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Add support for videos from WeChat channels #542

Open ondayex opened 1 month ago

ondayex commented 1 month ago

describe the feature you'd like to see I would like to download videos form WeChat Channel.

describe alternatives you've considered There are currently no alternatives.

additional context add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.

wukko commented 1 month ago

can you provide some link samples?

ondayex commented 1 month ago

The videos are embedded I believe, there is no easy way to get the url (been trying for over a hour). That is also one of the issue. But I did find an alternative, which are video download bots, which you add the bots as a wechat friend and you share with them the video and then they give you a download link. So this is actually a more complicated problem since the wechat videos are within the wechat ecosystem, and the only way to view the videos are through the wechat app (mobile and desktop).

I'll look further to try to get a link.

Kukuair commented 1 month ago

https://github.com/qiye45/wechatVideoDownload

66Leo66 commented 4 weeks ago

WeChat don't even provide share links to videos. Current workarounds include packet capturing WeChat client and hosting WeChat bots. Regarding the scope of this project this feature is kinda impossible I guess.

ondayex commented 4 weeks ago

For current packet capturing, you need to install software and also have the wechat desktop. Not sure if a web app can do that.