Where did the download button in the gallery go?

[TrialsUni]

I've noticed others mentioning this. It seems that ever since the gallery software has been updated, the download button under a video is no longer there. I tried both Safari and Mozilla and had the same results (I use an iBook G4).

[Gilby]

Yes, that's a known issue. It was something I added in, but upon upgrading to the latest version of the gallery software, the variables available in the templates have changed, so I have not figured out how to add it back in yet.

[TrialsUni]

Thanks Gilby. I was just making sure.

[Nioate]

Every time a movie is posted in RSU, someone asks why the download link has disappeared and how (s)he can download the movie. This feature is sorely missed, despite only one complaint in this bug-fix/feature-request forum.

[gkmac]

Eddbmxdude came up with an award winning method of downloading a video. Simply navigate to the page holding the video you want to download, then carefully insert g2_view=core.DownloadItem& between the question mark and the g2_ItemId.

So if you video is on this page...
http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/?g2_itemId=197696
...then modify the URL to look like this...
http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=197696

The only problem is that (in my case) it doesn't preserve the filename, so you need to rename it to things like video.wmv or video.avi or video.mpg or any other extensions before it plays.

There's also a possibility that some browsers may still try to play the video immediately, so you might need to feed the URL into a standalone downloader like GetRight or wget.

[Probailer2]

Eddbmxdude came up with an award winning method of downloading a video. Simply navigate to the page holding the video you want to download, then carefully insert g2_view=core.DownloadItem& between the question mark and the g2_ItemId.

So if you video is on this page...
http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/?g2_itemId=197696
...then modify the URL to look like this...
http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=197696

The only problem is that (in my case) it doesn't preserve the filename, so you need to rename it to things like video.wmv or video.avi or video.mpg or any other extensions before it plays.

There's also a possibility that some browsers may still try to play the video immediately, so you might need to feed the URL into a standalone downloader like GetRight or wget.

THANKS!!!!!!!!!

Peter M

[unicycle6869]

Any updates on this? Are we gonna be able to download video's in the near future? Guess I'll have to try the above method for now and see if that works...