PeerTube Downloader: Channels from Any Instance
Save videos from PeerTube on your computer: a channel, all an account has published, or one video. PeerTube is one program run by many independent sites, and the addresses look alike on every one, so the same three steps work wherever the video is hosted.
How to Download PeerTube Videos
PeerTube itself offers a “Download” button under each video, which saves that one video. For a channel or an account in one go, three steps:
One-time setup: download NeoDownloader and install it. It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. The steps below are what you repeat each time.
- 1Framatubeframatube.org/c/joinpeertube/videos
Open the Channel on Its Site
Go to the channel on the PeerTube site that hosts it and copy the address: the site's name, then /c/ and the channel, or /a/ and the account for everything one person or group has posted.
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ProjectsNew projectWhat do you want to download?
framatube.org/c/joinpeertube/videos
NextPaste It into NeoDownloader
Click New project and paste. Video Downloader takes PeerTube addresses and names the project after the channel; after Next comes the screen where you limit the quality.
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Name and folder
A propos de PeerTube
Create projectDownload the Channel
Choose where it goes and click Create project. The videos arrive one after another, and a run of the same project later on fetches only those published since.
PeerTube Video Downloader for Every Instance
A PeerTube site, or instance, belongs to whoever runs it: Framasoft, a university, a studio, a community. They share one set of addresses - /w/ for a video, /c/ for a channel, /a/ for an account - and Video Downloader understands that set on any of them.
Download from PeerTube as MP4
Every video is kept as one MP4, soundtrack included, under its PeerTube title followed by the video's short code and its resolution: What is PeerTube? [kkGMgK9ZtnKfYAgnEtQxbv] 1080p.mp4.
PeerTube Links NeoDownloader Accepts
- A channel - the site, then /c/ and the channel's name, with /videos at the end or without
- An account - the site, then /a/ and the account's name
- One video - the site, then /w/ and the video's code, also typed without https://
A PeerTube Downloader That Runs on Your Computer
Your addresses go straight from your computer to PeerTube, with no third-party server in between and no ads on the way. NeoDownloader takes the whole set in one project and, the next time, only what has been added.
PeerTube Downloader FAQ
How do I download a whole PeerTube channel?
Copy the channel's address from its PeerTube site and start a “New project” with it. The channel's videos are fetched one by one into a single project.
Does it work with any PeerTube instance?
With the instances run on PeerTube, yes: the addresses have the same shape everywhere, and Video Downloader takes them whichever site they are on.
Can I download one PeerTube video?
Yes. The video's own address, the site with /w/ and a code, makes a project of one. For a single video the site's own “Download” button does the job as well.
Will it download new videos from the channel later?
Run the project again and it adds the videos published since the last run, leaving the ones you already have untouched.
Do I have to pay to download from PeerTube?
No. Download NeoDownloader and it works with PeerTube straight away. The free version has no time limit; Premium lifts its limits on the number of files per project.
Keep a PeerTube Channel on Your Own Disk
Paste a channel's address from any PeerTube site, and the next time the instance is slow or gone, the videos still play from your disk. The free version has no time limit.
Available for Windows, Mac and Linux