Free Video Downloader – Save or Record Video, MP4 & MP3, HD

Download video from any site in one click: HD MP4, MKV, MP3 and subtitles. Or record the tab when nothing is detected.

Free Video Downloader allows you to download videos of all known formats: mp4, webm, mpeg, ogg, etc. The extension also allows you to download HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) videos. Such a stream is delivered as hundreds of short fragments, and the extension fetches all of them and assembles them into one finished file, which you can later view in any media player. The extension can also download streaming MPEG-DASH video, where the picture and the sound arrive as separate tracks, and combine audio and video into one file. You choose the format at the moment you save: MP4, MKV, MOV and WebM for video, M4A and MP3 for audio. The list adapts to each clip — whatever the source already uses is offered first, so the file is copied rather than re-encoded and no quality is lost along the way. You choose the resolution yourself too, from the real list the site offers, whether that is 360p, 720p, 1080p or 4K. And if you only need the sound, the extension will pull out a single audio track, turning a lecture or an interview into a small file instead of a heavy video. If a video carries subtitles, the extension finds them too and saves them as a separate SRT or VTT file. Tracks delivered in fragments alongside the stream are collected and stitched back together with their timings intact, and when several languages are offered you choose the one you need. The file is named to match the video, so most video players pick the subtitles up on their own. Pulling the sound out of a video takes one click: open the extra menu beside the Download button and choose audio extraction. Where the source allows it the track is saved as M4A without re-encoding, so a lecture, a podcast or a concert becomes a small audio file instead of a heavy video, and MP3 stays available in the format list when a player asks for it. The extension is very easy to use. First, you need to open the page with the desired video and start playing it. Then click on the extension icon in your browser and in the window that appears, select the video file you need. Click download, and in a few seconds you will start downloading the video to your computer. Working right inside the browser makes a practical difference compared with downloader websites where you have to paste a link. Clips that require you to be signed in stay reachable, because the request carries your session, while a link pasted into an outside website has no session and simply gets refused. Nothing is uploaded to a third-party server, there are no pop-up ads or fake download buttons in the way, and no account or registration is needed. The extension is convenient to use for downloading movies when you are going on long trips or travels. Save your favorite stories and clips from social networks and video sites. Also all kinds of videos for preparing presentations, lectures and conference talks to watch offline, and copies of your own uploads so they stay with you if an account or a platform changes. The free version is not a trial period. Video detection, quality and format selection, HLS and DASH merging and audio extraction all work without paying, with a limit on how many downloads you make each day. Pro simply lifts that daily limit for people who save clips regularly. When a video cannot be detected at all — a live broadcast, a WebRTC stream, or a player that hides everything — the extension can record the tab instead. Recording runs in real time, you can capture the whole tab or only an area you select, and the result is saved as an ordinary video file. It is a fallback rather than a replacement: recorded frames are re-encoded, so downloading the original stream gives a better file whenever that is possible. The extension does not save DRM-protected content from paid streaming services: those streams are encrypted and no downloader can decrypt them. The rule of thumb is simple — if a clip plays in your browser and is not protected by DRM, it can almost always be saved.