SnatchVid
Fast online video downloader for YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
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Overview
SnatchVid lets users download videos from major platforms with real-time progress tracking. Built with a FastAPI backend handling URL parsing, format conversion, and download streaming.
Tech Stack
PythonFastAPIUvicornyt-dlpFFmpegNext.jsSSETailwind CSS
Challenges & Solutions
Challenge
Users had no visibility into download progress for larger video files, leading to a poor experience.
Solution
Implemented Server-Sent Events (SSE) to stream real-time download/conversion progress from the FastAPI backend to the frontend.
Challenge
Handling diverse video formats and quality options across different platforms.
Solution
Built a modular extraction pipeline using yt-dlp with platform-specific handling and FFmpeg for format conversion.