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".
@rgs2007
Yeh, the videos are slowly all going this way from this direct-hosting method, but they have been archived elsewhere. As an example, here are a ton from DC that are gone, now. Very soon (like probly in days) they will all be gone. Once all the videos are hosted somewhere, maps like these will make it possible to grab them by ID. I think part of the problem is the massive size of the data, it's like 70TB, which takes a long time to transfer, but also has space-requirements that many can't support (I don't have any 70TB drives laying around.)