[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":880},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-en-how-to-download-direct-mp4-video":3,"blog-en-how-to-download-direct-mp4-video-surround":869},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":852,"date":853,"description":854,"extension":855,"image":856,"lastModified":853,"meta":857,"navigation":424,"path":858,"readingTime":859,"seo":860,"stem":861,"tags":862,"__hash__":868},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-download-direct-mp4-video.md","How to Download a Video from a Direct URL","FlowPick Team",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":833},"minimark",[10,14,28,33,36,91,116,120,137,142,156,186,190,193,238,241,275,294,298,310,317,330,340,344,348,351,376,379,480,493,497,500,520,527,531,551,555,562,565,621,631,635,649,665,678,682,690,724,728,739,742,746,787,791,829],[11,12,5],"h1",{"id":13},"how-to-download-a-video-from-a-direct-url",[15,16,17,18,22,23,27],"p",{},"You see a video, right-click and there's no \"Save As\". There's no ",[19,20,21],"code",{},".mp4"," in the address bar either. You're almost certainly looking at one of two situations: it's a segmented stream like M3U8\u002FMPD, or it's a ",[24,25,26],"strong",{},"direct link that's been hidden",". This article is only about the second case: how to dig the hidden direct link out, how to tell whether it can actually be downloaded, and where it gets stuck when it can't.",[29,30,32],"h2",{"id":31},"first-what-counts-as-a-direct-link","First, What Counts as a Direct Link",[15,34,35],{},"A direct link is a download where \"one URL points at one file.\" You grab the address, drop it into a downloader, and a single request pulls down the whole MP4, WebM, MOV, or MKV. No HLS\u002FDASH playlist assembly, no fetching segments one by one.",[37,38,39,54],"table",{},[40,41,42],"thead",{},[43,44,45,48,51],"tr",{},[46,47],"th",{},[46,49,50],{},"Direct link",[46,52,53],{},"HLS \u002F DASH stream",[55,56,57,69,80],"tbody",{},[43,58,59,63,66],{},[60,61,62],"td",{},"URL points to",[60,64,65],{},"a single file",[60,67,68],{},"manifest + segments",[43,70,71,74,77],{},[60,72,73],{},"How it downloads",[60,75,76],{},"one request",[60,78,79],{},"parse manifest, then fetch & merge segments",[43,81,82,85,88],{},[60,83,84],{},"Failure looks like",[60,86,87],{},"403 \u002F 404 \u002F empty file",[60,89,90],{},"glitchy video, no audio, failed merge",[15,92,93,94,97,98,101,102,97,109,115],{},"Everything below is about direct links. If what you actually have is a ",[19,95,96],{},".m3u8"," or ",[19,99,100],{},".mpd"," URL, don't grind through this post — head over to ",[24,103,104],{},[105,106,108],"a",{"href":107},"\u002Fblog\u002Fgetting-started-with-hls-m3u8-download","How to Download M3U8\u002FHLS Streams: A Complete Beginner's Guide",[24,110,111],{},[105,112,114],{"href":113},"\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-download-dash-video-with-audio","How to Download DASH Videos with Audio",". Wrong direction, and every method is wasted effort.",[29,117,119],{"id":118},"how-to-confirm-its-a-direct-link","How to Confirm It's a Direct Link",[15,121,122,123,125,126],{},"The ",[19,124,21],{}," extension alone isn't enough. Many sites tack a pile of signed parameters onto their CDN URLs, or hide the extension entirely. There's really one test that matters: ",[24,127,128,129,132,133,136],{},"does the response ",[19,130,131],{},"Content-Type"," come back as ",[19,134,135],{},"video\u002F*","?",[138,139,141],"h3",{"id":140},"method-1-watch-the-network-panel-in-devtools","Method 1: Watch the Network Panel in DevTools",[15,143,144,145,148,149,97,152,155],{},"Open the video page, press ",[19,146,147],{},"F12"," to open DevTools, switch to the Network tab, filter for ",[19,150,151],{},"mp4",[19,153,154],{},"webm",", and start playing the video:",[157,158,159,170,176],"ol",{},[160,161,162,163,165,166,169],"li",{},"Find a request whose URL contains ",[19,164,21],{}," \u002F ",[19,167,168],{},".webm",".",[160,171,172,173,175],{},"Open it and check the ",[19,174,131],{}," in the response headers.",[160,177,178,179,97,182,185],{},"If it's ",[19,180,181],{},"video\u002Fmp4",[19,183,184],{},"video\u002Fwebm",", that's your direct link.",[138,187,189],{"id":188},"method-2-verify-directly-with-curl","Method 2: Verify Directly with curl",[15,191,192],{},"Once you have a candidate URL, let curl tell you what it actually returns (swap in your own URL):",[194,195,200],"pre",{"className":196,"code":197,"language":198,"meta":199,"style":199},"language-bash shiki shiki-themes material-theme-lighter material-theme material-theme-palenight","curl -sI \"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.example.com\u002Fcourse\u002Flesson1.mp4\" | head -n 10\n","bash","",[19,201,202],{"__ignoreMap":199},[203,204,207,211,215,219,222,225,228,231,234],"span",{"class":205,"line":206},"line",1,[203,208,210],{"class":209},"sBMFI","curl",[203,212,214],{"class":213},"sfazB"," -sI",[203,216,218],{"class":217},"sMK4o"," \"",[203,220,221],{"class":213},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.example.com\u002Fcourse\u002Flesson1.mp4",[203,223,224],{"class":217},"\"",[203,226,227],{"class":217}," |",[203,229,230],{"class":209}," head",[203,232,233],{"class":213}," -n",[203,235,237],{"class":236},"sbssI"," 10\n",[15,239,240],{},"Two lines matter:",[194,242,244],{"className":196,"code":243,"language":198,"meta":199,"style":199},"HTTP\u002F1.1 200 OK\nContent-Type: video\u002Fmp4\nContent-Length: 52428800\n",[19,245,246,257,266],{"__ignoreMap":199},[203,247,248,251,254],{"class":205,"line":206},[203,249,250],{"class":209},"HTTP\u002F1.1",[203,252,253],{"class":236}," 200",[203,255,256],{"class":213}," OK\n",[203,258,260,263],{"class":205,"line":259},2,[203,261,262],{"class":209},"Content-Type:",[203,264,265],{"class":213}," video\u002Fmp4\n",[203,267,269,272],{"class":205,"line":268},3,[203,270,271],{"class":209},"Content-Length:",[203,273,274],{"class":236}," 52428800\n",[15,276,277,278,280,281,283,284,287,288,169],{},"A ",[19,279,131],{}," of ",[19,282,181],{}," means the URL is right. If it returns ",[19,285,286],{},"text\u002Fhtml",", that's not a video at all — that's a webpage. You copied the wrong URL. For how FlowPick detects direct links and which formats it covers, see ",[24,289,290],{},[105,291,293],{"href":292},"\u002Fdocs\u002Ffeatures\u002Fvideo-sniffing#supported-video-formats","Video Sniffing — Supported Video Formats",[29,295,297],{"id":296},"download-with-the-flowpick-extension","Download with the FlowPick Extension",[15,299,300,301,304,305,97,307,309],{},"Step 1, open the page where the video ",[24,302,303],{},"actually plays",", and let it run for a few seconds so the direct link really gets requested.\nStep 2, open the FlowPick extension, filter the resource list by \"video,\" and pick entries with ",[19,306,181],{},[19,308,184],{}," — not the thumbnail or the poster image.\nStep 3, confirm the preview plays correctly on the right, and if the format looks right, hit download.