Download Wistia videos - Please do not misuse it!

Wistia-download-videos.md

Download Wistia videos

1. right-click on the playing video, select Copy link
2. find Wistia video ID in the copied link e.g. wvideo=tra6gsm6rl
   • alternative: look for e.g. hashedId=tra6gsm6rl in the page source
3. load http://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/ + video ID in your browser
4. look for "type":"original" in the page source and copy the URL from the next line e.g. "url":"http://embed.wistia.com/deliveries/129720d1762175bcd8e06dcab926ec76ad38ff00.bin"
   • alternative: look for "type":"hd_mp4_video"
5. download the video from the URL with .mp4 extension instead of .bin

Thanks for the tool works 10/10.

I created a little website based on this that gets all asset urls, which fit my use case better. Maybe its helpful for some as well: https://jannispaul.github.io/wisita-url-fetcher/

The Wistia Video Downloader Extension has just been removed from the Google Chrome Store and my browser now flags it as malware so I can't use it anymore. Yesterday it was working beautifully, today I can't use the extension. The browser won't even let me turn it back on. This site just became my saving grace. Thank you for putting this together.

I created a little website based on this that gets all asset urls, which fit my use case better. Maybe its helpful for some as well: https://jannispaul.github.io/wisita-url-fetcher/

The Wistia Video Downloader Extension has just been removed from the Google Chrome Store and my browser now flags it as malware so I can't use it anymore. Yesterday it was working beautifully, today I can't use the extension. The browser won't even let me turn it back on. This site just became my saving grace. Thank you for putting this together.

I've analysed to extension's source code for version 4.0.1 and I don't see anything malicious, so not sure why Google decided to pull this extension as malicious. There is no obfuscated code, no external calls. Very odd.

I recently discovered that enabling this extension prevents Google Books from loading properly. I suspect that some parts of it might be being blocked by Google due to overzealous security measures.

I've managed to load and use it using Developer mode, but Edge/Chrome does detect it as malicious again soon after.

I use Brave Browser and it flagged the extension as malware. I suspect that some kind of default response whenever the extension is installed on the browser but not available in the store. The website does the job and does it very well, but it requires more clicks and keystrokes to get the job done for each video than the extension. I'll miss it.

I created a little website based on this that gets all asset urls, which fit my use case better. Maybe its helpful for some as well: https://jannispaul.github.io/wisita-url-fetcher/

Thanks for creating and sharing this my friend, I was panicking when the wistia extension disappeared but this works great.

Any way of getting this new extension to capture wistia video that are hidden behind logins? Not able to grab the video url. The downloader previously worked like a charm.

try this instead. Right click on any wistia video and click 'Copy link and thumbnail'. Click the link below and paste it there.

https://aliceblue-herring-168416.hostingersite.com/

right click on the file you wanna download and select "Save link as".

Thank you. Works. Sometimes it take some time, but it works.

I created a small tool guys and just did it as I needed it badly for most of my tasks. the tool can extract any wistia video ID from given inputs. https://wistiavideodownloader.com/
let me know your thoughts :)

Brilliant. Exactly what i needed. Many thanks. Works a treat.

Only observation, the download button opens the video up to play in chrome rather than downloading the file.
Workaround is to right click and do save link and then it downloads to folder. If default behaviour can be made to download that would be great

Brilliant. Exactly what i needed. Many thanks. Works a treat.

Only observation, the download button opens the video up to play in chrome rather than downloading the file. Workaround is to right click and do save link and then it downloads to folder. If default behaviour can be made to download that would be great

Thanks for your feedback. just fixed it. Please let me know if there's anything I can improve

https://aliceblue-herring-168416.hostingersite.com/

Try this guys.

How to use:

1. Right click the wistia video, choose "Copy link and thumbnail"
2. Paste the code here and click extract

Download button is working. File is being renamed by the actual video file name if there is. You also have the ability to rename the file if you edit the title box before downloading. Easier to use for everyone. Enjoy!

https://aliceblue-herring-168416.hostingersite.com/

Try this guys.

How to use:

1. Right click the wistia video, choose "Copy link and thumbnail"
2. Paste the code here and click extract

Download button is working. File is being renamed by the actual video file name if there is. You also have the ability to rename the file if you edit the title box before downloading. Easier to use for everyone. Enjoy!

Thought this was the answer to what I was looking for however the Extract button doesn't do anything.

I created a small tool guys and just did it as I needed it badly for most of my tasks. the tool can extract any wistia video ID from given inputs. https://wistiavideodownloader.com/ let me know your thoughts :)

Beautiful!

