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Why can’t I open the VOD I downloaded?

Our VOD downloader saves the full live stream first, then stitches the video segments together before giving you a single file to download.

If you try to “merge” .ts or .mp4 chunks yourself, the result often won’t play because:

  • Concatenating segments can corrupt or omit important header/metadata information.
  • Video players expect a properly structured container file, not a raw sequence of bytes.

How do I fix it?

Repackage the file with ffmpeg. After installing ffmpeg (see guides below), run the command below and replace the example paths with your own:

ffmpeg -i "/Users/me/Downloads/asmongold-monks-love-trump.ts" -c copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc "/Users/me/Downloads/asmongold-monks-love-trump-fixed.mp4"
  • /Users/me/Downloads/asmongold-monks-love-trump.ts is the file you downloaded from kick-video.download
  • /Users/me/Downloads/asmongold-monks-love-trump-fixed.mp4 is the repaired output file

If you don’t have ffmpeg installed yet, follow the instructions below.

Install FFmpeg on macOS (Homebrew)

You can watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z8ooWfaIrM, or follow the steps below.

1) Install Homebrew (if needed)

Open Terminal and run:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Verify:

brew --version

2) Install ffmpeg

brew install ffmpeg

3) Verify installation

ffmpeg -version

Install FFmpeg on Windows (Chocolatey)

Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows. It lets you install and update software from the command line.

1) Open PowerShell as Administrator

Right-click Start → Windows Terminal (Admin) or PowerShell (Admin)

2) Install ffmpeg

choco install ffmpeg -y

3) Verify installation

Close and reopen PowerShell, then run:

ffmpeg -version
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