I made a userscript that adds a download link for Vessel videos

[Morath]

Get it from OpenUserJS or Greasy Fork.

 

All the code does is lookup the videos source url, and add a link next to the video title.

 

There's a 5 second (5000 ms) delay at startup, the script won't work until the video is loaded. You may need to change this value depending on the speed of your internet connection.

 

For PCs simply Right Click or Command Click the Download Video link, and choose "Save link as..." option. On compatible mobile device browsers, you just have to Long Press, and choose "Save video". This also allows you to stream it to your Chromecast.

$( document ).ready(function() {

    setTimeout(download_video, 5000);

});


function download_video(){

    var video_url = $('#gator-video--1_html5_api').attr('src');

    var download = document.createElement('a');


    download.setAttribute( 'id', 'get_vid_link' );

    download.setAttribute( 'style', 'color: #0097ee;' );

    download.href = video_url;

    download.target = '_blank';

    download.innerHTML = 'Download Video';


    $( '.font-mscon500' ).eq(0).append( ' ', download );

}

Edited June 19, 2015 by Morath

[Syntaxvgm]

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Good job, but I've never had a problem fetching vessel videos with traditional downloading plugins or just digging for the video by hand 

[Morath]

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Good job, but I've never had a problem fetching vessel videos with traditional downloading plugins or just digging for the video by hand 

 

This is more for those who prefer not to constantly dig through the HTML by hand...and for simple Chromecast support.