How To Download Twitter DM Video In Windows - Winhelponline

Choose the appropriate item depending upon the quality (eg., 240×180, 480×360, 960×720, etc.) you need, and copy its URL to the clipboard.

Now that you’ve got the playlist URL. The next step is to download the video streams and convert/combine them to an MP4 video.

Step 2: Download the video from .m3u8 playlist

The .m3u8 playlist is a plaintext file that will contain references to multiple audio and video streams (.ts). Here is a sample .m3u8 playlist file.#EXTM3U #EXT-X-VERSION:6 #EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0 #EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:3 #EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE:VOD #EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE:YES #EXTINF:3.000, /ext_tw_video/1039419772750913536/pu/vid/0/3000/426x316/2ADgGY9xZ5OKu8G9.ts #EXTINF:3.000, /ext_tw_video/1039419772750913536/pu/vid/3000/6000/426x316/nc9JZv5XuY0VN_TE.ts #EXTINF:3.000, /ext_tw_video/1039419772750913536/pu/vid/6000/9000/426x316/0v-1tgEQh04oSR1s.ts #EXTINF:3.000, /ext_tw_video/1039419772750913536/pu/vid/9000/12000/426x316/ib3nb7WFa7wUsYO6.ts

The objective is to download each .ts video stream file and concatenate them in the specified order. Downloading the videos manually and merging them is a tedious way. Fortunately, we have some easy 3rd party alternatives to download the video automatically.

Let’s download the videos using one of the following methods:

Option 1: Download video using Youtube-DL utility

YouTube-DL is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites.

It’s important to make sure you get the latest version of the program, as it’s updated every now and then to fix compatibility issues. You can download the latest version of YouTube-DL from http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html

Open a Command Prompt window and then use the following command-line syntax:youtube-dl.exe <m3u8 link>

Example:youtube-dl.exe https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1039419772750913536/pu/pl/242x180/4TjyF_c8JBeoeez2.m3u8

The video will be downloaded to the current directory.

If needed, repeat the steps for each version (resolution) of the video and download it using Youtube-DL.

Option 2: Download using VLC Player

If you’re not a fan of command-line tools such as Youtube-DL.exe or FFmpeg.exe, then you can use the VLC Player to download the Twitter DM video from .m3u8 playlist.

1. Install VLC Media Player and run it.
2. From the Main menu, click Convert / Save
3. Select the Network tab and paste the .m3u8 URL you copied earlier.
4. Click the chevron next to Convert / Save button, and then click Convert.
5. In the Convert dialog, select the Video - H.264 + MP3 (MP4) (or) Video - H.265 + MP3 (MP4) option, and click the settings button (shown with a wrench icon)
6. In the Video codec tab, enable Keep original video track
7. Similarly, in the Audio codec tab, enable Keep original audio trackEditor’s Note: In my experience, if you don’t enable the “Keep original…” option, the resulting audio/video may be distorted.
8. Click on the Save button.
9. In the Convert dialog, mention the destination file name, and click Start.

VLC Player will now download the video from the .m3u8 playlist automatically.

Other than downloading Twitter DM videos, the above methods can be used to download from any video website.

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