Daniel Carter
Technical writer · PullVid team
Daniel Carter is part of the PullVid editorial team, where he writes practical guides on how to download video and audio from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms. He focuses on explaining formats, quality, and compatibility in plain language, without jargon. Every guide is tested with PullVid's own tool before it goes live.
Latest from Daniel Carter
ssstwitter alternative: download X videos without the ads
An ssstwitter alternative with no popups and no fake buttons, where you choose the quality instead of getting 720p from a video that was 1080p.
tikmate alternative: TikTok without watermark or roulette
A tikmate alternative from one stable site, no watermark, no fake buttons, and no depending on which domain with that name is still alive today.
y2meta alternative: download from YouTube without surprises
A y2meta alternative with one stable domain, no fake buttons and quality you choose. What to check so you don't end up on a worse clone.
How to Download Pinterest Videos (Step-by-Step Guide)
Save a pin's video as MP4 from your phone or computer. The app's short link works, and we explain why so many pins arrive with no sound.
Download a Pinterest GIF (and why it's really a video)
What Pinterest shows as a GIF is almost always a silent MP4. We explain what you actually download and how to get a real GIF if you need one.
Send a Large Video on Discord: the Limit Is 10 MB
Discord cut the free limit to 10 MB in 2024, so what used to work stopped working. What fits today, what won't raise the cap, and three ways out.
Is ssstwitter safe? The real risks of the X downloader
Does ssstwitter.com have viruses? An honest look: the MP4 is clean — the problems are the ads and that it hands you 720p when the tweet was 1080p.
Is tikmate safe? The many-domains problem
Does tikmate have viruses? Not the file — the risk is that there is no single tikmate, but a dozen domains sharing the name and behaving differently.
Is y2meta safe? What's behind the name
Does y2meta have viruses? The real risk isn't the file — it's landing on the wrong domain: the name gets confused with y2mate, and clones abound.
ssstwitter not working: why it fails and what to do
ssstwitter won't download, hangs or errors out. The four real causes — private tweet, X changes, ad blocker — and what to do about each.
tikmate not working: why, and what to do
tikmate won't download or won't load. The first cause is specific here: the particular domain you used may no longer exist. The other three and their fixes.
y2meta not working: real causes and what to do
y2meta won't load or won't recognise the link. The real causes — dead domain, YouTube changes, ad blocker — and what to do about each.