Downloaing the highest quality video from Instagram?

[adrian44]

I tried several browser add-ons that download Instagram videos, and they all work but none downloads that highest quality video available. For example this video

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRYnWsxJmgk/

If I use any add-on to download this one, I only get the 1138 x 640 version.

If I want the highest quality video, I have to download the DASH file, then open it, and in it I see this

<MPD xmlns="urn:mpeg:dashchema:mpd:2011" minBufferTime="PT1.500S" type="static" mediaPresentationDuration="PT0H0M22.404S" maxSegmentDuration="PT0H0M5.000S" profiles="urn:mpeg:dashrofile:isoff-on-demand:2011,http://dashif.org/guidelines/dash264">
<Period duration="PT0H0M22.404S">
<AdaptationSet segmentAlignment="true" maxWidth="720" maxHeight="1280" maxFrameRate="30" par="240:426" lang="und" subsegmentAlignment="true" subsegmentStartsWithSAP="1">
<Representation id="4088472814579444vd" mimeType="video/mp4" codecs="avc1.64001F" width="720" height="1280" frameRate="30" sar="1:1" startWithSAP="1" bandwidth="906511" FBQualityClass="hd" FBQualityLabel="720w" FBPlaybackResolutionMos="0:100.00,360:92.26,480:90 .80,720:87.22,1080:83.07">
<BaseURL>https://instagram.fcai19-4.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t50.2886-16/217340741_171874904936448_1686169472641008854_n.mp 4?_nc_ht=instagram.fcai19-4.fna.fbcdn.net&amp;_nc_cat=100&amp;_nc_ohc=InFn1F e8Fb0AX9Pa6hF&amp;edm=AABBvjUBAAAA&amp;ccb=7-4&amp;oh=af47c5e248a88313f7af7317070c7880&amp;oe=6 0F8578C&amp;_nc_sid=83d603</BaseURL>
<SegmentBase indexRangeExact="true" indexRange="849-952" FBFirstSegmentRange="953-169757" FBSecondSegmentRange="169758-216257" FBPrefetchSegmentRange="953-216257">
<Initialization range="0-848"/>
</SegmentBase>
</Representation>
<Representation id="780655789289789v" mimeType="video/mp4" codecs="avc1.64001F" width="240" height="426" frameRate="30" sar="1:1" startWithSAP="1" bandwidth="101631" FBQualityClass="sd" FBQualityLabel="240w" FBPlaybackResolutionMos="0:100.00,360:59.23,480:55 .27,720:51.47,1080:48.17">
<BaseURL>https://instagram.fcai19-4.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t50.2886-16/218119963_1980285652140653_4011586902079497440_n.m p4?_nc_ht=instagram.fcai19-4.fna.fbcdn.net&amp;_nc_cat=105&amp;_nc_ohc=qVm8pA GpPrcAX-XAVER&amp;edm=AABBvjUBAAAA&amp;ccb=7-4&amp;oh=bfa40509c45397c666236ea42289d295&amp;oe=6 0F8AF6C&amp;_nc_sid=83d603</BaseURL>
<SegmentBase indexRangeExact="true" indexRange="849-952" FBFirstSegmentRange="953-21157" FBSecondSegmentRange="21158-31193" FBPrefetchSegmentRange="953-31193">
<Initialization range="0-848"/>
</SegmentBase>
</Representation>
<Representation id="4605464779483354v" mimeType="video/mp4" codecs="avc1.64001F" width="296" height="526" frameRate="30" sar="1:1" startWithSAP="1" bandwidth="205133" FBQualityClass="sd" FBQualityLabel="296w" FBPlaybackResolutionMos="0:100.00,360:74.97,480:70 .73,720:65.42,1080:59.67">
<BaseURL>https://instagram.fcai19-4.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t50.2886-16/217677426_495455148215371_8047850378261266002_n.mp 4?_nc_ht=instagram.fcai19-4.fna.fbcdn.net&amp;_nc_cat=107&amp;_nc_ohc=7_25wW h25DYAX_icJrq&amp;edm=AABBvjUBAAAA&amp;ccb=7-4&amp;oh=46ac987f88ef172bf39f503826554b65&amp;oe=6 0F86558&amp;_nc_sid=83d603</BaseURL>
