Learn more Don't you wish you could download streaming videos from the web so you can watch them whenever you want? You're in luck—even if a website doesn't technically allow downloads, there are many free tools you can use to save videos from any website, including YouTube , just by providing the URL. This wikiHow article will teach you how to use video downloaders and recording tools to save videos from the web to your computer, phone, or tablet. Go to the site with the video. Copy the video the URL. Paste the URL into the box.

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Method 1. All rights reserved. wikiHow, Inc. is the copyright holder of this image under U. and international copyright laws. This image may not be used by other entities without the express written consent of wikiHow, Inc. Go to a video streaming website in your web browser. This can be YouTube, Dailymotion, Facebook or another website that has video streaming. Find the video you want to download and play it. Use the search bar on the website to search for the video by name, creator, or content. When you find the video, click it to play it. Copy the video's URL. On some websites like YouTube and Daily Motion, you can right-click the URL in the address bar and click Copy. On other websites like Facebook, you will need to use the following steps to copy a video: Click Share below the video. Click Copy Link , Copy URL or similar. Navigate to a video download website. There are many websites that allow you to download videos from websites like YouTube, Facebook , and more.

However, some websites may work better than others and some may not support all videos. Also, video download websites tend to get taken down and replace frequently, due to legal reasons. Use Google to search "video download website" to find video download websites that are currently active. Click the video link text field. Most of these websites have a text field at the top of the page that you enter the video URL. Click the text field at the top of the page to input the text cursor. You should see the address that you copied earlier appear in the text field.

Click the button to capture the video. It typically to the right of the URL text field. Look for a button that says Download , Go , Catch , Catch Video or similar. This will start processing the video. If the video is unable to process, check to make sure you copied the entire URL. If it still can't be processed, try a different download site. Click Download next to the quality and format you want. There may be a variety of download options. Many websites offer downloads in MP4 , WebM, and MP3 audio only formats. In addition different formats, there may also be different quality options such as p, p, p, or p. Click the download option next to the format and quality you want to download.

This may either download the video directly to your downloads folder or play it in your web browser Continue to the next step if it plays in your web browser. To display the menu, click the icon with three dots in the lower-right corner of the video playback screen. This will download the video to your Downloads folder. By default, you can find your downloaded video files in your Downloads folder. Method 2. Download 4K Video Downloader. Click Get 4K Video Downloader. Open the install file in your web browser or Downloads folder. Click Next Check "I agree to the terms in the License Agreement. Click Next Click Install Click Yes Click Finish. Drag the 4K Video Downloader app to the Applications folder.

Go to a videos streaming website in your web browser. This can be YouTube, Dailymotion, Facebook or other website that has video streaming.. On some website like YouTube and Daily Motion, you can right-click the URL in the address bar and click Copy. Open 4K Video Downloader. It has a green icon with an image that resembles a cloud. Click the icon to open 4K Video Downloader. It can be found in the Windows Start Menu , or the Applications folder on Mac. Click Smart Mode. This opens the Smart Mode menu, which allows you to select what format, quality, and language you want to download your videos in. Select a format. Use the first drop-down menu to select a format.. Select the quality. It also supports 60 frames-per-second at p, p, and 4K. Select "Best Quality" to download the best possible quality. Select you language. Use the last two drop-down menu's to select the video language and subtitle language. Click Ok. This saves your settings. Click Paste Link.

It's the green icon in the upper-right corner. This automatically pastes the link into 4K Video Downloader and starts downloading the video. When the video download is complete, you can find the downloaded videos files in your Videos folder. Method 3. Understand the limitations of screen recordings. Screen recording is a solution to wanting to download a protected video e. OBS Studio will also record your mouse cursor and any pop-ups or buffering that may occur during video playback. You'll also need a subscription to the service in question to be able to access these videos. Also be aware that screen recording video from a paid streaming service may violate the terms of service for that service provider. It may also be illegal in your country. Download and install Mozilla Firefox.

Most video streaming services like Netflix and Hulu have copyright protection in their videos. When you try to screen capture videos from these services, you will see a black screen when viewing the recorded video. Open the installer file in your web browser or Downloads folder. Click Yes on Mac, drag the Firefox icon to the Applications folder. Download and install OBS. OBS is free app recording and streaming software. It is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. com Click Windows. Open the Install file in your web browser or Downloads folder.

