Power User Way to Extract a Transcript From an MP4, and How to Get an MP4 from a Twitter Post

stock here: near and dear to my heart….Wisconsin, and Ghost Evers….lying through his arse to say he signed law to prevent property tax increases for 400 years….everything I know is that opposite is true….he guaranteed annual property tax increases for 400 years….the 400 is just abusive, no other purpose for some an outrageous long term. Learned helplessness is part of what they want. They want your soul, they want to take away your humanity, then they will keep the desirable sex slave with proper attitudes, and some robot tenders. Farming will resemble Idiocracy with GPS driven machine, on nutrient lacking “soil” aka lifeless dirt type substance.

I did get the MP4, it was coded from X, and took some work with AI help, but straight forward and worked….Whisper took a long time to download and install, but now it is there….pro grade transcription and time stamping.

——————– Gold standard command line once you have the MP4

whisper *.mp4 –model medium –word_timestamps True –condition_on_previous_text False

Option 5 — yt-dlp + Whisper (gold standard)

If you do this often.

yt-dlp <x_video_url>
whisper *.mp4 --model medium

• Produces:
  • Full transcript
  • Timestamps
  • Speaker-segmented text (with larger models)
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  • Getting the MP4 is more complex, seem many new videos hide it with a 4 digit extension…..
  • Method 1 (Best / Most Reliable): yt-dlp
    Works even when X tries to obfuscate streams.
    Install
    Windows
    
    winget install yt-dlp
    macOS
    
    brew install yt-dlp
    Download the MP4
    
    yt-dlp https://x.com/Luca5898425421/status/2017082520769065272
    By default, yt-dlp:
    Selects the best video + audio
    Merges into MP4 if possible
    Force MP4 (if needed)
    
    yt-dlp -f "bv*+ba/b" --merge-output-format mp4 <URL>
    
    Method 2: Extract MP4 from Page HTML (No tools, more manual)
    Works if the MP4 URL is exposed.
    Steps
    Open the tweet in desktop browser
    Press F12 → Network tab
    Reload page
    Filter by:
    mp4
    OR video.twimg.com
    Look for URLs like:
    
    https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/.../vid/1280x720/....mp4
    Right-click → Open in new tab
    Save video
    ⚠️ Many newer X videos don’t expose a clean MP4 anymore (HLS .m3u8 instead).
    
    Method 3: Download via .m3u8 Stream (Advanced HTML method)
    If you see .m3u8 instead of MP4:
    Copy the .m3u8 URL, then:
    
    yt-dlp "<m3u8-url>" -o video.mp4
    or with ffmpeg:
    
    ffmpeg -i "<m3u8-url>" -c copy video.mp4
    
    Method 4: Online Downloaders (Fast, Least Reliable)
    Examples (use cautiously):
    twdown.net
    sssTwitter
    snaptwitter
    Pros
    No install
    Cons
    Often fail
    Ads / trackers
    Break frequently
    Only recommended for non-critical clips.
    
    Method 5: “Air-Gap” Capture (Always Works)
    If everything else fails.
    Play the video on:
    Phone / tablet / secondary PC
    Record audio/video on your main computer:
    OBS
    Windows Game Bar
    Save as MP4
    Transcribe
    This bypasses all DRM / obfuscation.
    
    What I Recommend for You
    Given your workflow (fact-checking, transcription, archival):
    Use yt-dlp every time.
    It’s the same tool journalists and OSINT researchers rely on.
    Once you have the MP4:
    
    whisper video.mp4 --model medium
    Paste the transcript here and I’ll verify every factual claim, including the property-tax statement, against primary sources.