How to - Download videos from PornHub

[The Watchr]

Hi again. In this case I'll share a tutorial to download videos from pornhub using firefox and vlc media player.

1) Once you choose the video, press F12 to open console, select the tab Network and Media.
2) Once you've done this, refresh the tab, and something like this will appear:

3) You must select first file that starts with "index-v1", then copy the url after "GET" on the right below Headers.
4) Open VLC Media player, go to tab View and press on "Advanced Controls" like this:

5) Go to "Media"and then "Open Network Stream"as shown:

6) Paste copied URL on step 3) and play

7) Press red button so VLC captures content played:

8) Sadly, you have to wait until it finishes to save the vid, you can minimize and mute vlc while you do other stuff.

Hope this helps someone

 

[Xylton]

Will try this if i don't have IDM on my other pc

 

[taruian]

Can we download via IDM instead of waiting?

 

[The Watchr]

Can we download via IDM instead of waiting?

I'm inclined on not using third-party software for downloading stuff. At least not that kind of software. VLC is a well-known software and after testing it I know it doesn't provide any security risk. If by IDM you reffer to Internet download manager, I wouldn't know but what It's a fact it's that It has way more mechanisms to do stuff that you can't see compared to VLC. If you're looking downloading securely without any risks, vlc is the way

 

[bashfrog]

I was struggling to figure out how to programmatically rip from pornhub for some time; thanks for this, I had basically given up. Now if I could just get through the 18+ disclaimer screen...

 

[The Watchr]

I was struggling to figure out how to programmatically rip from pornhub for some time; thanks for this, I had basically given up. Now if I could just get through the 18+ disclaimer screen...

Your welcome. What do you mean with getting through the 18+ disclaimer screen?
You could try and go to the website, accept the disclaimer and try again

 

[bashfrog]

Your welcome. What do you mean with getting through the 18+ disclaimer screen?
You could try and go to the website, accept the disclaimer and try again

In order to programmatically do what you described here, you need to access the network via code. I have some experience with this, and with less complex sites it is much easier to make a generic solution. But in Pornhub's case, there are a series of issues that only pop up if you are approaching this in an automated way. To list them:

1. The initial 18+ disclaimer needs to be clicked through in order to get on to the site at all. I'm not sure on exactly what method is used for this, but at the very least if you are using a fresh browser with no cookies (like incognito mode for example), you will need to click the disclaimer once to enter the site after which you can open new pages on the site with no disclaimer. To solve this, I needed to code "clicking" the button. Even if you are on the video, it will not load until this is clicked.

2. There is a disclaimer for cookies; this also needs to be pressed before you can interact with the video and website in general based on my current testing. Similar to the first.

3. What I currently stopped on: In order for the network to show the download url we need, the video has to be running. Normally videos on Pornhub autoplay...unlesss you have to click the disclaimers it seems, or otherwise it could be some sort of bot protection (Let's not forget Step 0: Make sure the site doesn't know your code is accessing it). The most clear solution to this would be to just get the video to play, but it has been a bit annoying to find the right web element. My alternate solution is to open a different Pornhub url first, click through the disclaimers, move to the target url, and then everything should be good to go.

This is all very technical and frankly a bit unnecessary; for me personally a program that does this with various video sites has been a long term project of mine since last Summer, so I'd say it's more for smug satisfaction than anything.

 

[The Watchr]

In order to programmatically do what you described here, you need to access the network via code. I have some experience with this, and with less complex sites it is much easier to make a generic solution. But in Pornhub's case, there are a series of issues that only pop up if you are approaching this in an automated way. To list them:

1. The initial 18+ disclaimer needs to be clicked through in order to get on to the site at all. I'm not sure on exactly what method is used for this, but at the very least if you are using a fresh browser with no cookies (like incognito mode for example), you will need to click the disclaimer once to enter the site after which you can open new pages on the site with no disclaimer. To solve this, I needed to code "clicking" the button. Even if you are on the video, it will not load until this is clicked.

2. There is a disclaimer for cookies; this also needs to be pressed before you can interact with the video and website in general based on my current testing. Similar to the first.

3. What I currently stopped on: In order for the network to show the download url we need, the video has to be running. Normally videos on Pornhub autoplay...unlesss you have to click the disclaimers it seems, or otherwise it could be some sort of bot protection (Let's not forget Step 0: Make sure the site doesn't know your code is accessing it). The most clear solution to this would be to just get the video to play, but it has been a bit annoying to find the right web element. My alternate solution is to open a different Pornhub url first, click through the disclaimers, move to the target url, and then everything should be good to go.

This is all very technical and frankly a bit unnecessary; for me personally a program that does this with various video sites has been a long term project of mine since last Summer, so I'd say it's more for smug satisfaction than anything.

What would be the objective? My idea was based on "oh ok, I found a video I like, I want to download it". So, having said so, you need to click on the play button In order to get the network stream since these are temporary. Thats what I do, I click play, copy the link, play it on VLC and close the tab. Even with the tab closed It will keep running on VLC

 

[bashfrog]

What would be the objective? My idea was based on "oh ok, I found a video I like, I want to download it". So, having said so, you need to click on the play button In order to get the network stream since these are temporary. Thats what I do, I click play, copy the link, play it on VLC and close the tab. Even with the tab closed It will keep running on VLC

My sole goal was to just make it easier to download videos. Originally, I ran into an annoying issue where I would want to download a video from various video sites, but it was too obscure for there to be an existing downloader specifically for it and (although now that I better understand the network option I might no longer need to do this) I needed to slog through code to find the correct download link. I realized that many of these sites where reusing the same code; about 4 variations. So I made a program that lets me paste in the url I want to pull the video from, after which it runs through each of these methods until it returns a url that matches the criteria. Then, the program runs ffmpeg to compile the video and drop it into a folder of my choosing. This works for the most part, although for sites like Pornhub, Youtube, and others that utilize security measures, not so much. The next evolution of this was to add a method to download via finding a network link, and now with your work the next iteration will be compatibility with Pornhub. I might add functionality for bulk downloads in the future, but I don't have particular plans to. To put it simply, it's a time-saving measure. If I do ever get it to a final version, the intent would be for it to be a sort of "skeleton key" for scraping media. Currently, it just does videos as well as mangadex.

 

[Jack854]

can you not also just use this extension or this website to download from pretty much any website

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[The Watchr]

can you not also just use this extension or this website to download from pretty much any website

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The idea of this is to avoid using third party software or extensions in order to prioritize security.

My sole goal was to just make it easier to download videos. Originally, I ran into an annoying issue where I would want to download a video from various video sites, but it was too obscure for there to be an existing downloader specifically for it and (although now that I better understand the network option I might no longer need to do this) I needed to slog through code to find the correct download link. I realized that many of these sites where reusing the same code; about 4 variations. So I made a program that lets me paste in the url I want to pull the video from, after which it runs through each of these methods until it returns a url that matches the criteria. Then, the program runs ffmpeg to compile the video and drop it into a folder of my choosing. This works for the most part, although for sites like Pornhub, Youtube, and others that utilize security measures, not so much. The next evolution of this was to add a method to download via finding a network link, and now with your work the next iteration will be compatibility with Pornhub. I might add functionality for bulk downloads in the future, but I don't have particular plans to. To put it simply, it's a time-saving measure. If I do ever get it to a final version, the intent would be for it to be a sort of "skeleton key" for scraping media. Currently, it just does videos as well as mangadex.

Nice. I'm a network engineer and not now anything about coding but I'm proud of you xd