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Help on video format

Anonymous Mon 02 Feb 2026 23:07:01 No.1556410 View View Reply Original Report

I've been trying to save videos from a 4chan archive but I'm confused. Instead of the file type being mp4 or webm, it says HTLM but the format in parentheses is still in mp4 or webm. Opening the file on VLC does not work and it's just freaking out until i close it

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Feb 2026 23:12:59 No.1556411 Report

Quoted By: >>1556412

Well, in the properties of the saved files they appear to be of the correct type but they cannot open for some reason

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Feb 2026 23:27:28 No.1556412 Report

Quoted By: >>1556414

>>1556410
>>1556411
you're likely saving error pages instead of videos, try clicking on the videos first to see if they will open and play before downloading.
if not then the archive probably doesn't keep the original files, which is common

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Feb 2026 23:35:27 No.1556414 Report

Quoted By: >>1556416

>>1556412
the videos do play correctly on the page i save them from. The links are also identical to a 4chan video file you'd open on another tab
I don't understand why i cannot read the files when the properties show them as a proper mp4 /webm

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Feb 2026 23:42:38 No.1556416 Report

Quoted By: >>1556417

>>1556414
try opening the file in notepad to see what it is. windows doesn't even check actual file types, it only looks at the extension.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Feb 2026 23:53:49 No.1556417 Report

Quoted By: >>1556418

>>1556416
it says <!DOCTYPE html> at the start. Looking for mentions of mp4 i have found
>/gif\/redirect\/1769530855300838.mp4
i suppose i'm just saving something that can only redirect me somewhere? regardless, it was just coomer shit anyway, it's too much effort for what it is now. thank you for your time anon

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Feb 2026 23:59:01 No.1556418 Report

Quoted By: >>1556422

>>1556417
if it actually looks like text and not random data, it's not a video.
as a general rule you might want to open the raw file in a new tab and then saving it with Ctrl+S, that way it should always be the actual file

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Feb 2026 00:04:46 No.1556422 Report

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>>1556418
>if it actually looks like text and not random data, it's not a video.
well 90% is gibberish but i could find some coherent stuff like dimensions and filenames.

>and then saving it with Ctrl+S
hey, it worked. how come? i'm not literate in computers. thanks anon

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Feb 2026 00:28:39 No.1556425 Report

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>>1556410
use chrome. idk why but firefox and edge wont save videos from .moe

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