As an avid Facebook user, there are many times when I can relate to a particular post or video and wish to save a copy of it. We all know that on Facebook there is no download option. No doubt, there are many tools and software online that make claims that you can download a Facebook video by using that particular software. I have personally tried such tools and honestly, my experience has not been great. To find a concrete solution, I decided to become Sherlock Holmes and do my own research. To my delight, I did find some useful methods on how to download someone else’s facebook live video.
Why would we download a video on Facebook?
Before I can proceed further with the solutions on how to download someone else’s facebook live video; I would like to first highlight the different reasons why I would want to even consider downloading it.
- There are times when I find the content of the video so informative and useful that I would like to refer to it later.
- Sometimes I stumble across a video that has funny content that always perks my mood.
- I do not have to worry about buffering issues especially when I have no internet access or connectivity.
- I love to download a video when the overall presentation and graphics in some videos are amazing and inspiring.
Different ways how to download someone else’s facebook live video
Well, now that I have told you about the different reasons why I would want to download a video, let me take you through the different ways you can get this done.
On the desktop
The first method of how downloading someone else’s facebook live video is through the desktop. For this, you would need to
If you have a link
- Log on to your Facebook account and then go to the particular post in question
- Next, click on the three horizontal dots and choose the copy link option OR you also have the option of Copy Video URL at the current time when you right-click the mouse.
- You can pass this link on websites like FBdown.net or SaveMoMo
- Select the quality of the download and hit the Download option
If you do not have a link
- If you have the link, it is fine else you can go to the section called Facebook Watch.
- Search for the particular video in question and then follow the above-mentioned procedure.
On an Android phone
Most of the time I use my Android phone to browse Facebook especially since I am always on the move. I always used to wonder- how to download someone else’s facebook live video on your phone? Well, I did try out some solutions, but I found this particular one easy to use.
- First go to the Google Play Store, search and download ES File Explorer App
- Then make sure that you are logged into your Facebook account
- Open the app and go to the video or profile where you saw the video.
- Before you consider downloading it open the video to check if the link is broken or not
- Choose the Copy Link option by first clicking on the Share
- Then log on to the website savefrom.net through your phone browser
- In the appropriate text field past the link and choose Download.
- To access the video from your phone, open the ES File Explorer and view the video that you want.
On an iPhone
My house most of my family members are iPhone users and they keep on wanting to download something or the other from Facebook. So, I decided to do some looking around on how to download someone else’s facebook live video through iPhone. Here is what I found out ‘
- First, you need to download Documents by Readdle through the iPhone Appstore
- Then go to the Facebook app and open the particular video post
- Choose the share option by tapping on the video
- Select the Copy Link option from the menu bar
- Open the Safari browser and type savefrom.net on the address bar
- Past the video’s link on the text box provided and select Download
- Choose the quality of the download and proceed further by choosing Done
- Select the Share option to save the video on your phone
- Then select Add by tapping on the Save to Files option
- Choose the folder in which you wish to save the video and then select Save video by tapping the share option.
Some final thoughts
Downloading Facebook videos is not a new practice. The solutions mentioned in this guide have been tried and tested by me personally. I hope that these solutions will answer the question of how to download someone else’s facebook live video