\nStep 4, after the download finishes, open the file and confirm it plays before closing the source page.",[15,311,312],{},[313,314],"img",{"alt":315,"src":316},"FlowPick downloading a direct-link video","\u002Fscreenshots\u002Fdirect-video-download.png",[15,318,319,320,323,324,169],{},"The extension runs inside the source page's context, so Referer and cookies travel along automatically and most hotlink checks just pass. ",[24,321,322],{},"That's where the extension beats the online tools"," — an online tool runs on its own domain and can't carry the target site's login state. The difference is covered in ",[24,325,326],{},[105,327,329],{"href":328},"\u002Fdocs\u002Fadvanced\u002Fonline-tools#differences-from-extension","Online Tools — Differences from Extension",[15,331,332,333,339],{},"If you only download occasionally and there's no hotlink check in the way, the ",[24,334,335],{},[105,336,338],{"href":337},"\u002Fvideo-downloader","Online Video Downloader"," works too — paste the direct URL and it downloads.",[29,341,343],{"id":342},"the-common-errors-one-by-one","The Common Errors, One by One",[138,345,347],{"id":346},"_403-forbidden-the-request-headers-are-wrong","403 Forbidden: The Request Headers Are Wrong",[15,349,350],{},"Videos are rarely genuinely \"unauthorized.\" Usually a check just didn't pass:",[352,353,354,360,366],"ul",{},[160,355,356,359],{},[24,357,358],{},"Referer check",": the request must come from a specific page; an empty Referer gets rejected outright.",[160,361,362,365],{},[24,363,364],{},"Cookie \u002F login state",": the login cookie is missing, or expired.",[160,367,368,371,372,375],{},[24,369,370],{},"Temporary token",": the ",[19,373,374],{},"?token="," in the URL has expired.",[15,377,378],{},"Reproduce it with curl to confirm whether Referer is the culprit:",[194,380,382],{"className":196,"code":381,"language":198,"meta":199,"style":199},"# No headers at all — see what a bare request returns\ncurl -s -o \u002Fdev\u002Fnull -w \"%{http_code}\\n\" \"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.example.com\u002Fcourse\u002Flesson1.mp4\"\n\n# Try again with the page's Referer\ncurl -s -o \u002Fdev\u002Fnull -w \"%{http_code}\\n\" \\\n  -H \"Referer: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.example.com\u002Fcourse\u002F123\" \\\n  \"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.example.com\u002Fcourse\u002Flesson1.mp4\"\n",[19,383,384,390,420,426,432,455,470],{"__ignoreMap":199},[203,385,386],{"class":205,"line":206},[203,387,389],{"class":388},"sHwdD","# No headers at all — see what a bare request returns\n",[203,391,392,394,397,400,403,406,408,411,413,415,417],{"class":205,"line":259},[203,393,210],{"class":209},[203,395,396],{"class":213}," -s",[203,398,399],{"class":213}," -o",[203,401,402],{"class":213}," \u002Fdev\u002Fnull",[203,404,405],{"class":213}," -w",[203,407,218],{"class":217},[203,409,410],{"class":213},"%{http_code}\\n",[203,412,224],{"class":217},[203,414,218],{"class":217},[203,416,221],{"class":213},[203,418,419],{"class":217},"\"\n",[203,421,422],{"class":205,"line":268},[203,423,425],{"emptyLinePlaceholder":424},true,"\n",[203,427,429],{"class":205,"line":428},4,[203,430,431],{"class":388},"# Try again with the page's Referer\n",[203,433,435,437,439,441,443,445,447,449,451],{"class":205,"line":434},5,[203,436,210],{"class":209},[203,438,396],{"class":213},[203,440,399],{"class":213},[203,442,402],{"class":213},[203,444,405],{"class":213},[203,446,218],{"class":217},[203,448,410],{"class":213},[203,450,224],{"class":217},[203,452,454],{"class":453},"sTEyZ"," \\\n",[203,456,458,461,463,466,468],{"class":205,"line":457},6,[203,459,460],{"class":213},"  -H",[203,462,218],{"class":217},[203,464,465],{"class":213},"Referer: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.example.com\u002Fcourse\u002F123",[203,467,224],{"class":217},[203,469,454],{"class":453},[203,471,473,476,478],{"class":205,"line":472},7,[203,474,475],{"class":217},"  \"",[203,477,221],{"class":213},[203,479,419],{"class":217},[15,481,482,483,486,487,169],{},"If adding the Referer fixes it, that's hotlink protection. ",[24,484,485],{},"Switch to the extension"," — it runs inside the source page, fills in the Referer automatically, and since v1.1.1 ships a hotlink proxy, previews and downloads carry the correct request headers too. Online tools can't do this. Proxy details are in ",[24,488,489],{},[105,490,492],{"href":491},"\u002Fblog\u002Fflowpick-v1-1-1-protected-resource-preview-download","FlowPick v1.1.1: Protected Resource Preview & Download",[138,494,496],{"id":495},"_404-not-found-the-url-expired-or-you-grabbed-the-wrong-one","404 Not Found: The URL Expired or You Grabbed the Wrong One",[15,498,499],{},"The most annoying part of direct links is \"it worked yesterday, 404 today.\" Three common causes:",[352,501,502,508,514],{},[160,503,504,507],{},[24,505,506],{},"Signed URL expired",": cloud storage (OSS, COS, etc.) direct links carry a validity window that runs out anywhere from minutes to hours.",[160,509,510,513],{},[24,511,512],{},"The file was cleaned up",": the uploader deleted it, or the CDN cache was purged.",[160,515,516,519],{},[24,517,518],{},"You copied the wrong URL",": you grabbed the player page URL, not the file's direct link.",[15,521,522,523,526],{},"If the URL is genuinely dead, there's no saving it — ",[24,524,525],{},"go back to the original video page and re-detect",", grab a fresh direct link, and download again.",[138,528,530],{"id":529},"cors-errors-a-trap-specific-to-online-tools","CORS Errors: A Trap Specific to Online Tools",[15,532,533,534,537,538,541,542,544,545,169],{},"If you're using an ",[24,535,536],{},"online tool"," and hitting CORS errors, that's not your fault — it's the tool's limitation. The online tool runs on the ",[19,539,540],{},"flowpick.com"," domain, and the browser's same-origin policy blocks cross-origin reads. ",[24,543,485],{},". The extension has its own permissions and isn't subject to same-origin policy, so detection coverage and success rates are a notch higher. Details in ",[24,546,547],{},[105,548,550],{"href":549},"\u002Fdocs\u002Ffeatures\u002Fvideo-sniffing#detection-differences-extension-vs-online-tool","Video Sniffing — Detection Differences: Extension vs Online Tool",[138,552,554],{"id":553},"incomplete-files-the-server-doesnt-support-resume","Incomplete Files: The Server Doesn't Support Resume",[15,556,557,558,561],{},"The download starts fine, but pausing starts it over from zero, or it fails halfway. This comes down to whether the server supports ",[24,559,560],{},"HTTP Range",". Range lets the client request just part of a file — resume depends entirely on it.",[15,563,564],{},"Test whether the server supports it:",[194,566,568],{"className":196,"code":567,"language":198,"meta":199,"style":199},"curl -s -o \u002Fdev\u002Fnull -w \"%{http_code}\\n\" \\\n  -H \"Range: bytes=0-1023\" \\\n  \"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.example.com\u002Fcourse\u002Flesson1.mp4\"\n# 206 = Range supported, resume works\n# 200 = full file returned, not supported\n",[19,569,570,590,603,611,616],{"__ignoreMap":199},[203,571,572,574,576,578,580,582,584,586,588],{"class":205,"line":206},[203,573,210],{"class":209},[203,575,396],{"class":213},[203,577,399],{"class":213},[203,579,402],{"class":213},[203,581,405],{"class":213},[203,583,218],{"class":217},[203,585,410],{"class":213},[203,587,224],{"class":217},[203,589,454],{"class":453},[203,591,592,594,596,599,601],{"class":205,"line":259},[203,593,460],{"class":213},[203,595,218],{"class":217},[203,597,598],{"class":213},"Range: