Step-by-Step Tutorial to Capture Any Video from Any Website

If you want to capture videos from any websites so you can watch them offline, this guide is for you. This guide will explain four simple and quick ways to capture videos from any website without the problem.

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Jane Zhou

Updated on Nov 22, 2024

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Easy Steps to Capture Any Video from Any Website: 
Step 1. Install EaseUS Video Downloader on your Windows or Mac computer. Copy the video's link to any website. 
Step 2. Go to EaseUS Video Downloader and set the video format and quality. 
Step 3. Click "Paste Link" from the main interface, and the software will begin to analyze the link and start downloading automatically. 

While surfing the internet, we often find fabulous content like videos or music and want to save it to enjoy later. It's simple to download a video if it has a download button or comes from the same platform. Thus, you can directly download it on your device or upgrade your account to the Premium plan to download it. 

In most cases, we browse videos aimlessly and discover funny videos from different platforms, and some of the videos don't even come with a download option. In that situation, you will need some tips and tricks to grab videos from any website. Thus, you can download any video whenever you want.

Directly Download Any Videos from Any Website with EaseUS Video Downloader

The first (most recommended) way to download and capture videos from any website is by using EaseUS Video Downloader, an all-in-one video downloader that can help you grab any video from YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, Vimeo, and many other sites.

Before downloading, you can change the video downloading settings to the resolution, output format, and storage path you want. Once set, you can apply the settings to download more videos without adjusting them again. 

🎈Aside from that, you will own the following features if you download this downloader on your computer.

  • Download videos from any websites, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and more
  • Batch downloads all videos from a YouTube channel simultaneously
  • Download videos in 8K/4K/2K/1080p/720p and other resolutions
  • Convert YouTube videos to MP4 or MP3 format
✅Pros ❌Cons
  • Secure and privacy guarantee
  • No annoying ads
  • Download multiple videos together
  • Auto-download subscribed channels from YouTube and Instagram
  • Need an extra installation
  • Download is so fast that there is not much time for you to do other things

🔽Once this downloader is installed, you'll have all the features introduced above. Sounds excellent, right? If it does, just download it on your computer to give it a try!

Step 1. Launch EaseUS Video Downloader on your PC. Click "Download" to select the output format and press "Quality" for the resolution.

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Step 2. Copy and paste the URL of the video you want to download and click "Paste Link" to proceed.

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Step 3. After the downloading process finishes, you can check the downloaded video in the option "Finished."

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Disclaimer: The information provided in this guide is for personal use. EaseUS is in no way collaborated or affiliated with the video-sharing site and will never approve any copyright infringement action. The end-user should be solely responsible for their behavior.

Download Any Videos from Websites with Online Video Downloaders

Some online video downloader services also allow you to grab wanted videos from popular video-sharing websites like Vimeo, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and more. The benefit of using an online video downloader is that you don't have to download any program on your computer. That makes it convenient to download videos from any website for free. 

However, there are also many drawbacks to using online video downloads. For example, some don't support YouTube due to copyright problems. Besides, they may have other limitations, such as no support for audio downloads and poor output resolutions. 

✅Pros ❌Cons
  • Convenient and easy to access
  • download from the web browser directly
  • Available for many platforms, including PC, iPad, and mobile devices
  • Many annoying ads that you may accidentally click
  • No security and privacy guarantee

🔽If you don't mind the limited features of online video downloaders, you can try this Video Downloader. Now, follow the steps below to download the video. 

Step 1. First, find the video you wish to download, for example, YouTube.

Step 2. Copy the URL of the YouTube video you wish to download.

Step 3. Paste the URL of the video into the field provided and click "Download" to save the video.

Video Downloader for Any Video

🔎Quick Tips: The online video downloader introduced above may not support all platforms. If you find it useless, try some other online downloaders below instead. 

Capture Any Video from Any Websites By Recording the Screen

The last way to capture video from any website is by recording your screen. Likewise, there are some online screen recorders you can use to do it. And here, we mainly introduce Screencapture.com to you. Here's how it works. 

✅Pros ❌Cons
  • No extra installation because you can use the built-in screen recorder of any device
  • Due to copyright protection, some videos cannot be recorded, and all you get is a black screen
  • Cost the same time as the video duration

🔽The specific steps are listed below:

Step 1. Open Screen Capture on your computer.

Step 2. Click the "Start Recording" button to start the recording process.

Step 3. Then, a window will pop up to let you capture your entire screen, a single window, or a single Chrome tab. Just choose the area you want to record and click "Share."

Step 4. When it finishes, click "Stop Recording" to stop the process. 

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The Bottom Line

We hope you successfully downloaded the videos you wanted from websites using the tips introduced above. Among these options, using EaseUS Video Downloader is one of the quickest and easiest ways to grab the videos you want. But if you don't want a program installed on your computer, you can use some online downloaders or screen recorders instead. Anyway, there is always a way to capture the videos you want. 

FAQs

To help people learn more about downloading videos from websites, we collect some popular questions with answers below. We hope these simple questions can help you out when you encounter the same problem.

Q1. How do you download stream videos as MP4?

You can download streaming videos as MP4 files with some online converters like Convert Files. With this tool, you just need to copy and paste the URL of the streaming video you want and paste it into Convert Files, choose MP4 as the output format, and finally, download the converted video. But not that this online service doesn't support batch conversion. If you want to batch convert or download many streams from YouTube, TikTok, or Twitch, you'd better use EaseUS Video Downloader instead.

Q2. How do you capture videos from the website on Mac?

All of the approaches introduced in this guide also apply to Mac users. 

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