Click Next. Click I Agree. Uncheck the plugin box if you like. Click Install Click Finish when prompted. com Click MacOS Drag the OBS app to the Applications folder. Open Firefox. It has an orange and purple icon that resembles a fox in the shape of a flame. Click the icon in the Window Start menu, Dock, Desktop, or Applications folder. Go to a video streaming website and sign in. Enter the web address for a video streaming site like Netflix, Hulu, or other in your web browser. Then sign in using the username and password associated with your account. Open OBS Studio. OBS has a black round icon with three cycles on it. Click the icon in the Windows Start menu or Applications folder on Mac to open OBS. Click OK if prompted. This will accept the terms of use and bring you to the main OBS Studio window. Click Yes on the "Auto-Configuration Wizard" window. This will bring up a window.

To complete the setup wizard: Check the "Optimize just for recording" box. Click Apply Settings. If you prefer to set your own settings, click No instead. Open a protected video. Go to a site like Netflix or Hulu and sign in with your account credentials. You can also use this technique to capture live streaming video from YouTube, Facebook, or Twitch as it happens. It's at the bottom of OBS in the "Sources" panel. Click Window Capture. It's at the bottom of the list of capture sources. Type a name for the source. You can name it after the app you are capturing video from to make it easier to reference. It doesn't really matter what you call it. Select "Firefox" as the Window. Use the drop-down menu next to "Window" to select Firefox.

It will be listed along with the website you have open. Select Firefox to use that as the capture display. Click Start Recording in OBS. This will start recording the source you have selected. Play the video in Firefox. Now that you have the streaming app recording, click the play button on the video to start the video playback. OBS will record the entire video as it plays. It's recommended you do a short test recording of a video to make sure everything is working properly before you try to record an entire movie or TV show. Full-screen the video.

Click the "fullscreen" icon at the bottom of the video player. In some cases, you can also press "F11" to full-screen the video. Click Stop Recording in OBS when the video is over. This will stop recording and save the video. You can go to your video by clicking File and then clicking Show Recordings in the drop-down menu. By default, video recordings can be found in your Videos folder. Method 4. To display the menu, click the icon with three dots in the lower-right corner of the video playback screen. This will download the video to your Downloads folder. By default, you can find your downloaded video files in your Downloads folder. Method 2. Download 4K Video Downloader. Click Get 4K Video Downloader. Open the install file in your web browser or Downloads folder. Click Next Check "I agree to the terms in the License Agreement. Click Next Click Install Click Yes Click Finish. Drag the 4K Video Downloader app to the Applications folder.

Go to a videos streaming website in your web browser. This can be YouTube, Dailymotion, Facebook or other website that has video streaming.. On some website like YouTube and Daily Motion, you can right-click the URL in the address bar and click Copy. Open 4K Video Downloader. It has a green icon with an image that resembles a cloud. Click the icon to open 4K Video Downloader. It can be found in the Windows Start Menu , or the Applications folder on Mac. Click Smart Mode. This opens the Smart Mode menu, which allows you to select what format, quality, and language you want to download your videos in. Select a format. Use the first drop-down menu to select a format.. Select the quality. It also supports 60 frames-per-second at p, p, and 4K. Select "Best Quality" to download the best possible quality. Select you language. Use the last two drop-down menu's to select the video language and subtitle language. Click Ok. This saves your settings. Click Paste Link. It's the green icon in the upper-right corner.

This automatically pastes the link into 4K Video Downloader and starts downloading the video. When the video download is complete, you can find the downloaded videos files in your Videos folder. Method 3. Understand the limitations of screen recordings. Screen recording is a solution to wanting to download a protected video e. OBS Studio will also record your mouse cursor and any pop-ups or buffering that may occur during video playback. You'll also need a subscription to the service in question to be able to access these videos. Also be aware that screen recording video from a paid streaming service may violate the terms of service for that service provider. It may also be illegal in your country. Download and install Mozilla Firefox. Most video streaming services like Netflix and Hulu have copyright protection in their videos.

When you try to screen capture videos from these services, you will see a black screen when viewing the recorded video. Open the installer file in your web browser or Downloads folder. Click Yes on Mac, drag the Firefox icon to the Applications folder. Download and install OBS. OBS is free app recording and streaming software. It is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. com Click Windows. Open the Install file in your web browser or Downloads folder. Click Next. Click I Agree. Uncheck the plugin box if you like. Click Install Click Finish when prompted.

com Click MacOS Drag the OBS app to the Applications folder. Open Firefox. It has an orange and purple icon that resembles a fox in the shape of a flame. Click the icon in the Window Start menu, Dock, Desktop, or Applications folder. Go to a video streaming website and sign in. Enter the web address for a video streaming site like Netflix, Hulu, or other in your web browser. Then sign in using the username and password associated with your account. Open OBS Studio. OBS has a black round icon with three cycles on it. Click the icon in the Windows Start menu or Applications folder on Mac to open OBS. Click OK if prompted. This will accept the terms of use and bring you to the main OBS Studio window. Click Yes on the "Auto-Configuration Wizard" window. This will bring up a window. To complete the setup wizard: Check the "Optimize just for recording" box.

