How to download an embedded video
An embedded video is a player from another site placed inside the page you are reading, usually in a frame. Right-click often offers nothing, and the page code shows only the frame. VidHatch looks inside every frame on the page and at the requests its players make, so the embedded video shows up in the list like any other.
Why embedded videos are hard to save
The player lives in a frame served by another site. It often streams the video in pieces, HLS or DASH, and feeds them to the page through a blob: address, so there is no single file to right-click. Saving the page gives you HTML, not the video.
Save it in four steps
Open the page and play the embedded video
Start it in its own player. VidHatch reads every frame on the page, so you do not need to open the embed on its own.
Click the VidHatch icon
The badge shows how many files VidHatch found. The video is one row with its length and size.
Pick a quality, or the sound only
The menu lists each quality, plus MP3 and M4A for the sound alone, and the subtitles when the player has them.
Download
Streams are joined into one MP4 in your browser and saved to your Downloads folder.
A shortcut for plain video files. If the player uses an ordinary video file, right-click the video and choose Download with VidHatch. Players that hide their stream behind a blob: address cannot be saved this way; use the panel instead.
When it does not work
- Nothing is listed. Play the video for a few seconds, then press the rescan button at the top of the panel.
- The row says Protected. The stream is DRM-encrypted. VidHatch does not break DRM, and it cannot save that video.
- It is a live stream. VidHatch saves videos that have an end; it does not record a live stream as it plays.
- Still stuck? Use Report a site and tell us the page. Nothing is sent until you press Send.