bytes=0-1023",[203,600,224],{"class":217},[203,602,454],{"class":453},[203,604,605,607,609],{"class":205,"line":268},[203,606,475],{"class":217},[203,608,221],{"class":213},[203,610,419],{"class":217},[203,612,613],{"class":205,"line":428},[203,614,615],{"class":388},"# 206 = Range supported, resume works\n",[203,617,618],{"class":205,"line":434},[203,619,620],{"class":388},"# 200 = full file returned, not supported\n",[15,622,623,626,627,630],{},[19,624,625],{},"206"," is good. ",[19,628,629],{},"200"," (full file) means no Range support — so don't pause midway; download it in one go. This is a server capability, and switching tools won't change it.",[29,632,634],{"id":633},"what-if-the-downloaded-file-wont-play","What If the Downloaded File Won't Play",[15,636,637,638,641,642,645,646,648],{},"The file downloaded, the size looks right, but the player says \"format not supported\" or shows a black screen. Here you have to separate two concepts: ",[24,639,640],{},"container"," and ",[24,643,644],{},"codec",". ",[19,647,21],{}," is the container; inside it could be H.264, or it could be H.265\u002FHEVC or AV1. Container support isn't codec support — the player has to be able to decode the codec layer inside before anything plays.",[15,650,651,652,658,659,169],{},"For codec issues, run it through ",[24,653,654],{},[105,655,657],{"href":656},"\u002Fdocs\u002Ffeatures\u002Fformat-conversion","Format Conversion"," and remux to a more compatible H.264 MP4. To see what formats your browser can actually play, check ",[24,660,661],{},[105,662,664],{"href":663},"\u002Fdocs\u002Fadvanced\u002Fbrowser-compatibility","Browser Compatibility",[15,666,667,668,671,672,169],{},"If a large file (hundreds of MB) stalls halfway, it's because the browser is buffering the file in memory. FlowPick prefers the File System Access API (choose a directory and it streams to disk, no memory blow-up), and falls back to Blob mode when unsupported — which is where big files get stuck. The fix is simple: ",[24,669,670],{},"prefer \"Choose a save folder\""," instead of the default download; if that's not available, grab a lower-quality version. The hard limits of Blob mode are in ",[24,673,674],{},[105,675,677],{"href":676},"\u002Fdocs\u002Ftroubleshooting\u002Fknown-issues#blob-mode-hard-limit","Known Issues",[29,679,681],{"id":680},"cant-tell-direct-links-m3u8-and-mpd-apart","Can't Tell Direct Links, M3U8, and MPD Apart?",[15,683,684,685,97,687,689],{},"If the URL's extension carries ",[19,686,96],{},[19,688,100],{},", it isn't a direct link at all — it's a streaming manifest. Don't force it:",[352,691,692,709],{},[160,693,694,696,697,703,704],{},[19,695,96],{}," → ",[24,698,699],{},[105,700,702],{"href":701},"\u002Fm3u8-downloader","M3U8 Downloader"," or the ",[24,705,706],{},[105,707,708],{"href":107},"HLS beginner guide",[160,710,711,696,713,703,719],{},[19,712,100],{},[24,714,715],{},[105,716,718],{"href":717},"\u002Fdash-downloader","DASH Downloader",[24,720,721],{},[105,722,723],{"href":113},"DASH download tutorial",[29,725,727],{"id":726},"the-takeaway","The Takeaway",[15,729,730,731,733,734,738],{},"Direct-link downloads are four steps: find the page where the video actually plays → pull the ",[19,732,135],{}," URL out of the Network panel or FlowPick → verify it with curl so you didn't grab the wrong one → test the file after downloading before moving on. Hit 403, switch to the extension; 404, re-detect; CORS, don't use an online tool; incomplete file, check Range first. For everything else, ",[105,735,737],{"href":736},"\u002Fdocs\u002Ftroubleshooting\u002Fdirect-video-download","Direct Video Download Failed: MP4 and WebM Troubleshooting"," lays out the full checklist by symptom. 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