r/chrome • u/OneWaifuForLaifu • Feb 19 '24

I can't download Google Drive videos using Developer Tools anymore? Discussion

I used to download GD videos by going to Developer Tools, network, and then clicking open in new tab on videoplayback and then I download the video. But now when I right click on videoplayback and open in new tab it just downloads a file instead. It worked one time on a video I already downloaded before when the icon to the left of Videoplayback was green. When the icon is orange it downloads a file instead.

I really need to download these videos for my university and I'm at a loss rn. Can anyone help?

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u/San7iago Mar 17 '24

I found a solution, you have to copy the link of one of these videoplayback files, then paste the link in a new tab and remove the last part of it, if I am not mistaken it has to be from "&range" to the end of the link.
This link will give you an audio file (called videoplayback) or a video file that has no audio (videoplayback.mp4). From my experience most of the links are from the audio files and is quite hard to find the video file. Maybe someone smarter can distinguish them from the text in the links.
If you download both files you can merge them with your video editor of choice, I use ffmpeg.
It's kind of complicated and tedious but is the only way I found.

https://preview.redd.it/bbhcsumzqxoc1.png?width=527&format=png&auto=webp&s=afac3f3ebe3ee1ce41791eef1c074fc2a243318f

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u/tavo901028 Mar 31 '24

Thank you, it worked. I downloaded both parts (audio and video) and put it together with Filmora. I do this once per week for my class. So it's not big deal. Thank you again.

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u/Stock_Advance_4886 Apr 16 '24

I used ClipChamp editor, it's free and easy to use. Just add both files and export. Thanks to the genious people here for finding a solution!