Is #netflix and chill the motto of your life? But does your
commitment to the art of movies and TV shows get severely hindered
when the video buffers, maybe due to poor connectivity or maybe when you are
traveling (say in a metro) and have to pass through tunnels? Whatever the case
here, having your videos already downloaded and ready to be watched on the go
is a huge blessing.
While even Netflix can be used as a website, we can’t just
download its videos from other video sites like Dailymotion, and you can quickly download Dailymotion videos from
here. However, this
is not the case with a special platform like Netflix.
We will look at how to download videos from Netflix easily
- Netflix requires a prior paid
subscription based on your choice of the available plans. With even the
lowest plan ($8.99), you can keep your videos downloaded, whether it be an
entire movie(s), or an entire season(s) of a TV show, or maybe just one
episode of it.
- To find something, tap the
‘Downloads’ icon available at the taskbar at the bottom of your Netflix
screen. Find something you want to download in the 'search’ menu.
- Now that you have found
something, go to the listing and look for the 'download' icon under the
description(if it’s a movie), and if it’s a TV show, scroll down and look
for it in the individual episode(s). Tap on it, and your selection will
download to your device
- You can
set Netflix to Standard Video quality if storage is a concern; this step
allows much faster downloads and even uses less space.
App
settings> Download Video Quality> Standard.
- Here you can also set the Netflix app to ‘Smart Downloads' and only
download over WI-FI, which is not less than a blessing personally for
someone like me – someone who’s constantly struggling to make that extra storage room on the phone (or any
device). Sometimes, when, precisely, for this reason, I forget to
download, say the next episode(s), ‘Smart Downloads’ already does it for
me. Once activated, this feature lets Netflix automatically delete
completed (watched) videos, making that crucial storage space for the next
(unwatched) episode(s) to be downloaded automatically.
Now, it is time to understand how Download option on Prime works:
Click on the episode/movie you
want, tap on the down arrow button or download, use "only wifi," and
relax. However, these are some things you need to keep in mind.
Amazon usually has a number of
video download policies, and if you're a Prime user, you get to use five accounts
on different devices, remember, not the same. So you can either download on
your profile from the device you automatically log in to. Or you can try
downloading several episodes of a particular series that you want on one device
and another profile on another device simultaneously.
Amazon, unfortunately, doesn't
make this process an easy one, but it's definitely worth the effort. This will
help people save money on data costs both on mobile and at home if your ISP is
capping your download limits.
If you have a Kindle tablet,
there's also a cool feature called "On Deck," which will
automatically download a movie or two when you're not using the device, so if
you leave the house, you don't have to worry about forgetting to download
something.
Just go to downloads, and you
can watch offline. You cannot find it elsewhere as it is on your download lists
on prime, and you can watch them offline.
Lifehack: Use TuneBoto Amazon Video Downloader to download Prime videos to MP4 and save them to an SD card forever.
Disney Hotstar:
Disney Plus Hotstar subscription plans experience immense
universality in the country owing to their vast catalog. The Walt Disney-owned
video streaming service is home to the original content and legacy Disney
titles such as Marvel and Pixar, including HBO, Fox, and Showtime. The platform
also has independent digital rights to several sports, along with IPL, Premier
League, and F1. Additionally, Disney Plus Hotstar has most of its movies and
shows available in local Indian languages, like Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, to
target a wider base.
Hotstar usually has three plans.
One is free; the other is VIP.
The last is Premium.
For free and VIP, you can download or not depending on the series and credits. When it comes to Premium, though, it gets stored on an SD card. You ought to have enormous storage left or empty for the videos to get downloaded. You can view along with subtitles with the resolution you want while downloading only. It shows several settings and options from which you could download. However, live Hotstar content like Prem League, or Champions League, or IPL doesn't get streamed once the live stream is done. It only shows highlights. Unfortunately, you cannot download these. Ensure you have a seamless wifi connection and excellent bandwidth so that your watching does not get interrupted.