- it only works if you haven't hit the 60 second limit

1. (in chrome) right click on the white border around the video area and choose "Inspect"

2. find your way down through the tree of HTML elements until you find a <video> tag. this is the hardest part to explain clearly, so you'll just have to experiment a little. try to understand that a web page is just a bunch of things inside of other things, kinda like nested folders. you might be able to cheat by hitting ctrl+F (cmd+F on a mac) and searching for 'video'

3. the video element will have a source address on it. it should look like 'file/h4g9g9h0g'

4. copy the h2h4082h0g part, that's the file id

5. in your address bar, go to https://rec-tube.com/file/[file id]/

- don't include the [ ], just paste the entire id in between both slashes

if you did everything right, your browser should load the entire video so you can watch or save it

now we just need a reliable way to get around the 60 second limit... besides vpn

pic: if you see something like this in the inspector, you're on the right track. keep digging