Let's say you have a video ID, like wfy02V209EwU
taken from this map
The link for the video kiBnNejo0JW0
is at https://video.parler.com/ki/Bn/kiBnNejo0JW0. Notice that the link is: https://video.parler.com/
followed by the first two characters of the video ID, then /
, then the next two characters, another /
, and the video ID.
But if you click on this, you will get an error.
This is because the Parler video servers are still running (as of January 12) but the Domain Name System (DNS) is not running.
That means that video.parler.com
does not get mapped to the video server address correctly.
To fix this, you need to manually patch your system's DNS records. Then you can click on the link.
- Open the
Terminal
app. - Type
sudo nano /etc/hosts
- Type your password.
- Press the down arrow key until you are past the lines starting with
#
. - Paste this line:
8.240.242.124 video.parler.com
- Type
Ctrl+O
to save. - Type
Ctrl+X
to exit.
Follow these instructions and add the line 8.240.242.124 video.parler.com
to your hosts file.
Some of the videos have been taken down. These will show a message saying "AllAccessDisabled".
Many of the videos are being deleted. But some still work. Fortunately, others already downloaded them all, already.
Here are some random examples that work right now for me:
They are very slow (probly due to all the people trying to watch the videos) but they load.
In order to use that host you need to do the hosts-trick above, but I am just using a proxy I setup to make it easier (so you don't need to make changes to your system.)