Thursday, February 09, 2017

vanderTrick: Download a Facebook video

Facebook videos do not offer a simple "Save video as ..." option, but it is actually quite easy to do so without installing software.
Follow these steps (on a PC):

  1. Change the "www." in the URL with "mbasic." from https://www.facebook.com/... to https://mbasic.facebook.com/..., which opens Facebook's mobile site.
  2. Click on video to start play and, while playing, right click the video and select "Save video as ...". Select a location to store the video.
  3. Rename video file to something more understandable than 16704569_248739545738440_761492445729461088.mp4
  4. Make sure to give appropriate credit to the original poster/owner and/or include post link (e.g., https://www.facebook.com/facebookfriendname/posts/12345678).

Done !