Problem downloading Instagram videos.

[yasarefe-official]

bug description

Hello, I've been experiencing an error for a long time while downloading Instagram videos. I've tested it on two different videos; some of them download, while others don't. Interestingly, the URL structure of the videos is the same. Thank you!

reproduction steps

1. Open cobalt.tools.
2. Download this video on Cobalt (the video is ridiculous, but it's just for testing purposes): Click this link

If you cannot access the link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD_4W2ytBr_/?igsh=MTEzdzdzcjN3NXJjNA==

Note: This video was taken from Instagram as a sharing link.

3. If, after trying, you are unable to download it to your device and receive an error like in Appendix-1 (screenshot from mobile phone), this may indicate a general problem. Otherwise, I think it might be a different issue.

Note 2: Appendix-1 is below this.

screenshots

Above

links

The link causing the problem is not found.

platform information

Android Phone, Chrome 131.0.6778.260

additional context

Not Available

[catdevnull]

this also happens to me, other example: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFVFhM7uZst/

this happens on both of my self-hosteds and the main instance

[yasarefe-official]

this also happens to me, other example: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFVFhM7uZst/

this happens on both of my self-hosteds and the main instance

They already opened an issue about this. Here is what someone says about it: #539 (comment)

[catdevnull]

They already opened an issue about this. Here is what someone says about it: #539 (comment)

i can see the reel without an account:

[yasarefe-official]

There is something wrong with this.

[smhguard]

If you cannot access the link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD_4W2ytBr_/?igsh=MTEzdzdzcjN3NXJjNA==

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this also happens to me, other example: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFVFhM7uZst/

this happens on both of my self-hosteds and the main instance

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I was able to download all content from Instagram using my custom model by inputting new cookies.

[yasarefe-official]

If you cannot access the link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD_4W2ytBr_/?igsh=MTEzdzdzcjN3NXJjNA==

this also happens to me, other example: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFVFhM7uZst/
this happens on both of my self-hosteds and the main instance

I was able to download all content from Instagram using my custom model by inputting new cookies.

Wow, this is a great method. But is this limited to Instagram?

[smhguard]

Wow, this is a great method. But is this limited to Instagram?

No, it supports all the services that Cobalt does, except for YouTube, for which I haven’t found a solution yet.

This bot is a combination of my custom Cobalt model and yt-dlp, but it primarily relies on Cobalt.

Additionally, it includes tools for file and link conversion.

[yasarefe-official]

So isn't this safe?

Wow, this is a great method. But is this limited to Instagram?

No, it supports all the services that Cobalt does, except for YouTube, for which I haven’t found a solution yet.

This bot is a combination of my custom Cobalt model and yt-dlp, but it primarily relies on Cobalt.

Additionally, it includes tools for file and link conversion.

[smhguard]

So isn't this safe?

What do you mean by "not safe"? In what way is it not safe?

[yasarefe-official]

I don't know, that's why the special Cobalt model seemed a little weird to me. Otherwise I didn't mean to refer to you. I just want to know exactly what you used.

[yasarefe-official]

If these are the only ones, there is no problem.

[smhguard]

I don't know, that's why the special Cobalt model seemed a little weird to me. Otherwise I didn't mean to refer to you. I just want to know exactly what you used.

There are no issues in terms of safety; it is completely secure.

I have also used https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt/blob/main/docs/run-an-instance.md, which is available for anyone to use.

Additionally, by regularly passing new cookies to the model, I can download most of the content.

[yasarefe-official]

Okay, thank you. Thanks for your help.