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--- photobucket_embeds [2024/02/03 01:28] – melo
+++ photobucket_embeds [2024/02/03 02:04] (current) – melo
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-====== originally posted to dreamwidth on 2021-05-27 ======
+====== downloading photobucket embeds without watermarks ======
+**originally posted to dreamwidth on 2021-05-27**
 original post can be found [[https://luckyzukky.dreamwidth.org/43567.html|here]] ([[https://web.archive.org/web/20240203011538/https://luckyzukky.dreamwidth.org/43567.html?style=site|archive link]], [[http://archive.today/nOfki|second archive link]])
-video tutorial embedded in original post can be viewed below
+video tutorial embedded in original post can be viewed [[https://memoria.sayitditto.net/view?m=S30X6v6k5|here]] or [[https://www.mediafire.com/file/ge0ihtn13y64efq/photobucketdownloadtutorial.mp4/file|downloaded]]
-embed
+===== intro =====
-text tutorial below
+if anyone's tried looking for old icon posts on dreamwidth and livejournal, they likely have ran into icons hosted by photobucket. and because photobucket is annoying as all hell, they make it near impossible to save those icons, by slapping watermarks on them, fucking with the urls, and somehow disabling something as simple as ctrl+s to save a fucking image. i've had my workarounds for downloading an icon manually, but downloading an entire batch at once has basically been impossible because of these limitations. but i think i finally figured it out, so i'd like to share how i did it and maybe help other people running into the same problems lol
 ===== disclaimers =====
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 ===== 2. step two =====
-run the following command, replacing url with the url of the icon post you're downloading from:
+run the following command, replacing **url** with the url of the icon post you're downloading from:
 <code>gallery-dl -g "r:url" > filenames.txt</code>
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 ===== 3. step three =====
-since this got literally every single url on the page, you have to manually open the txt file and delete all the urls except the photobucket image urls. they'll all be bunched together so just search for them in notepad using ctrl+f (or command+f on mac) and copy them, then delete everything else and paste only the photobucket urls.
+since this got literally every single url on the page, you have to manually open the txt file and delete all the urls except the photobucket image urls. they'll all be bunched together so just search for them in notepad using **control+f** (or command+f on mac) and copy them, then delete everything else and paste only the photobucket urls.
 here's that in image form since that's probably confusing lol (click for full size):
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   - {{:wiki:3093.png?direct&200|featherpad screenshot: photobucket direct links are in view and selected}}
   - {{:wiki:2924.png?direct&200|featherpad screenshot: photobucket direct links are the only text left in the editor, the excess deleted}}
+next, and this is important, **save the txt file** with just the photobucket urls in it. it should be the same **filenames.txt** file, just ctrl+s or file>save or whatever in notepad
+===== 4. step four =====
+back to the terminal, with the photobucket urls saved in **filenames.txt**, enter this command:
+<code>gallery-dl -i filenames.txt</code>
+this pulls the urls from the txt file and downloads them all. the names of the icons will either be the full photobucket urls or just the names they're saved as in photobucket - it's usually the former for me but sometimes they came out as the latter idk. anyway it should look like this in the terminal, maybe a little different on windows/mac (click for full size):
+{{:wiki:3709.png?direct&200|full screenshot of my file browser with a terminal window over it. the folder in view is empty besides a gallery-dl folder and a text file called "filenames.txt". the terminal window shows the command in the current step being ran, and subsequently the gallery-dl output in progress}}
+gallery-dl will probably create a new folder for this, so navigate there to watch the icons download if you want. obviously don't fuck with the folder until the download's finished or it'll interrupt it. depending on your connection it might take a couple minutes.
+===== conclusion =====
+when the icons are done downloading, you can close the terminal window and delete the filenames.txt file. and of course you can move the icons elsewhere and delete the folder generated by gallery-dl if you want.
+that's all really lol, so far i haven't run into any problems with this but if you need help feel free to comment and i'll try my best. happy icon saving!