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Guides and tips to save the videos and audio of the web.
Keep a copy of a screen recording shared by link
A colleague sent you a demo or a tutorial recorded on screen, playable only online. Here is how to keep an MP4 file of it before the link expires.
Read the articleWatch an online course without a connection
How to keep a copy of the videos of an online course you bought, to watch them on a train, on a plane or on a poor connection.
Read the articleWhich quality to pick for a video - 1080p, 720p or audio only?
File sizes, readability on a phone or a screen, cases where the sound is enough - how to choose the quality before downloading, with rough figures.
Read the articleWhy a video download fails, and how to fix it
Nothing detected, access denied, protected stream, odd file name - the most frequent causes of a failed download, and what works for each one.
Read the articleSave a video when the website has no download button
Most websites have no button to download their videos. Here is how to keep a copy in a few seconds, in the best quality.
Read the articleHLS and DASH: why some videos come in pieces
These two streaming formats explain why "Save video as…" doesn't work on most websites — and how to download those videos anyway.
Read the articleKeep only the audio of a video, as an MP3
Filmed podcast, interview, lesson or talk — how to save only the sound of a video, as M4A or MP3.
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