creator workflow
Back Up Your Own Public Facebook Videos
Use public Facebook video URLs as a secondary recovery path for selected content you published.
Overview
Use public Facebook video URLs as a secondary recovery path for selected content you published. Resolve individual public posts when you need a local copy of a specific published asset. Preserve original masters elsewhere because social platforms may recompress uploads. This is a targeted recovery workflow, not a substitute for keeping original masters or using an account-level export. Use the workflow only for media you created, licensed, or otherwise have permission to download. Account-level archives should still use platform export tools; BigSignal is focused on public URL resolution.
Technical overview
BigSignal Tools treats Facebook URLs as untrusted input and validates the address before resolution. For creator archives, use stable source filenames and keep a record of the original post URL and download date. Social delivery copies can be recompressed, so preserve camera originals and edit masters separately. BigSignal is best used for selected public assets. For this specific use case, resolve individual public posts when you need a local copy of a specific published asset. Preserve original masters elsewhere because social platforms may recompress uploads. Responses are not cached as proof of ownership, and the public page never asks the resolver to defeat authentication, DRM, paywalls, or private-post controls. If a source changes its delivery format, the available result can change even when the same public URL is submitted later.
Key features
- Public Facebook URL workflow
- Video and audio modes
- Source-limited quality selection