Rendered video downloads from Reddit are broken #288

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opened 2025-11-09 09:45:03 -06:00 by GiteaMirror · 2 comments
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Originally created by @dumbmoron on GitHub (May 26, 2024).

bug description
when downloading a reddit video, you will end up with an empty stream

reproduction steps

  1. try to download any reddit video (e.g. link)
Originally created by @dumbmoron on GitHub (May 26, 2024). **bug description** when downloading a reddit video, you will end up with an empty stream **reproduction steps** 1. try to download any reddit video (e.g. [link](https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/wup1fg/id_be_escaping_at_the_first_chance_i_got))
GiteaMirror added the bug label 2025-11-09 09:45:03 -06:00
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@KwiatekMiki commented on GitHub (May 26, 2024):

happens on other instances too
but only with your link

@KwiatekMiki commented on GitHub (May 26, 2024): happens on other instances too but only with your link
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@wukko commented on GitHub (May 28, 2024):

only happens when istream is called, ffmpeg can't parse headers and throws an error, aborting the stream

@wukko commented on GitHub (May 28, 2024): only happens when istream is called, ffmpeg can't parse headers and throws an error, aborting the stream
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