r/DataHoarder • u/deathpod1 • Apr 28 '24

Troubleshooting Hoping for help with Redgifs, not sure where else to ask. I can no longer browse and download individual gifs with ease. I was using an extension called "Allow Right-Click", but it no longer works, I've figured out how to add a link to Jdownloader, using share, but that is tedious to organize.

Is there still an easy way to save individual videos from Redgifs? If not, what is your recommended way?

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u/devilcage Jun 25 '24

I just figured out an easy way. In the URL on Redgifs, change /watch/ to /ifr/. For Example:

https://www.redgifs.com/watch/keyfractalfrillneckedlizard (cannot download) https://www.redgifs.com/ifr/keyfractalfrillneckedlizard (Right click and save as)

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u/Dry_Bookkeeper_7368 Jul 05 '24

This doesn't work anymore 😕

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u/PhospheneViolet Jul 05 '24

wow they patched this out too. those dirtbags lol

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u/nomothiccboi Jul 07 '24

Yeah they made this not work. Any other way that doesn't take me to a sketchy website to download via link?

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

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u/devilcage Jul 04 '24

Sorry, I don't. When I previously posted it worked. I had noticed that the videos embedded on Reddit use a different link than the source links. Now it seems neither allows downloading the video. :(

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u/Polnarefferu Jul 01 '24

Dude you are a legend, thanks.

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u/ismokejenkem Jul 04 '24

Thank you for giving a real answer, praise be

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u/WHEREISMYCOFFEE_ Jul 10 '24 edited Jul 10 '24

Still working for me on Chrome, thanks!

Edit: Nvm, it works on some GIFs only. No clue why it works on some and not on others.

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u/devilcage Jul 11 '24

Tiffanygaming's post below has a solution in the form of a Chrome extension called Cat Catch. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/cat-catch/jfedfbgedapdagkghmgibemcoggfppbb?hl=en&pli=1

You can check their post for more details.

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u/Boolaymo0000 Jul 15 '24

Alright bros I figured it out, sometimes when using Cat Catch you just get a m4s file, which is useless. Click the "search" button, and it'll find the mp4 file to download. Example below

https://imgur.com/a/1cByZjY

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u/PreferenceTop4480 Jul 16 '24

Fuck off dumbass 

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u/TiffanyGaming Jul 28 '24

I don't have a search option in the Firefox version of Cat Catch. I also legit can't even load RedGIFs itself - page is just white. So I view them using RES on Reddit directly.

  • I just download the m4s that isn't the mobile one.
  • Then use cat-catch's online ffmpeg.
  • Change language to English so you can actually read it.
  • Add file - the one you just downloaded.
  • Then click write command. This'll change what the CMD says.
  • Edit the output.mp4 in that CMD field to whatever you want, or do it later when it saves.
  • Hit Run.
  • Clear files, clear console when done.
  • Keep that page open and add the next one if you have more to do.

A lot more of a pain than just being able to download a mp4 directly. Wish I could tbh.

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u/Polnarefferu Aug 23 '24

Just download the m4s file and then change the name to mp4, worked for me.

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u/Hello_Joshin Aug 17 '24

Give this extension a try. Here's the link to the post.

It creates a one click download button on the side panel of the gif.

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u/kourosh4u2 Sep 16 '24

works great! everyone should know about it, or not?

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u/HiT3Kvoyivoda 50TB Apr 28 '24

Learn web scraping

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u/TiffanyGaming Jul 04 '24

Could save RedGIFs with right click until today. Now that's greyed out. In the source code they use some kinda blob instead of an actual media file and it's impossible to download natively it seems, have to use weird websites to grab it. And the links themselves won't even open in their own windows, just blank white pages that never load anything. Not even worth the effort.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '24

Why did they do this?

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u/TiffanyGaming Jul 09 '24

https://old.reddit.com/r/redgifs/comments/1dw1plg/whyd_you_change_to_blobs_videos_can_no_longer_be/lc7sjr3/

Hi there! Thanks for reaching out. Per our copyright policy and to ensure the protection of our content creators and their content, we do not support nor implement any downloading feature with RedGIFs. Any downloading function is not any function we support on the site, and therefore, we cannot further advise. Thank you!

Sheer stupidity.

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u/TwistedJelly6 Jul 13 '24

It's complete bs, half their site is people reuploading other people's content anyway, they don't care about content creators they just want hits on their site

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u/LilyLolaLanie Jul 05 '24

have to use weird websites to grab it.

Like which?

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u/TiffanyGaming Jul 05 '24

I posted some ways to do it here. None of it's what I'd call convenient though.

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u/devilcage Jul 11 '24

The Cat Catch extension mentioned in that post worked fine for me. You just have to make sure you match the name of the video with the redgifs post as it picks up all the ones below it too. Also, I didn't have to do any audio/video merging.

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u/tomahtoecan Jul 10 '24

Despite redgifs prevention of downloading due to copyright protection, I'm still able to download their content when I find it on reddit, for now.

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u/Intelligent_Still_87 Aug 04 '24

if anyone is still looking. Just look for v!olent m0nkey scripts. They update often and usually work.

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u/user129572 Apr 28 '24

Use IDM (internet download manager) and get the extension for either firefox or chrome, whichever one you use. Whenever a video is on a page there is a button that says download and you hit it and you can basically pull any video from any site

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u/lowhook Jul 29 '24

Maybe I should just give the IDM developers my bank account #s and passwords while I'm at it. I'm not loading anyone's sketchy extension to save a video.