Re:Show HN: I made a Bluesky video downloader that can downl...
by Equal46 on Friday October 25, 2024 @08:03AM
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Clearly, he based it on the open-source code from GitHub, which simply concatenates the MPEG-TS segments and adds an .mp4 file extension at the end. You can check out my previous work on a download site for the Bluesky platform at https://blueskyvideodownload.com, which runs smoothly and returns the correct video.
Re:Show HN: I made a Bluesky video downloader that can downl...
by Retr0id on Friday October 25, 2024 @08:07AM
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Fascinating, your site looks so similar I wouldn't be surprised if one was a clone of the other.
But, I checked yours out and can confirm that it returns a correctly muxed MP4.
Maybe if you both open-sourced your codebases we could've avoided this duplication ;)
Re:Show HN: I made a Bluesky video downloader that can downl...
by Equal46 on Friday October 25, 2024 @08:29AM
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Haha, I appreciate the observation! As a backend developer, I’m definitely more comfortable with the backend processes. But I also used Claude for the frontend, and while AI helps maintain a consistent aesthetic, it does lead to similar responses for everyone. That’s one of the downsides of relying on AI!
Re:Show HN: I made a Bluesky video downloader that can downl...
by yangxiaobo on Friday October 25, 2024 @11:15AM
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Great suggestion, haha!
Re:Show HN: I made a Bluesky video downloader that can downl...
by yangxiaobo on Friday October 25, 2024 @10:12AM
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Your website looks great, and the downloaded videos work fine. Thumbs up to you!
Re:Show HN: I made a Bluesky video downloader that can downl...
by yangxiaobo on Friday October 25, 2024 @10:06AM
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Thank you very much for your feedback. I downloaded the video through this program, but it couldn't be played in the default player. However, it worked in another video player. I initially thought the issue was with my default player, but it seems there’s a slight flaw in the video downloaded by the program. Thank you for your feedback; I'll fix it as soon as possible.
Re:Show HN: I made a Bluesky video downloader that can downl...
by yangxiaobo on Friday October 25, 2024 @11:13AM
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As you mentioned, it was indeed just a simple change of the .mp4 extension. I have now fixed this issue using ffmpeg, as you suggested. Thank you very much for your feedback.
To make this work properly, you need to mux it into an mp4 container. e.g.
(there are, hopefully, libraries for doing this that don't involve bundling the whole of ffmpeg)