Download a video from Niconico

What you get from a Niconico download

Niconico watch pages stream video that may show scrolling viewer comments (danmaku) on top of the picture in the official player.

A file download from Analyze is the media encode. Those flying comments are usually a separate overlay and are not present in the saved file unless the uploader burned them into the picture.

People still save Niconico videos for offline watching, editing, and archives when a title may disappear.

Private or region-limited titles that will not play signed out stay out of scope.

Paste a watch URL

Open the video until the Niconico player shows that one upload. Copy the watch address.

Ranking pages and search pages are not single-file targets.

Resolve short links before Analyze.

Login walls that block signed-out playback also block listing here.

• Confirm public playback.
• Paste the watch URL.
• Download a row that fits free limits.

Comments versus picture

If you need the comment layer for a meme, record the official player or use a tool that captures overlays—this page saves the media file.

Burned-in hardsubs that the uploader encoded into pixels will appear in the download.

Soft subtitles, when separate, may not travel with the media row. Check what Analyze lists.

Audio follows the upload language. Alternate tracks appear only when the page exposes them as rows.

Quality and size

Higher rows look sharper and weigh more. Free caps at one hundred fifty megabytes per file.

Long uploads may need a lower height on free or Pro for larger encodes.

Keep the tab open on large files until the write finishes.

Empty Analyze usually means a restricted or deleted video, or a bad paste.

Rights and reuse

Creators and rights holders still control reuse. A personal offline copy is not a license to reupload.

Music and anime clips can be claim-sensitive. Clearing rights is your responsibility.

Vidzilla is not affiliated with Niconico or Dwango.

Corporate uses should start from assets you are licensed to hold.

After download

Play once without expecting danmaku unless it was burned in.

Rename with title and nicovideo id for archives.

Prepared worker files expire. Disk is the archive.

When a video is removed from Niconico, your local file remains.

Series and live

Series pages list many videos. Open each watch URL separately.

Live streams need a finished archive page before a stable file exists.

Thumbnails are separate images.

Channel homes are not media targets.

Take a minute after the file lands to open it once. Confirming early is cheaper than discovering a bad transfer when you are already away from the network. On the niconico downloader page, that habit protects the exact file you came here to create.

Name files with a human subject and a date. Default download names collide, and cleanup tools delete keepers that look like temporary junk. On the niconico downloader page, that habit protects the exact file you came here to create.

Prepared files on the worker expire on a short timer. The lasting copy is the one your browser wrote into your downloads folder. On the niconico downloader page, that habit protects the exact file you came here to create.

Free use covers ordinary daily jobs with published size and count ceilings. Pro raises those ceilings and removes advertising when your volume needs it. On the niconico downloader page, that habit protects the exact file you came here to create.

If a step fails, reproduce the same address or upload in a normal browser first. When the source itself will not play or open, this page will not invent a working file. On the niconico downloader page, that habit protects the exact file you came here to create.

Keep this tab open until the browser finishes writing. Closing early is a common way to create a short file that looks complete until you open it. On the niconico downloader page, that habit protects the exact file you came here to create.

Vidzilla focuses on one job at a time: one URL or one upload. Bulk crawlers and account takeovers are out of scope on these tool pages. On the niconico downloader page, that habit protects the exact file you came here to create.

When you need a different format later, convert from the local file you already trust instead of re-fetching a page that may change or disappear. On the niconico downloader page, that habit protects the exact file you came here to create.

Phone and desktop browsers both work when the paste or upload is valid. Unstable mobile networks are a frequent cause of truncated writes, so watch the download finish indicator. On the niconico downloader page, that habit protects the exact file you came here to create.

Do not send passwords, unlock keys, or private account cookies into the paste box. Public page addresses and ordinary uploads are the intended inputs. On the niconico downloader page, that habit protects the exact file you came here to create.

Read the size and type labels on every Analyze or convert result before you commit a free daily slot. Wrong rows waste the limit and fill your disk with files you will delete. On the niconico downloader page, that habit protects the exact file you came here to create.

If you share the output with a client, open it on a second device when you can. Layout and playback bugs often show up only on phones or locked office readers. On the niconico downloader page, that habit protects the exact file you came here to create.

Related pages

• Download from Bilibili
• Download from YouTube
• Paste any public video URL
• Convert subtitle files
• Extract audio from a saved video