Click Apply Settings. If you prefer to set your own settings, click No instead. Open a protected video. Go to a site like Netflix or Hulu and sign in with your account credentials. You can also use this technique to capture live streaming video from YouTube, Facebook, or Twitch as it happens. It's at the bottom of OBS in the "Sources" panel. Click Window Capture. It's at the bottom of the list of capture sources. Type a name for the source. You can name it after the app you are capturing video from to make it easier to reference. It doesn't really matter what you call it. Select "Firefox" as the Window. Use the drop-down menu next to "Window" to select Firefox. It will be listed along with the website you have open. Select Firefox to use that as the capture display.

Click Start Recording in OBS. This will start recording the source you have selected. Play the video in Firefox. Now that you have the streaming app recording, click the play button on the video to start the video playback. OBS will record the entire video as it plays. It's recommended you do a short test recording of a video to make sure everything is working properly before you try to record an entire movie or TV show. Full-screen the video. Click the "fullscreen" icon at the bottom of the video player. In some cases, you can also press "F11" to full-screen the video. Click Stop Recording in OBS when the video is over. This will stop recording and save the video.

You can go to your video by clicking File and then clicking Show Recordings in the drop-down menu. By default, video recordings can be found in your Videos folder. Method 4. Game Bar will also record your mouse cursor and any pop-ups or buffering that may occur during video playback. Click Yes. Click the icon in the Window Start menu to open Firefox. This opens the Game Bar on Windows. This can be used to record screen captures. Click the widgets menu. It's the icon that has four lines with four dots next to them. It's at the top of the game bar. Click Capture. This displays the screen capture controls. Click the "Record" button. It's the button with the circle in the capture controls. This starts a screen recording.

You will see the timer and stop button appear in a separate panel to the right. Play a video. Use the web interface in Firefox to navigate to a video you want to watch and click it. Click the Play button in the video to begin the video playback. Game Bar will record your video as it plays. Try to ensure there are no other windows or disturbance on the screen as the video playback plays. Game Bar will record any other windows that opens, as well as your mouse cursor and any sounds from any other apps. Click the "Stop" button. It's the red button next the the panel with the timer. This will save your video recording. By default, your video captures can be found in the "Capture" folder inside your "Videos" folder. Click the record button in the capture bar to display the Stop button. To make sure everything is working properly, it is recommended a short test video of a captured video. If everything is working properly, then you can record a full-length movie or TV show.

Method 5. QuickTime will also record your mouse cursor and any pop-ups or buffering that may occur during video playback. You will also need to download an additional audio plug-in to capture your computer's audio during screen recording on your Mac. Download the IShowU audio capture plug in. Or you can try with Soundflower or BlackHole to record screen video with internal audio on Mac at the same time. Normally when you use QuickTime to capture a screen recording on Mac, it's not able to capture your computer's audio. IShowU is a free audio capture plugin that allows you to capture the audio from your Mac. Use the following steps to download and install IShowU audio capture. Click Download Installer for earlier versions of MacOS. Open the Installer ". dmg" file in your Downloads folder or web browser. Double-click the IShowU Audio Capture.

pkg file. Click Ok Click Continue Click Continue. Click Install. Enter your Password. Click Install Software. Click Restart or Close. Configure your audio output device. In order to capture audio from your Mac, you need to configure an audio device that takes the audio from your Mac and routes it to both your speakers and the IShowU Audio Capture device. Use the following steps to do that: Click the magnifying glass icon in the upper-right corner. Type audio MIDI setup and press Enter. Click Create Multip-Output Device. Check both "Built-in Audio" and "IShowU Audio Capture". Double-click "Multi-Output Device" and change the name to "Screen Capture". Set the "Screen Capture" device as your primary audio output. In order to use the Screen Capture audio device you just created, you need to set it as your primary audio device in System Preferences.

Use the following steps to set the Screen Capture device as your primary audio output: Click the Apple icon in the upper-right corner. Click System Preferences. Click Sound. Click the Output tab. Click Screen Capture. Go to a site like Netflix or Hulu and sign in with your account credentials, then select the video that you want to record. Type quicktime into Spotlight. This will search your Mac for the QuickTime app. Click QuickTime. It should be the top search result in the Spotlight search. Doing so will open QuickTime. Click File. It's a menu item in the top-left corner of the screen. A drop-down menu will appear. Click New Screen Recording. It's near the top of the File drop-down menu. Click Options. It's next to the "Record" button at the bottom of the screen. If you are using an older version of MacOS, click the arrow icon next to the record button in the playback controls. Select "IShowU Audio Capture".