<SegmentBase indexRangeExact="true" indexRange="851-954" FBFirstSegmentRange="955-34374" FBSecondSegmentRange="34375-46460" FBPrefetchSegmentRange="955-46460">
<Initialization range="0-850"/>
</SegmentBase>
</Representation>
<Representation id="424055328728905v" mimeType="video/mp4" codecs="avc1.64001F" width="418" height="744" frameRate="30" sar="1:1" startWithSAP="1" bandwidth="350047" FBQualityClass="sd" FBQualityLabel="418w" FBPlaybackResolutionMos="0:100.00,360:83.94,480:80 .18,720:75.59,1080:70.11">
<BaseURL>https://instagram.fcai19-4.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t50.2886-16/217634571_182845497223948_3555575696516590097_n.mp 4?_nc_ht=instagram.fcai19-4.fna.fbcdn.net&amp;_nc_cat=104&amp;_nc_ohc=mhOmWC i_S_QAX_0LiL7&amp;tn=TPFn5wKr6qx0_LxB&amp;edm=AABB vjUBAAAA&amp;ccb=7-4&amp;oh=dc236640c9a5be5829b5c29780b698d3&amp;oe=6 0F8658B&amp;_nc_sid=83d603</BaseURL>
<SegmentBase indexRangeExact="true" indexRange="851-954" FBFirstSegmentRange="955-61671" FBSecondSegmentRange="61672-81656" FBPrefetchSegmentRange="955-81656">
<Initialization range="0-850"/>
</SegmentBase>
</Representation>
<Representation id="197760925520912v" mimeType="video/mp4" codecs="avc1.64001F" width="580" height="1032" frameRate="30" sar="1:1" startWithSAP="1" bandwidth="568208" FBQualityClass="sd" FBQualityLabel="580w" FBPlaybackResolutionMos="0:100.00,360:88.62,480:86 .35,720:82.59,1080:76.65">
<BaseURL>https://instagram.fcai19-4.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t50.2886-16/218622184_202360265030504_7355082290747939187_n.mp 4?_nc_ht=instagram.fcai19-4.fna.fbcdn.net&amp;_nc_cat=108&amp;_nc_ohc=sC7RJn-7-IgAX9dmTbe&amp;edm=AABBvjUBAAAA&amp;ccb=7-4&amp;oh=fb2d180cb50bb8a5561f150f7d8713ec&amp;oe=6 0F85076&amp;_nc_sid=83d603</BaseURL>
<SegmentBase indexRangeExact="true" indexRange="852-955" FBFirstSegmentRange="956-103083" FBSecondSegmentRange="103084-132750" FBPrefetchSegmentRange="956-132750">
<Initialization range="0-851"/>
</SegmentBase>
</Representation>
</AdaptationSet>
<AdaptationSet segmentAlignment="true" lang="und" subsegmentAlignment="true" subsegmentStartsWithSAP="1">
<Representation id="982371249258115ad" mimeType="audio/mp4" codecs="mp4a.40.5" audioSamplingRate="44100" startWithSAP="1" bandwidth="103207">
<AudioChannelConfiguration schemeIdUri="urn:mpeg:dash:23003:3:audio_channel_c onfiguration:2011" value="2"/>
<BaseURL>https://instagram.fcai19-4.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t50.2886-16/217610560_351335599818963_6820615090652452520_n.mp 4?_nc_ht=instagram.fcai19-4.fna.fbcdn.net&amp;_nc_cat=103&amp;_nc_ohc=yupytW uoYCwAX-gidHq&amp;edm=AABBvjUBAAAA&amp;ccb=7-4&amp;oh=7a949b3a32b21a30935d69548e15f1e9&amp;oe=6 0F860FB&amp;_nc_sid=83d603</BaseURL>
<SegmentBase indexRangeExact="true" indexRange="787-962" FBFirstSegmentRange="963-22211" FBSecondSegmentRange="22212-47549" FBPrefetchSegmentRange="963-47549">
<Initialization range="0-786"/>
</SegmentBase>
</Representation>
</AdaptationSet>
</Period>
</MPD>

I then need to copy the location of the 1280 x 720 video, paste it in a notepad, then replace &amp; with & and paste the altered address in the browser and save the video then do the same with the audio file and finally mux the two streams together.

