & #6 here: https://www.shipyard.fyi/ (specifically Quin Gable & Rebecca Louise)... the rest worked.
@berroz1 Thank you that worked. One thing I'd like is if it worked for video #3 & #6 here: https://www.shipyard.fyi/ (specifically Quin Gable & Rebecca Louise)... the rest worked.
Thanks for the feedback, I'm glad the extension works for you! Regarding that website, the problem seems that the videos are loaded in a popup overlay and so aren't detected. I'll see what I can do about that.
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Hi @berroz1 Wistia admins can make any video private. It is independent of platform. Thinkfic type platforms just use the embed code to show to end users.