How to Download and Set Up the Ant Video Downloader Native App

Close and reopen your web browser to allow the extension to detect the new native component. For macOS Users

To understand the warning, you must understand the difference:

The requires a Native Application (NA) to handle modern streaming formats like DASH and HLS that standard browser extensions cannot process alone . However, users should note that as of February 2023 , the developer has officially discontinued the extension and closed support. 🚀 How to Download and Install

The extension is available on multiple platforms:

The browser add-on can detect that a video exists, but it relies on the Native App to do the heavy lifting:

You may have used the Ant Video Downloader browser extension for Chrome or Firefox. While convenient, extensions have strict API limitations imposed by browsers like Google and Mozilla. These limitations often break the downloader after a browser update. Furthermore, extensions struggle with large files (over 1GB) and cannot easily handle modern streaming protocols like HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) or DASH.

With the native app and FFmpeg linked, you can bypass simple streaming limitations and directly select specific video containers or choose to extract audio only .