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[BlazingCobaltX]

Based on seeing this post a while back (and a video of Jacob Geller) I started taking archiving very seriously. So far I got to downloading half my playlist on Spotify until I ran out of time and had to do other stuff. ...Haven't been back at it since. In the moment I get stuck on the decision on whether something is really worth it to download and archive for myself. It feels wasteful to download everything, especially knowing some stuff isn't that special to me, but the continuous dilemma is wasting me precious time.

For music, so far, I have been using whatever service gives me the highest quality of the song. If the song has a FLAC somewhere, I get that, otherwise I make do with YouTube downloads of HQ videos of the song (the service I found for Spotify downloads only goes up to 360p). cobalt has been spotty for me. Some downloads ended up being unplayable files, and I had to repeat the process several times to get a working audio file. Kinda weird.

[alexela64]

hi -- coming back to this thread because I want to know if anyone has a method of saving instagram posts efficiently? especially multi-slide/carousel posts  
I've had no problems using yt-dlp for most videos but i really don't feel like right click save image-ing all the hundreds of posts I want to archive ://

[orchid]

hi -- coming back to this thread because I want to know if anyone has a method of saving instagram posts efficiently? especially multi-slide/carousel posts  
I've had no problems using yt-dlp for most videos but i really don't feel like right click save image-ing all the hundreds of posts I want to archive ://

Instaloader! i archive lots of Instagram accounts and definitely recommend it. logging in allows you to save stories & highlights as well. use the "-F" parameter when updating your archives. i use the following:

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instaloader ACCOUNT --login YOUR_USERNAME --stories --highlights

[alexela64]

Instaloader! i archive lots of Instagram accounts and definitely recommend it. logging in allows you to save stories & highlights as well. use the "-F" parameter when updating your archives. i use the following:

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instaloader ACCOUNT --login YOUR_USERNAME --stories --highlights

Thank you so much! I had to do a little troubleshooting around logins since I have private accounts, but this is perfect for what I'm looking to do!!