How to Download Videos Using Simple Downloader?

How to download videos?

Explore the video downloader in 1-minute.

Select video and enter the details page

After finding the video to download on the video page or a personal website with an embedded player, click on the video cover to enter the video details page.

Enable the extension to automatically inject the download button

When you open a video and play it, the extension button in the enabled state automatically injects a different quality download button.

Choose video qulity to download

Once the video URL injection is done, a download button will appear in the video player. You can download videos to your computer by clicking the desired video quality. Currently supports downloading videos in 240p, 360p, 480p, 720p, 1080p, 2K/4K and other resolution types.

Note: You can download higher resolution videos by subscribing to the Downloader extension.

Install Downloader extension in your browser.

When you come to official website or other websites containing videos, please make sure that your Simple Downloader is enabled.

Enable the extension to automatically inject the download button

You can click the download button of the extension injection on the video list page or the video single page.
You can do the same for embedded videos.

Choose video qulity to download

Simple Downloader for Video support downloading videos of multiple resolutions, this feature is better than other extensions.

After completing the video URL injection, the download button will appear in the video player.

*Download players that support different formats

You can download the video to the computer by clicking the required video quality.

However, you may find that certain resolutions of videos are downloaded in formats that are not suitable for playback in your computer's player.

This is due to the different ways of obtaining the Url of videos by extension.

It is recommended that you install a player that supports playing more formats, such as IINA，VLC media player, etc.

How to Download 2K/4K Videos?

Install FFmpeg in Your Computer

Please click here to install FFmpeg.
- Windows installation tutorial
- MacOS installation tutorial

Get links to HD variants of videos

Simple Video Downloader can recognize variant links to HD versions of videos, which is a crucial step in downloading them in FFmpeg. You just need to choose 2k/4k at the download button.

Copy 2K/4K video variant link

You will be redirected to the website where you can see links to variants of this video in all qualities. Please copy one of them.

Paste the variant link

Paste copied command in Terminal (macOS/Linux) or Command Prompt (Windows) and push Enter to execute.
After the file is downloaded, it will be saved in the Downloads folder on your device.

Still have questions? Go to FAQ.