For video's...Try https://simpcity.su/threads/internet-download-manger-idm.11380/
There's several ways to get the pictures, it used to be much easier up until few weeks ago. For example looking into your browser cache etc.
Problem is those pics used to be "clean" and once fetched the browser would apply the watermarks, while now it seems the pics arrive to the browser already watermarked.
The watermark is a string that uniquely identifies you, so leaking even just one watermarked pic lets FH know who you are and they can ban you or worse depending on where you live.
The watermarks are fewer than they used to be because they are huge. Because they are almost transparent I think it should be technically possible to remove them by using almost pixel perfect masks and by darkening/lightening the selected pixels, however it is a big chore to do even for one pic.
Problem is those pics used to be "clean" and once fetched the browser would apply the watermarks, while now it seems the pics arrive to the browser already watermarked.
The watermark is a string that uniquely identifies you, so leaking even just one watermarked pic lets FH know who you are and they can ban you or worse depending on where you live.
The watermarks are fewer than they used to be because they are huge. Because they are almost transparent I think it should be technically possible to remove them by using almost pixel perfect masks and by darkening/lightening the selected pixels, however it is a big chore to do even for one pic.
Yeah I was able to go into dev tools (in separate window), application, images, and when you find the one you want, right click and select "Copy image as data URL" and insert the link in a new tab, and voila. A pain in the ass cause after 40 seconds or so it'll detect you're using devtools and kick you out of the site and you have to re-log. As for videos, I have no clue.
so what are these other ways if you don't mind sharing i've been trying all the plugins recommended and nothing works
I do not know all of them of course, I remember in the old forum they had a method that only worked in chrome that allow to download the blob for each picture. The one I prefer is to look into the browser cache. Log into FH, browse the galleries/pics you want to save, then check the browser cache and you will find them.
The exact method depends on the type of browser you use; in firefox you can write about:cache in the address bar and then check the entries pointing to fanhouse or you can directly look into firefox cache folder.
i tried the cache thing but i don't think the version of my chrome lets me do it ? hopefully a plug-in works soon
The cache folder in firefox contains files with a unique id as name and without extension, but those are actual images, videos etc. You can verify this by renaming some of them manually by adding '.jpg'.
To solve this you can make a simple script that iterates through all files in the directory, checks if the file is a 'webp' image (currently used by FH) and in that case copies and renames that file to an output directory.
I use something like that to get the images, it works well most times even though you'll also get false positives. This why I said above that getting the images from FH is much more painful than it used to be...
The 'about:cache' windows used to work well, you just needed to filter for entries pointing to the firebase of FH. After clicking on the entry link you would be able to see the image directly in the browser.
Now it seems this only works with older pre-2022 images (the ones that were sent without watermark), it seems newer images do not show up anymore :(
I am sure there are even more ways to get the images, perhaps much simplier than the one I described. People do not share them because they fear FH will patch it.
But once again, the problem is not getting the files, its the bloody watermarks on them, thats the real issue. Even if you get the images you cannot share anything with the watermarks on it or youll get banned by FH.
To solve this you can make a simple script that iterates through all files in the directory, checks if the file is a 'webp' image (currently used by FH) and in that case copies and renames that file to an output directory.
I use something like that to get the images, it works well most times even though you'll also get false positives. This why I said above that getting the images from FH is much more painful than it used to be...
The 'about:cache' windows used to work well, you just needed to filter for entries pointing to the firebase of FH. After clicking on the entry link you would be able to see the image directly in the browser.
Now it seems this only works with older pre-2022 images (the ones that were sent without watermark), it seems newer images do not show up anymore :(
I am sure there are even more ways to get the images, perhaps much simplier than the one I described. People do not share them because they fear FH will patch it.
But once again, the problem is not getting the files, its the bloody watermarks on them, thats the real issue. Even if you get the images you cannot share anything with the watermarks on it or youll get banned by FH.
If Fanhouse wasn't a bad website with a terrible UX I wouldnt need to download pics to my PC. Housechat design is bad. The DM design is bad. The way content is organized is terrible. The newer watermarks are less intrusive than before but navigating through the site is hell.
If you add .jpg then it should show an image, but they will have the watermark on them I think.
In this thread: https://simpcity.su/threads/davina-rose.41700/post-268192 a user shared this solution
I think this solution was mentioned in the old forum as well, at it used to work well. I can't really figure out if I am not able to replicate the method or if it just does not work anymore. Can anybody confirm that even if you can get the newest images there are still watermarks on them?
I think this solution was mentioned in the old forum as well, at it used to work well. I can't really figure out if I am not able to replicate the method or if it just does not work anymore. Can anybody confirm that even if you can get the newest images there are still watermarks on them?
