5 Common and Simple Methods to Download Embedded Videos

Before anything else, you should know that embedded videos are different form videos posted on video-hosting sites like YouTube, Vimeo, etc. Embedded videos are usually self-hosted and are built into the web page, such as Flash video (outdated), HTML5 video, etc. While it’s easy to download videos from video-sharing sites, it might not be that easy to download embedded videos.

But don’t worry. There are still many ways to download an embedded video. This article will present five common and simple solutions on how to download embedded videos below. You can try different methods according to your own needs.

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Some videos are embedded in website MP4 player, which means that you can download these videos just like saving a picture online. It can be called the simplest method to download an embedded video.

You can right-click the video directly while playing the video, and then select “Save video as” to download embedded flash video to your local hard drive. Or sometimes, you can see a download option near the full-screen button on the lower right side of the video to download embedded video directly. Simple, right?

One of the most popular ways to download embedded videos is using a professional embedded video downloader.

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To download embedded videos without any software installation is also available. Keep reading, here I will demonstrate how to download embedded videos with Chrome/Firefox.

Step1: Run Chrome or Firefox, open the page with the embedded video which you want to download, and then play the embedded video of the current page.

Step2: Press “F12” shortcut key or right click the blank margins of the page, select “Inspect” in Chrome or “Inspect Element” in Firefox.

Step3: After the Inspect page occurs, click “Network” tab first, then click “Media” sub tab under “Network”. Then, press “F5” shortcut key to refresh the page and play the embedded video again. After done, you can find that the lower left side of the page will show a link.

Step4: Right click the link and choose “Open in a new tab”, the embedded video will show and play on a new tab automatically.

Step5: Click “Download” button directly, or if there is not a download button, then right click the video and choose “Save video as” to download the embedded video to your local hard drive.

Step1: Visit the two links below to add Video DownloadHelper to your browser.

Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-downloadhelper/lmjnegcaeklhafolokijcfjliaokphfk.

FireFox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper.

Step2: Press “Add to Firefox” button, then click “Add”. The Video DownloadHelper will be successfully added to your Firefox. The steps are the same as Chrome.

Step3: Restart your browser, play the embedded video again. Click “Video DownloadHelper” icon on the top right side of your current page, then select “Download” option to download embedded video.

Related reading: How to Fix Video DownloadHelper Not Working

Of course, to give a shot at online video download services is also a good idea. Here I recommend 3 online embedded video download sites to you.

https://www.clipconverter.cc/

https://catchvideo.net/

http://en.fetchfile.net/

You have to know that such online video downloaders usually allow you download videos from some mainstream video hosting sites directly, but you may fail to download embedded video through online services.

Here I take http://en.fetchfile.net/ to show you the concrete steps of how to download embedded videos online.

Step1: Open and visit http://en.fetchfile.net/.

Step2: Go to the page with embedded video which you want to download. Copy and paste the URL to the URL box on the page of http://en.fetchfile.net/. And then click “Download”.

Step3: After done, you can select the video resolution you want and click “Download video” button to download video embedded in website.

These are all the five recommended solutions to help with embedded video downloads. You can choose any one of them based on your practical condition. As for myself, I usually prefer to use HD Video Converter Factory Pro for it is more secure than online downloaders. It's equipped with a clear interface which enables me to download videos just within several simple clicks. You can free download it to have a try! I wish this article can help you.

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