Video Downloads — Save Streaming Video in Any Quality

Video Downloader Plus lets you download streaming video from virtually any website — pick your quality, hit download, and the file lands in your downloads folder.

When Video Downloader Plus detects a video stream, you can pull it down to your device at any quality the stream makes available. The download process handles everything — manifest parsing, concurrent segment fetching, and audio/video merging — without requiring any additional software.

How to download

1. Find a stream

   Browse to a page containing video content. When Video Downloader Plus detects a stream, the toolbar icon turns blue.

2. Open Video Downloader Plus

   Click the icon to open the popup. You’ll see a list of all detected streams on the current page.

3. Pick your quality and format

   Select the stream you want, then choose a quality tier and output format from the available options.

4. Initiate the download

   Click Download. The file will be saved to your browser’s download location (or a custom path if you’ve configured one).

Available qualities

Quality	Free plan	Professional
SD (480p and below)	Unlimited	Unlimited
HD (720p)	Unlimited	Unlimited
Full HD (1080p)	3 per day	Unlimited
QHD (1440p)	—	Unlimited
4K (2160p)	—	Unlimited
8K (7680p)	—	Unlimited
60fps content	—	Unlimited

HLS and DASH stream downloads

Adaptive streams are segmented — the video is split into dozens or hundreds of small chunks spread across separate files. Video Downloader Plus handles the entire download pipeline:

1. Parses the manifest file to map out every video and audio segment
2. Fetches multiple segments at the same time for faster overall download speed
3. Reassembles them into a single, contiguous media file
4. Optionally remuxes the result into your chosen container format

Additional capabilities for adaptive streams:

• Parallel segment fetching — Concurrent connections mean faster downloads, especially for longer videos
• Retry on interruption — If a download stalls, you can restart it without losing progress
• Automatic audio merging — When a stream carries audio and video in separate tracks, Video Downloader Plus combines them into one file automatically
• Full quality selection — Every variant declared in the manifest is available to choose from
• Live stream recording — Capture ongoing live broadcasts (Professional plan)

Progressive video downloads

For direct video files served over HTTP — MP4, WebM, MKV, and similar formats — Video Downloader Plus downloads the file as-is. File size is shown upfront when the server includes a Content-Length header.

Download limits

Free users:

• Unlimited downloads at 720p and below
• 3 Full HD (1080p) downloads per day
• The daily count resets at midnight

Professional users:

• Unlimited downloads across all quality levels
• No daily caps

The 1080p daily limit is tracked per device. If you’re signed into a Video Downloader Plus account, it ties to your account instead, preventing the limit from being reset by switching browsers.

Supported formats

Video Downloader Plus can download content in 16+ container formats:

Category	Formats
Common video	MP4, WebM, MKV, MOV
Transport stream	TS, M2TS, MTS
Legacy	AVI, WMV, FLV, MPG, 3GP, OGG
Audio	MP3, AAC, M4A, FLAC, WAV

Converting HLS or DASH streams into MP4, MKV, MOV, or WebM is a Professional feature. Free users receive the native stream format.

Download settings

You can adjust download behavior from the options page:

• Download management — Activates the browser’s download management API, giving you more control over save location and file naming. This requires a separate optional browser permission, requested at runtime.
• Download path — Set a folder prefix so Video Downloader Plus organizes files into a subdirectory (e.g., Video Downloader Plus/ inside your Downloads folder).
• File naming — Filenames are generated from the video title and deduplicated automatically by appending a number if a file with the same name already exists.