Video Downloader Legal by AspidovSS

Save videos and audio from the page you watch — YouTube, Shorts, Instagram, Twitch, TikTok, VK, OKru, Bilibili, Dailymotion, RuTube, Dzen and more. Convert any video to GIF. Free, local, no paywall, no tracking and open source

VDL - Video Downloader Legal lists what the open page plays and saves the one you choose. Everything happens inside your browser: no external servers, no analytics, no helper programs to install. Video and audio are joined and TS is converted to MP4 by the extension's own code, without re-encoding.

FEATURES
- Video download — direct files, HLS (m3u8) and DASH (mpd) streams on any site: choose the quality, separate audio tracks are joined into one file.
- Video to GIF — short videos (up to 3 min) become an animated GIF right in the browser: width 640 / 480 / 320 / 240 px, 5–15 FPS, the rough size shown up front.
- Converter — pick a video or audio file on your computer and make a GIF (a "from–to" part, width, FPS) with an optional caption: a white bar, text on the video or a demotivator, with a live preview. Also MP3, a PNG frame, TS → MP4 / MKV and fragmented MP4 → MP4 without re-encoding. The file never leaves your browser.
- YouTube and YouTube Shorts — choose type (MP4, WEBM, AV1) and resolution; audio as MP3, M4A or WEBM; video and audio in one file.
- Live streams — record Twitch and other HLS live streams until you press Stop; YouTube live recording from the player (beta).
- TS to MP4 — streams in MPEG-TS are saved as ordinary MP4 by default (no re-encoding); MKV and TS too.
- TikTok — the video on screen is first, with its title and cover; the rest of the feed is under "More".
- Other sites — Vimeo, Dailymotion, RuTube, Dzen, Instagram, Facebook, X (Twitter), Bilibili, Canva, OKru, VK and any other site through general stream detection (results depend on what the page provides).
- Audio download — MP3 (converted in the browser), M4A or WEBM.
- Light and dark theme — follows your system. 10 languages: English, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Hindi, French, Arabic, Portuguese, German, Japanese.
- Convenient — download history, file name template, notifications, hotkey Alt+Down, context-menu item, built-in help.
- Diagnostics — one button saves a local file (links masked) you can attach to a bug report; an optional debug log (off by default) records what the extension does. Nothing is ever sent automatically.

PRIVACY FIRST
No accounts, no telemetry, no servers of our own. Settings and history stay in your browser. The extension contacts only the sites you are already using.

AI DISCLOSURE
This project contains code generated by AI.
All comments and translations are AI-generated.

GOOD TO KNOW
- After installing, allow access to all sites in about:addons → the extension → Permissions, otherwise the page scanner cannot see the media.
- Streaming sites change often; YouTube and social networks are supported on a best-effort basis and may stop working later. If something does not work, press the bug button in the window and send the diagnostics file.
- DRM-protected services (Netflix, Disney+ and similar) are not supported and never will be.