#tiny nerd

[cassiexjunex]

Do men who actually find A cups attractive exist? 😅 I kind of want a boob job…

[royalarchivist]

How to Archive VODs and Clips

Whether you want to download VODs and/or clips for your own records or because you’d like to share them online, knowing how to archive things is handy, especially when so many streams become lost media once they’re deleted off Twitch and/or YouTube.

Here are a few programs that I use for Royal Archivist!

—

Of all the programs on this list, my personal favorites / the ones I most strongly recommend are Cobalt and Twitch Downloader! (When all else fails, OBS is also a good backup).

Cobalt

Cobalt has gained a lot of popularity the past few months, and for good reason! It's a very reliable, extremely user-friendly website that lets you save videos in MP4 formats, convert them into MP3 formats, or video-only without sound.

Cobalt is currently compatible with: BlueSky, Dailymotion, Facebook, Instagram, Loom, OK, Pinterest, Reddit, RuTube, SnapChat, SoundCloud, Streamable, TikTok, Tumblr, Twitch, Twitter, Vimeo, VK, Xiohongshu, and YouTube.

Twitch’s built-in download feature

If you’re downloading your own clip, this is the easiest method to use

First, navigate to your clips page.

To do this, click on your Twitch icon and go to “Creator Dashboard.” There will be a row of icons on your left - click the fifth button from the top (the one above the settings icon) and click on the link that says “Clips.”

At the top of the page, click on “Clips I’ve Created” and you should see a list of every clip you’ve ever made (regardless of whether or not you’ve published them, the clips are there!)

If you're having trouble, you can also type: https://dashboard.twitch.tv/u/ YOUR USERNAME HERE /clips/created

Click on the share button, and the list shown in the photo below will pop up.

After you click on the “Download” button (for landscape or portrait), a new tab will open up with the clip (which will autoplay, so heads up if you have your volume turned up high!)

Right click on the video and click “Save Video As”

That’s all there is to it! Please keep in mind that Twitch’s download function only works for clips you’ve made! You cannot use it to download VODs, or other people’s clips.

Twitch Downloader

Twitch Downloader is by far the BEST Twitch download program I have ever used. I’ve used several different ones, some which have broken because of Twitch’s updates, others which have fallen into disrepair because their creator no longer updates the program, but this one has been working consistently for me for a little over a year now. I’ve kept it very close to my chest because I’m terrified it’ll stop working one day, but it’s better to share resources than horde them out of fear.

Pros:

HD quality for all downloads! Whatever quality the stream was, that’s the quality the download will be (unless you adjust anything in the settings).

The best feature of this program is you can adjust how much you want to clip! Only want a 30 second clip from a 6 hour VOD? You can specify the section you want to download so long as you know the timestamps where you want the clip to start and where you want it to end.

You can download entire VODs.

When saving the file, it will automatically enter the original name of the stream and the stream date. (You can change this, but it’s very handy when you’re downloading an entire VOD and not a section of one).

It will automatically prompt you to update it when a new version has been released. (You do have the option to opt out of this, if you want).

There are a lot of other features available, however, I’ve never tried any of them so I can’t say how well they work. The Github page has a lot of examples and a Q&A section though, so check that out if you’re curious!

On the rare occasion that the program encounters issues, it's easy to use a past version, and the creators are quick to release new updates that resolve any problems. As of today (February 21, 2025) the latest version is currently 1.55.2, which updated last week.

Cons:

Sometimes when you click “Get Info” it won’t immediately load the VOD. This is pretty easy to solve by just restarting the program, so it’s not a huge issue imo.

You can’t preview clips before you download them, so you need to know the exact timestamps you want.

You can’t download VODs that are privated or no longer on Twitch.

How to use:

Download Twitch Downloader from Github and install the version that works for your computer. (In this case, I would download the GUI Windows-x64.zip version. Make sure you’re downloading the GUI version if you want a user-friendly version of this program).

Enter the URL of the VOD you’d like to download.

You can adjust the quality of the video and the length. If nothing is specified in the “Crop Video” section, it will download the entire VOD.

Once you’re ready, click the “Download” button and you’re good to go!

Open Video Downloader

If you’ve ever wanted to download any kind of video, I’m sure you’ve heard of Youtube-dl. There are different versions of this program, but some of them are a bit finicky and if things stop working, it can be difficult and frustrating trying to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it — which is why I recommend this program.

