For researchers
Researchers document public social video, news clips, and web media they are entitled to download for analysis, citation, and reproducible datasets.
This page explains how researchers use PasteGrab to save public video and audio they have rights to keep — with format presets, compliance notes, and links to guides and downloaders.
Research datasets benefit from traceable sources. PasteGrab's link-first model ties each file to a public URL and job ID rather than an anonymous upload pipeline — useful when documenting how media was obtained.
Resolve metadata before download to record title, duration, and host in your lab notebook or citation file.
Use Best quality when you need maximum fidelity for visual analysis. MP3 may suffice for speech-centric studies. Our comparison of link downloaders versus screen recording explains why source streams usually beat re-encoded capture.
See the yt-dlp supported sites article for how host coverage maps to PasteGrab.
Researchers must follow IRB guidance, platform terms, and copyright. PasteGrab cannot access private, DRM-protected, or login-only material.
Consult acceptable use and responsible downloading posts before collecting social media samples at scale.
Researchers choose PasteGrab for a consistent paste-preview-download workflow across supported public hosts.
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