Is there a software that spares me all this manual labor and saves the highest quality video from Instagram easily? Thanks

[lomero]

yes. we have.
IDM ---- symply, fast, and you have all format availble to download

[[ss]vegeta]

Post mediainfo of the file you think is the highest quality

[lomero]

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[[ss]vegeta]

yes maybe bug of IDM
for this video have only this resolution 1138 x 640

Sorry I didn't quote, I was talking to the thread starter.

[lomero]

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[El Heggunte]

is the same. at this url https://www.instagram.com/p/CRYnWsxJmgk/
only resolution 1138 x 640 is available. no other.

640 X 1138, actually
I used youtube-dl and it also said there is only one resolution available.

[adrian44]

Post mediainfo of the file you think is the highest quality

Thank you. Here is the link I got from the DASH file for the 1280 x 720 video. Hope it won't expire by the time you see it.

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t50.2886-16/217340741_171874904936448_168616947264..._nc_sid=83d603


If it expires, I also uploaded it to gofile

https://gofile.io/d/MRlBto

I see no evidence of upscaling, and comparing single frames magnified appears to show that the 1280 x 720 video is indeed a higher quality version.

What do you think?

[[ss]vegeta]

What do you think?

I think you should go to Facebook and with youtube-dl download yourself a proper 1920x1080 horizontal version
https://www.facebook.com/6604386669/videos/2939776779579073

[[ss]vegeta]

/wrong

[adrian44]

What do you think?

I think you should go to Facebook and with youtube-dl download yourself a proper 1920x1080 horizontal version
https://www.facebook.com/6604386669/videos/2939776779579073

Thank you very much for searching. I'm actually not interested in this video, just used it as an example. I was instead hoping there was a way to obtain the highest quality videos from Instagram without doing all the steps I listed

[lomero]

yes. the theme of the thread is not the single video, but how to immediately get a link in high definition of the video.
which, however, seems not to be available on play of the video, but you have to search for it in the dash link.

[pm-s]

What do you expect from Instagram? It's made to be used on small phone screens.

[lomero]

What do you expect from Instagram? It's made to be used on small phone screens.

yes, but if you have read all thred, from dash file you can get more resolution (best)
so, theme is: how to get all best resolution to download file from instagram directly?

[[ss]vegeta]

Thank you very much for searching. I'm actually not interested in this video, just used it as an example. I was instead hoping there was a way to obtain the highest quality videos from Instagram without doing all the steps I listed

I can't even find the dash file in dev tools network

Can you rephrase your whole process once again? Didn't quite get it.
And how did you managed to find that way in the first place?

[lfer94]

Use IDM

Vídeo
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L3.1
Format settings                          : CABAC / 5 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 5 frames
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 22 s 400 ms
Bit rate                                 : 904 kb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 3 036 kb/s
Width                                    : 720 pixels
Height                                   : 1 280 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 0,563
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 30,000 FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.033
Stream size                              : 2,41 MiB (89%)
Title                                    : Core Media Video
Tagged date                              : UTC 2021-07-16 10:26:10
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709
Codec configuration box                  : avcC

Another example https://www.instagram.com/reel/CRo6hHOKgpH/

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L3.1
Format settings                          : CABAC / 5 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 5 frames
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 17 s 0 ms
Bit rate                                 : 2 507 kb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 3 362 kb/s
Width                                    : 720 pixels
Height                                   : 1 280 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 0.563
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 30.000 FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.091
Stream size                              : 5.08 MiB (96%)
Title                                    : Core Media Video
Tagged date                              : UTC 2021-07-22 18:21:12
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709
Codec configuration box                  : avcC