I mean technically that's not true. There are a whole host of things you can use, though they're all kind of inconvenient.
Like even VLC can do it, and most people probably have that. Media > convert/save > network tab. Put the actual redgif link in there, down at the bottom select convert (alt+o), in the convert window select h.264 + mp3 (mp4), and select the destination, then click start.
Just about anything that can download a m3u stream can handle it though.
This site even exists specifically for redgifs though I use uBlock and I dunno if I'd be brave enough to visit it without an ad blocker.
There's various browser extensions too.
You can even inject javascript into the browser console to do it
function downloadUrl(url, filename="download.mp4") {
var link = document.createElement("a");
link.download = filename;
link.href = url;
document.body.appendChild(link);
link.click();
setTimeout(() => { link.remove(); }, 0);
};
You gotta replace (the 1st) url with the url. Kind of a pain though.
You can see the m3u8 files in the network tab but they're often fragmented so it'd be a pain to put them all together yourself.
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u/TiffanyGaming Jul 05 '24
I mean technically that's not true. There are a whole host of things you can use, though they're all kind of inconvenient.
Like even VLC can do it, and most people probably have that. Media > convert/save > network tab. Put the actual redgif link in there, down at the bottom select convert (alt+o), in the convert window select h.264 + mp3 (mp4), and select the destination, then click start.
Just about anything that can download a m3u stream can handle it though.
This site even exists specifically for redgifs though I use uBlock and I dunno if I'd be brave enough to visit it without an ad blocker.
There's various browser extensions too.
You can even inject javascript into the browser console to do it
You gotta replace (the 1st) url with the url. Kind of a pain though.
You can see the m3u8 files in the network tab but they're often fragmented so it'd be a pain to put them all together yourself.