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".
I updated my map and proxy to prefer a couple mirrors (I think @bgriffith830 added some for portland, and also there is a Jan 6 DC mirror.) If anyone else has mirrors they'd like me to add to the list, the format I'm using is this:
so send me a big JSON file if you download videos, and I can double-check that on the list, before trying to use the IP hack to get it.
The bonus of this is a map & big list of non-centralized, but easy to use way to link to a video. for example
Also, anyone who wants to can use my code to setup their own heroku map/proxy.