This select the IShowU Audio Capture device that allows you to capture audio while screen recording with QuickTime. It's button on the left on the bar at the bottom of the screen. This starts screen recording your video. If you are using an older version of MacOS, click the button with the red circle in the playback controls. Go to a paid streaming service website in your web browser. This can be Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, or any other service you want.

Last Updated: August 20, Tested. This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Travis Boylls. Travis Boylls is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. Travis has experience writing technology-related articles, providing software customer service, and in graphic design. He specializes in Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, and Linux platforms. He studied graphic design at Pikes Peak Community College. The wikiHow Tech Team also followed the article's instructions and verified that they work. This article has been viewed 7,, times. Learn more Don't you wish you could download streaming videos from the web so you can watch them whenever you want? You're in luck—even if a website doesn't technically allow downloads, there are many free tools you can use to save videos from any website, including YouTube , just by providing the URL.

This wikiHow article will teach you how to use video downloaders and recording tools to save videos from the web to your computer, phone, or tablet. Go to the site with the video. Copy the video the URL. Paste the URL into the box. Click Download. Click Download next the format and quality you want to download. Did this summary help you? Yes No. Log in Social login does not work in incognito and private browsers. Please log in with your username or email to continue. wikiHow Account. No account yet? Create an account. Courses Tech Help Pro About Us Random Article. Quizzes Contribute Train Your Brain Game Improve Your English. Popular Categories. Arts and Entertainment Artwork Books Movies.

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Learn why people trust wikiHow. Categories Computers and Electronics Internet Internet Browsers How to Download Any Video from Any Website for Free. Download Article Explore this Article methods. Tips and Warnings. Related Articles. Article Summary. Written by Travis Boylls Last Updated: August 20, Tested. Method 1. All rights reserved. wikiHow, Inc. is the copyright holder of this image under U. and international copyright laws. This image may not be used by other entities without the express written consent of wikiHow, Inc. Go to a video streaming website in your web browser. This can be YouTube, Dailymotion, Facebook or another website that has video streaming.

Find the video you want to download and play it. Use the search bar on the website to search for the video by name, creator, or content. When you find the video, click it to play it. Copy the video's URL. On some websites like YouTube and Daily Motion, you can right-click the URL in the address bar and click Copy. On other websites like Facebook, you will need to use the following steps to copy a video: Click Share below the video. Click Copy Link , Copy URL or similar. Navigate to a video download website. There are many websites that allow you to download videos from websites like YouTube, Facebook , and more. However, some websites may work better than others and some may not support all videos. Also, video download websites tend to get taken down and replace frequently, due to legal reasons. Use Google to search "video download website" to find video download websites that are currently active. Click the video link text field. Most of these websites have a text field at the top of the page that you enter the video URL.

Click the text field at the top of the page to input the text cursor. You should see the address that you copied earlier appear in the text field. Click the button to capture the video. It typically to the right of the URL text field. Look for a button that says Download , Go , Catch , Catch Video or similar. This will start processing the video. If the video is unable to process, check to make sure you copied the entire URL. If it still can't be processed, try a different download site. Click Download next to the quality and format you want. There may be a variety of download options. Many websites offer downloads in MP4 , WebM, and MP3 audio only formats. In addition different formats, there may also be different quality options such as p, p, p, or p. Click the download option next to the format and quality you want to download. This may either download the video directly to your downloads folder or play it in your web browser Continue to the next step if it plays in your web browser.

To display the menu, click the icon with three dots in the lower-right corner of the video playback screen. This will download the video to your Downloads folder. By default, you can find your downloaded video files in your Downloads folder. Method 2. Download 4K Video Downloader. Click Get 4K Video Downloader. Open the install file in your web browser or Downloads folder. Click Next Check "I agree to the terms in the License Agreement. Click Next Click Install Click Yes Click Finish. Drag the 4K Video Downloader app to the Applications folder. Go to a videos streaming website in your web browser.

All apps, extensions, and websites that were mentioned in the article are safe. Go to a site like Netflix or Hulu and sign in with your account credentials. There are many websites that allow you to download videos from websites like YouTube, Facebook , and more. wikiHow Account. This select the IShowU Audio Capture device that allows you to capture audio while screen recording with QuickTime.

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