Free Niconico downloader

Niconico Video Downloader

Save Niconico videos as MP4. Paste the link of a video (nicovideo.jp/watch followed by sm and a number).

Paste a Niconico link Ready when you are

Try it: https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8628149

What you can save from Niconico

Videos as MP4, in the qualities Niconico serves to visitors
Audio only, as MP3
Member-only qualities through the extension

How to get the link

Copy the address bar of the video page. Short nico.ms links work too.
Sign in to Niconico in your browser and use the extension for member-only videos.

About this Niconico downloader

Paste the address of a video on nicovideo.jp. Niconico serves its videos as streams; we assemble them into one MP4 with sound, without the on-screen comments. Guests get a limited set of qualities, and some videos are only playable with a Niconico account or a premium membership. Those work in the extension, which saves what your own signed-in browser can play. Live broadcasts (nicolive) are not finished files and cannot be saved while running.

Three moves, one file

Copy the link

Open the Niconico video or post and copy its address.

Paste it up top

Press Download. We find the video and the pictures on that page.

Pick a quality

MP4 or MP3, a size, Download. The file lands in your Downloads folder.

One click instead of paste

The free Chrome extension finds the video on any Niconico page by itself: open the page, click the icon, press Download. No hourly limit, no copying links, and it works on pages that refuse servers.

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Questions about the Niconico downloader

Are the comments included?

No. You get the plain video without the scrolling comments.

Why is the quality low?

Niconico limits quality for visitors who are not signed in. Use the extension while signed in for the full set.

Do live streams work?

No, only uploaded videos.

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