Brilliant. Exactly what i needed. Many thanks. Works a treat.
Only observation, the download button opens the video up to play in chrome rather than downloading the file. Workaround is to right click and do save link and then it downloads to folder. If default behaviour can be made to download that would be great

Thanks for your feedback. just fixed it. Please let me know if there's anything I can improve

Is there option to make the download button open a download dialog box so can rename on click and can choose download location, rather than hidden downloading?

https://aliceblue-herring-168416.hostingersite.com/
Try this guys.
How to use:

1. Right click the wistia video, choose "Copy link and thumbnail"
2. Paste the code here and click extract

Download button is working. File is being renamed by the actual video file name if there is. You also have the ability to rename the file if you edit the title box before downloading. Easier to use for everyone. Enjoy!

Thought this was the answer to what I was looking for however the Extract button doesn't do anything.

It should work now :). Let me know if you are still having a problem.

option to download the different resolution videos? rather than default

Brilliant. Exactly what i needed. Many thanks. Works a treat.
Only observation, the download button opens the video up to play in chrome rather than downloading the file. Workaround is to right click and do save link and then it downloads to folder. If default behaviour can be made to download that would be great

Thanks for your feedback. just fixed it. Please let me know if there's anything I can improve

Is there option to make the download button open a download dialog box so can rename on click and can choose download location, rather than hidden downloading?

Alternatively you can use the "copy URL" button and paste in a new tab, then download directly from the video player. The issue that make difficult to provide users a direct browser download option is, all the media is fetched directly from Wistia, not in my servers. Most of the modern browsers don't allow cross origin downloads to be done directly.

Thanks for your feedback.!

https://aliceblue-herring-168416.hostingersite.com/
Try this guys.
How to use:

1. Right click the wistia video, choose "Copy link and thumbnail"
2. Paste the code here and click extract

Download button is working. File is being renamed by the actual video file name if there is. You also have the ability to rename the file if you edit the title box before downloading. Easier to use for everyone. Enjoy!

Thought this was the answer to what I was looking for however the Extract button doesn't do anything.

It should work now :). Let me know if you are still having a problem.

option to download the different resolution videos? rather than default

works now as you requested :)

Can anyone add the ability to download subtitles ?

https://aliceblue-herring-168416.hostingersite.com/
Try this guys.
How to use:

1. Right click the wistia video, choose "Copy link and thumbnail"
2. Paste the code here and click extract

Download button is working. File is being renamed by the actual video file name if there is. You also have the ability to rename the file if you edit the title box before downloading. Easier to use for everyone. Enjoy!

Thought this was the answer to what I was looking for however the Extract button doesn't do anything.

It should work now :). Let me know if you are still having a problem.

option to download the different resolution videos? rather than default

works now as you requested :)

Excellent. Appreciated

Can anyone add the ability to download subtitles ?

try this. it can download subtitles.

https://aliceblue-herring-168416.hostingersite.com/

The old Wistia Video Downloader chrome extension that was taken down still works if you load it as an unpacked extension:
https://fastupload.io/1153d3c99d9d7468

Double-checked the code and there's nothing malicious about it.

@Concept211 Where i put the unpacked extension ?

@Concept211 Where i put the unpacked extension ?

Anywhere on your computer. Then in Chrome go to: chrome://extensions/ and click Load unpacked and browse to the unzipped folder you saved on your drive. You should then be able to enable the unpacked extension and start using it.

Thanks!

The old Wistia Video Downloader chrome extension that was taken down still works if you load it as an unpacked extension: https://fastupload.io/1153d3c99d9d7468

Double-checked the code and there's nothing malicious about it.

This link is redirecting me to some spam website, wanting me to purchase norton av.

Managed to eventually download and install. After 10 mins or so, chrome removes the extension again saying it contains malware

This is great! Anyone have something similar for Vimeo videos? Thanks!

The old Wistia Video Downloader chrome extension that was taken down still works if you load it as an unpacked extension: https://fastupload.io/1153d3c99d9d7468
Double-checked the code and there's nothing malicious about it.

This link is redirecting me to some spam website, wanting me to purchase norton av.

Managed to eventually download and install. After 10 mins or so, chrome removes the extension again saying it contains malware

Same thing started happening to me. I'm not sure what part of the code is triggering Chrome to think that it has malware but I ended up just temporarily disabling the "Safe Browsing" protection temporarily while I used the extension. Once I was done with it, I disabled the extension and re-enabled "Safe Browsing".

You can find the setting here:
chrome://settings/security

Still works :-) Thank you!