Open Video Downloader, aka youtube-dl-gui, is one of the best video downloaders I’ve ever used. It’s basically Youtube-dl with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that makes the program very easy for anyone to use.

Pros:

No coding knowledge required! VERY user-friendly.

The creator fixes user issues very quickly! Whenever the program experiences a problem, a new update is released within 24 hours.

It can download videos from pretty much all major social media platforms, including Youtube, Twitter, Tumblr, Twitch clips, Instagram, and more.

Cons:

You can’t adjust the length of what you want to download. If you want to download a 2 minute section from a 5 hour Youtube VOD, you’ll have to download the entire video.

On rare occasions, I’ve had issues where it cannot download an unlisted Youtube video. There are sometimes ways to get around this, but it’s a pain and usually not worth the effort.

How to use it:

Download the latest version of the program from GitHub. Scroll all the way down to “Assets” and select the version that’s right for your computer. (For example, I use Windows, so I would download the .exe file).

Once you’ve installed it, you can start downloading things! For this example, let’s say I want to download Quackity’s “Welcome to the QSMP” video. All I need to do is copy the link and paste it into the white box at the top of the program.

Once that’s done, you should see the video pop up in your download queue. You can queue multiple videos to download at once (you can also download entire playlists too). When you’re ready, click the green download button on the bottom right (as shown in the picture below) or if you only want to download one specific video from your queue, click the download button (circled in red) next to the video.

You can adjust the quality of the video you want to download, and in theory you can choose whether to download just the audio or just the video of a video, but personally that’s never worked for me. That might just be a me issue though.

If you’d like to change where your videos are saved to, click the Folder button (circled in yellow) and choose a download destination. If nothing is chosen, it will default to your Downloads folder.

There are ways you can customize this program, but like I said earlier, this program is very very easy to use and does not require any tinkering whatsoever. You open it, download what you want, then close it. Nice and simple!

Other Recommendations

OBS is a good backup when all else fails! I have to use OBS pretty frequently for YouTube VODs, since there aren't a lot of tools that let you clip parts of a YouTube video (and I'd rather not download an entire 7 hour long VOD for a 30 second clip). There are already a lot of good tutorials out there explaining how to use OBS, so I recommend poking around and seeing what works best for you. If you're new to video downloading / archiving things, I'd still recommend starting with some of the tools I mentioned above first.

I’d recommend making a folder on your computer for clips. I find it very helpful to name all my files with this method: [Stream date] Streamer name - Something that helps me remember what this clip is about / something that will help me find it later, or a quote.

Example: [2-6-24] Mike - I hate capitalism

If you’ve got a significant amount of clips on your computer, I’d recommend backing them up and/or saving them to an external harddrive!

That’s about it! I apologize if I’ve missed any steps, but hopefully everything is more or less easy enough for folks to understand! I’m someone who does not like downloading random programs onto my computer and I’m very paranoid about cyber security, but I’ve used these programs for over a year now, and they’re very reliable and trustworthy. 10/10, I recommend both of them.

Lastly: if anyone has a recommendation for good Youtube clip downloaders, please let me know! I haven’t found any good programs that let me specify how much of a Youtube video I’d like to download, and I am suffering. Help your friendly neighborhood Archivist so I can share more clips from the early days of QSMP.

[piratefishmama]

Steve being convinced (read: forced) by the highschool drama teacher to play the part of "King" in a production, not a speaking role, his job is to just... look the part, look down upon his subjects from a throne, sit above them, powerful, regal, with the side note that he has to maintain that air of disinterest through the whole thing until he's 'assassinated/usurped'.

he only says yes because he was promised an automatic pass if he did it, as no-one else could really fit and maintain the look the teacher had envisioned.

and Eddie Munson, playing the role of court jester, putting his whole jestussy into making Steve crack both his character, and a smile.

because Steve wouldn't get his automatic pass if he broke character, and Eddie feels it's his sworn duty to not let King Steve coast through school on his good looks.

