On pages where video content is not automatically found, select the 'Analyze page' button can assist in finding video content. When available video content is found on the page, the DownloadHelper Icon will become colorized. The video downloading tool is activated by selecting the Video DownloadHelper icon near the center of the ToolBox navbar. This tool has additional features, please see the resource site link below. The primary purpose of this page is to provide a basic introduction to the Video DownloadHelper Tool and its use. The Video DownloadHelper Tool provides ToolBox users the functionality to download videos from supported sites, depending on user-based options and settings. Please reach out to Authenitc8 Support for additional assistance. The adverse performance effects of running such post-processing on our browser infrastructure imply the need for alternative video collection methods. Investigation into the sites that stopped working indicates that they have switched their streaming technologies and now separate out audio and video channels. Converting these separate streams to downloadable formats requires purpose-built, dedicated post-processing infrastructure, and we have not supported this reconstitution capability due to its negative impact on the user’s browsing experience. Some websites separate the audio and video content into independent files, which must then be processed and reconstituted into a single video. Video DownloadHelper is a widely-deployed extension for this purpose, and as implemented on our platform, supports downloading a range of common video formats, including MP4, WEBM and AVI. Please read the following before continuing with the instructions.Ĭustomers have observed increased difficulties downloading video content that is hosted on third party web sites.Īuthentic8 provides access to the Video DownloadHelper browser extension within Toolbox as a tool for analysts to download video content from various web resources.

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