Download Dailymotion videos at full quality
How to download a Dailymotion video
Public videos and dai.ly short links. Each rung Dailymotion stored is listed with its size, and nothing is upscaled.
Reading Dailymotion's quality list
Dailymotion creates a ladder of resolutions when a video is uploaded, and how high it goes depends on the source. Only the versions this video actually has are listed, each with its file size. When the step up to the next resolution barely changes the size, the extra pixels aren't adding real detail — 1080p vs 4K explains how to read that.
Videos embedded on other websites
Dailymotion runs the video players on many news and sports sites. To download one of those, find the video's own Dailymotion page first: click the Dailymotion logo in the player, or use the player's share option, and copy the dailymotion.com/video/… address it opens. Paste that here.
Videos that can't be downloaded
A handful of Dailymotion videos are out of reach:
- Private and password-protected videos.
- Live streams that are still broadcasting — once saved as a video, they work.
- Videos limited to certain countries — we try more than one region, but a video that's blocked everywhere we can reach won't download.
Dailymotion downloader questions
Why is 1080p missing on some videos?
Dailymotion only stores the resolutions the upload supports. If 1080p isn't listed, it doesn't exist for that video.
Do dai.ly short links work?
Yes — they're followed to the video.
Can I download a Dailymotion video from a news site?
Yes, once you have its Dailymotion link. Click the Dailymotion logo in the player, or use its share option, and copy the dailymotion.com/video/… address.
Do private or password-protected videos work?
No. If a video doesn't play in a logged-out browser, there's nothing readable to fetch.
Do live streams work?
Not while they're live. Once the broadcast is saved as a video, it works like any other.