How to download an embedded video from a website
Quick answer
Open the page with the embedded video and open FileSnatch. It looks inside embedded players too, so the video appears in the panel ready to download in the quality you want.
The problem
Embedded videos live in a player loaded from another site, so right-click and "Save video as" usually don't work, and the page's own address doesn't lead to the file. Finding the real source means digging through the page code.
How FileSnatch helps
- FileSnatch checks embedded players on the page, not just the page itself.
- It asks the player's site for the video the way the page would, so players that only answer the embedding page work too.
- Streamed embeds are joined into one MP4.
Step by step
- Open the page
The article, lesson or post with the video.
- Play it once
Some players load the video only when played.
- Open FileSnatch
The embedded video shows in the Videos tab.
- Download
Pick a quality and save.
Good to know
- A whole course with a video on every page? Look inside collects them from every lesson page.
- Want only the sound? Choose Audio only.
Free and Pro
Free saves up to 720p, 20 a day. Pro adds 1080p and 4K, unlimited.
Compare every feature →Questions
Does it work with Vimeo embeds?
Yes, embedded Vimeo videos appear in the panel.
And YouTube embeds?
No, FileSnatch doesn't download from YouTube.
What else FileSnatch does
Grabs as you browseEvery video, photo, sound and document a page shows is caught for you, even hidden and streamed ones.
Bulk downloadDownload all at once, as one ZIP, or many PDFs joined into one, numbered in order.
Save part of a videoTrim a section, keep just the sound, or stop a long download and keep what's done.
Look insideCollect the files behind every page a list links to, or only the pages about a word.
Telegram downloadsWhole channels in full quality, only what's new since last time, or just the last week.
Convert and compressVideo to MP3 or GIF; make videos, PDFs, pictures and audio smaller. Nothing is uploaded.
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