Reviews for Bluesky downloader
Bluesky downloader by Splat
17 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18329634, 24 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17840277, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Knytely, 2 months agoImages stopped being numbered automatically when downloading from a post with more that one image.
Edit: new update fixed this issue - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12691869, 2 months agoDoesn't work when best quality is chosen. Does load a bad quality webp but not a high quality jpg. EDIT: This was fixed after a few days. Edited to 5 stars.
Developer response
posted 2 months agoI don't mind a bad review but I would love to fix the issue you're having.
It would mean a lot to me if you could describe your issue and details like the post and some basic device info. You can open an issue on the "issues" tab either on GitHub https://github.com/Splat15/Bluesky-downloader-extension or on codeberg https://codeberg.org/Splat15/Bluesky-downloader-extension
Thank you - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15474792, 3 months agoThis addon is exactly what I've wanted for bsky. No longer do I have to right click everything and type in something much more slowly than a computer could. I love that there are so many options for saving. I would love to know how it's deciding to save as JPG versus WEBP when you enable 'set best image quality', or how it's converting gifs back to gifs instead of mp4s, but right now it's fantastic.
Developer response
posted 16 hours agoI missed this, apologies.
The setting "Set best image quality" ensures that the extension downloads the image from the best quality source (the getBlob method from the Bluesky API), which only provides JPGs. To prevent quality loss, the images are not converted or compressed but instead just saved as is. The settings being locked are more or less just visual as under the hood, compression and conversion are just being bypassed.
As for the GIFs, the extension is using FFmpeg.wasm to convert the received videos to GIFs if requested. What Bluesky labels as GIFs are actually multiple different video files internally and because of some internal shenanigans, converting the downloaded videos to mp4 is much faster than converting them to GIFs, so I added the option to choose.
FFmpeg.wasm is a JavaScript port of FFmpeg, an open source command line application which can convert nearly any media file into nearly any other. Almost all file conversion services and programs and even some media players like VLC and some video editors use it to handle the media. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 20009652, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Nyuka, 5 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by adgbrshruwzawrh, 5 months agoFunktioniert bei einem Video, bei dem der „Bluesky Video Downloader“ von Linux Lock nicht funktioniert.
- Rated 5 out of 5by sivoris17, 8 months agoI had given up on a firefox bsky saver addon, but recent changes (bsky saving stuff default as .web files) made me want to look around again. I'm now ecstatic having stumbled on this!
Saving in jpg/mp4 again was a boon in itself but being able to change how it saves the file name feels huge and more importantly is all accurate! The old extension I was using got confused and would misname the file if it was a quote post or I was on the post individual url, but this provides the right names, urls, and timestamps no matter the .
However, there is one thing from the previous extension I used that I wish were here (or understood how to make it do). Automatically saving the file the folder with the corresponding username within the general bsky download folder. I hope that is doable in the future (if it isn't already).
If not, you've save me a lot of headache as is. But if so, you'll have made the best bsky media downloader out there. Thank you so much!
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*Addendum based on Developer Response
That work! I'm saved! THANK YOU!!Developer response
posted 8 months agoThank you for the feedback, this means a lot. Without going into too much detail, reliability is a priority for me and I specifically tested quote posts as they are tricky or even almost impossible to get right without workarounds.
As for the file path, on desktop devices you can include / in your file name to specify a folder in your download directory. For example, "bsky/%displayname%/%filename%" will save a file as bsky.app-3lxxo3i4qzs2c.mp4 in the Downloads/bsky/Bluesky folder.
Mobile devices sadly dont support this because of a limitation from the browser. - Rated 5 out of 5by Occasional Nerd, 9 months agoDoes exactly what it says it does, and does it well. Great that it saves the name of the original poster as well. Can't ask for more.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15160370, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19538330, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by zogingu, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19450370, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18269399, a year agoNice clean downloads. Buttons are visible and right where shown. Downloaded names are a bit odd, but you can change those easy.
Developer response
posted a year agoI was not testing thoroughly enough and have reworked my testing procedure. The issue you were experiencing should be resolved in the newest version.