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Wow, now a handy dandy bookmarklet to get the source of a video!
// Alert src
alert(document.getElementsByTagName("video")[0].children[0].src)
// Open new tab
window.open(document.getElementsByTagName("video")[0].children[0].src, '_blank')
// Alert src bookmarklet
javascript:alert(document.getElementsByTagName("video")[0].children[0].src)
// Open new tab bookmarklet
javascript:window.open(document.getElementsByTagName("video")[0].children[0].src,'_blank')
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PatheticMustan commented Apr 9, 2020

If it's a youtube video, use these scripts instead.

window.open(document.getElementsByTagName("iframe")[0].src.split("?")[0],'_blank')

// Bookmarklet
javascript:window.open(document.getElementsByTagName('iframe')[0].src.split('?')[0],'_blank')

Or opening it at it's original youtube source.

window.open(`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=${document.getElementsByTagName('iframe')[0].src.split('?')[0].split('/').pop()}`,'_blank')

// Bookmarklet
javascript:window.open(`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=${document.getElementsByTagName('iframe')[0].src.split('?')[0].split('/').pop()}`,'_blank')

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It might say "popup blocked", but it's just being fussy about opening new tabs. You can disable it.

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