For example, this invidious instance offers a download option for a YoutTube video, as that instance does for all YT videos:
~~https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=lU4vv7qCQvg~~ (see update)
Exceptionally, if you opt to download it it merely opens a player to watch realtime. While other downloads from the same invidious instance have no issues. Why is this one getting different treatment?
update Apparently it’s an instance-specific problem with that particular video:
works → https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=lU4vv7qCQvg
broken → https://iv.ggtyler.dev/watch?v=lU4vv7qCQvg
I’ve seen other instances where this particular video download is broken. AFAIK, invidious.fdn.fr is the only place where it works as expected.
Try right clicking and “save as”? On mobile Safari it pops up with view and download as options.
That’s is how I got around it in the past. For some reason that was not an option where I needed it (perhaps the browser I was using was locked down in some way). In any case, I’m wondering why the variation in behavior. Is this a bug in Invidious?