This page is going to show you how to download a video from a website instead of it playing in your web browser.

More and more websites are trying to make it difficult for people to download videos from their websites. Because of the web browsers default behavior, even if you get the url or web address of the video and paste it in the web browsers address bar it plays in the browser instead of offering the save as dialog box so you can download the video to your computer.

If you get the URL or web address of the video you want to download, to download it you have to create a clickable link which will allow you to download the video to your computer.

To create a clickable link to a video so you can download it:

  1. Open a blank Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (Mac).
  2. Enter the following text ...