[teaboot]

why do you look like kon. clex child. dc comics

OH MY GOD

[moth-sapphic]

shipping bagginshield kiliel and filiori all at the same time is funny when you consider all three Durin's started the journey single and by the end of it are all paired off/married poor Dís must have been very confused like what the fuck happened on this quest bro

[cupophrogs]

I’m doing shit I promise guys

[cassiexjunex]

Do men who prefer a cups actually exist? 😅

[nerds-yearbook]

On May 29, 2024 Raven Darkholm (Mystique) and Irene Adler (Destiny) renewed their wedding vows at the former Avenger's Mansion (Avengers Vacation Experience Hotel) before family and friends including the X-Men and the Avengers. The ceremony was performed by their son Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler). Irene's bridesmaids were Anna Marie (Rogue) and Ororo Munroe (Storm). Much to her annoyance, Saturnyne was not invited. Instead of asking for an invitation or just gatecrashing, she hired the Technet (Gatecrasher, Yap, Joyboy, China Doll, and Scatterbrain) to kidnap lovers Betsy Braddock (Captain Britain) and Rachel Summers (Phoenix II/Askani) to take their places. Wedding gifts included a free counseling session with Emma Frost (actually Loki), an engraved gun from Wolverine (Logan Howlett), a robot Clone from Mr Sinester (Nathaniel Essex), Pixie got them the horn from a demon in Limbo, Bing brought them a distillation of mutant powers that was an hallucinogenic, and Anole was handing out protest t-shirts. Not surprising, the couple used the occasion for some mischief. ("Something Borrowed, Something Blue", "Wedding Gatecrashers", "Get Mystique... A Gift!", "E'pe'e is Truth", "The Thief's Surprise", Marvel Voices Pride The Wedding Special vol 2 1#, Marvel Comic, Event)

[peculiar-and-obtuse]

these r my favorite basic lands from magic: the gathering if u even care🌇✨

how can you not love overgrown architecture

Welcome to the city of Ravnica.

Notice the freefall perspective in these pieces, that's not easy to get to look right by hand (or idk maybe it is. how would I know, it's not like I've tried). They're both by the same painter, as you can see at the bottom of the card.

Ravnica is an ecumenopolis, meaning the city completely covers the surface area of its home planet. It holds a multitude of competing factions, all within the limits of a single, continuous city.

You can feel the suffocating heat and coarse flakes of charcoal on your skin just by looking at this one. Imagine having to spend an afternoon touring this factory, let alone a full 70 hour work week.

There's a couple tiny little guys for scale :) Beyond the ramparts, you can faintly make out what seems to be either a river or the fringe of the another population center, or perhaps both.

Even tinier guys🐜🐜🐜 How many stone bridges and precarious ledges can you spot? Uhuh, and what about guardrails. that's gotta be an OSHA violation but it's chill cause I personally think it looks neat

oooh very spooky & scary😱

this one's prob my absolute fave😈

lovecraftian cult meeting ahh locale💀

Your way out, or yet another meandering cinder highway of madness?

btw can u tell my favorite mtg color is black.

High fidelity card art embedded from Scryfall. Link to the full cycle of Return to Ravnica basic lands

Further reading: Head on over to the Rhystic Studies youtube channel to unlock a damn-near boundless treasure trove of highbrow MTG art analysis by a degreed expert. Consider starting with the Return to Ravnica video I saw long, long before I got the idea to create this blog.

[seren-dipitous-art]

Getting somewhere!! The Darker Shade of Magic part of the commission is finally starting to catch up to the bat boys.

I love them so much somebody help. (Still a sketch don’t come at me)

[simmersofia]

Gary Chaser (he/him, goofball, lactose intolerant, non-commital)

Gary Chaser’s got a shaker in one hand and a dream in the other: to open the slickest rock ’n’ roll bar Tiny Town’s ever seen. Think chrome barstools, checkered flooring, and a bowling lane that glows under neon lights. A true 50s devotee with a flair for mixing cocktails and breaking hearts, Gary’s charm is as smooth as his signature old fashioned. He’s not exactly the settling-down type—but maybe, just maybe, there’s someone out there who can keep up with his rhythm and convince him to stay for the last dance.

[melanodis]

someone says portal and it does some sleeper agent shit in my brain

[whatifitwasgttho]

boyfriends core (take these ocs away from me)

[triglycercule]

hi Gang its murder time trio back with another Mettaton

haha! i guess you could say they Kist. wait that not the right ship whoops

[skull-pun]

I hope this is their dynamic.

[cassiexjunex]

I hope you like shy girls in panties 🙈💜