[Solved] Free Way to Download Online Videos to MP4 HD

May 15, 2020

The amount of online videos is soaring on all kinds of video streaming platforms. The world’s latest video streaming website, YouTube, contains over 600 hours of new content being uploaded within every minute. But most of these video streaming platforms don't provide a direct way to download online videos in MP4 for offline playback. Don't worry. In this blog, a free way will be introduced to download videos online to MP4. Scroll down and read it now.

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Part 1. How to Download Videos Online for Free

VidPaw Online Video Downloader is such a tool that can bring help to download online videos without software. It is a web-based platform with speedy video downloading service. With VidPaw Online Video Downloader, you can easily save online videos to MP4 and enjoy the playback without Internet.

Features of VidPaw Online Video Downloader:

• Offers its services completely free of charge;
• Provides very intuitive interface and is simple to use;
• Supports 360p and HD 720p to download online videos in MP4;
• Offers a clean interface without messy ads pop up.

Now move to the steps and see how to download video online and convert it to MP4 for watching offline.

Step 1. Copy the URL of the Online Video
In browser, first navigate to online platform, YouTube, for copying the URL of the online video you plan to download.

Step 2. Paste URL to VidPaw Online Video Downloader
Second, please go to VidPaw Online Video Downloader here. Then the next thing to do is to paste the URL of the online video you just copied to the downloading bar in the main feed. Subsequently, VidPaw will resolve the link immediately and brings you to the downloading page.

Step 3. Download Video Online in MP4

When it completes the analysis, some output options would be listed on a new site, which is called U2Convert. Now please select the quality you need, then tab the Download button. Subsequently, you can save the online video in MP4 for enjoying offline.

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Part 2. How to Download Online Videos to MP4 in Higher Quality

From two aspects, VidPaw Online Video Downloader contains certain insufficiency. For example,

1. The highest video output quality provided by VidPaw Online Video Downloader only provides 360p or 720p. For users pursue high resolutions such as 1080p and 4K could not get such outcomes.

2. VidPaw Online Video Downloader used to avail video downloads from more sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and so forth, but now it only supports to download YouTube videos, and YouTube playlist download is not available as well.

To get rid of these limitations, a more professional video downloader can help, which is VideoHunter.

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Unlike VidPaw Online Video Downloader, VideoHunter is a desktop software with mature video downloading function. It contains the following sparkling features:

• Supports 1,000+ sites' video downloading, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, SoundCloud, TED, and so forth;
• Provides high quality to output videos such as 1080p, 4K, and 8K;
• Offers clean interface, 6X faster downloading speed, and smooth in-app performance;
• On Mac, the YouTube playlist download function is also available (later will be on Windows).

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Anyway, VideoHunter can be used to download online video to MP4 in high quality, higher than VidPaw can provide such as 1080p, 4K and 8K. Tutorial is provided now.

Step 1. Copy the URL of the online video you’d like to download as a preparation.

Step 2. Launch VideoHunter on desktop and paste the URL of the online video to the downloading bar. Please paste the URL into the bar, and press the Analyze button beside the bar.

Step 3. When the output quality is provided, choose the high quality you need (when the online video has provided 1080p, 4K, or 8K resolutions, VideoHunter will detect and provided you the same options), then tab Download and the video will be downloaded directly.

Combing both VidPaw Online Video Downloader and VideoHunter together, you can get both free and high-quality ways to save the videos you like. A bonus for VideoHunter users should be that it is available to download from 1,000+ sites, not only YouTube. Try them now!

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