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Twitch VOD/Clip Downloader - Chat Download/Render/Replay
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Download Chat from Deleted Vods #680

Open TheMadog24 opened 1 year ago

TheMadog24 commented 1 year ago

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Using the m3u8 file/link allows you to grab deleted Vods, and even sub-only vods, and there are plenty of ways for users to grab those links.

So, my suggestion is to allow us to use those m3u8 links to download the chat. I know it currently doesn't work, it only accepts links with VOD IDs, and I'm not sure if those chat replays are even kept, like the Vods are.

It might not be possible, and if not, apologies.

ScrubN commented 1 year ago

Downloading via m3u8 links would be alright I guess.

As far chats from sub/deleted vods that's not such an easy problem. I am certain that deleted vods will not have the chat replay on any frontfacing API. If you unpublish one of your own vods then you will notice the seekbar, chat replay, and a few other things disappear from the interface despite you being the broadcaster and having highest privilege to your own content. I haven't watched a sub only vod in about 3 years so I can't say anything about them. Maybe there is a privileged API to access those with OAuth?

Also m3u8s are media playlist files; all they do is tell the media player where the media chunks are. Neither the video ID nor chat replays are referenced by the m3u8 or the http response headers when calling upon the m3u8.

TheMadog24 commented 1 year ago

Ah, alright, that all makes sense. If there is no way to get the chat or even the VOD ID from the m3u8 file, then I see no real reason to even attempt it. Apologies for that, and I do appreciate the information.