What is Facebook? Facebook is an online platform to transmit your opinions and connect with people everywhere. It lets you share unlimited videos, reels, music, news, post, etc with friends and people who don’t know online. But what does Facebook fail to offer? Have you ever tried to download Facebook videos from its platform? It is an impossible thing. There is no official way to download videos from Facebook. Hence, you can use another method to download content from Facebook.
What are those methods you can use to download live videos, and MP4 videos from Facebook? The first one is the use of mbasic.facebook.com. Another one is the use of m.facebook.com. You can download any video using these methods without using a tool. The next method is the use of a third-party tool which is known as a Facebook downloader. Wait till the end of the article to get more details about those methods.
However, you can save videos from Facebook for offline viewing. After saving the videos from Facebook, you can find all the saved videos in one place from your Facebook app. However, it does not save videos to your local storage. Hence, if the owner deletes the video, you can’t get access to it anymore. Here is the step guide to saving videos from Facebook.
- Firstly, find the FB video you want to save for watching later.
- Tap the three horizontal dots, ( the more icon) in the top right corner of the Facebook video.
- Then click the icon “ save video”
After saving, how to find saved videos? If you use a mobile phone, click the three horizontal lines (known as a “hamburger menu”) and click the save icon to watch the saved videos. Now let’s see more details about the Facebook video downloading methods.
How to download videos from Facebook on Android using mbasic.facebook.com?
- Open the Facebook app on your Android device to get the Facebook video.
- Find the video you want to download.
- Click the three-dot icon above the Facebook video you want to download
- Copy the link from the menu that appears on the video.
- Open the web browser and paste the link to the search bar.
- Replace the www with the mbasic in the URL.
- Then hit go on the on-screen keyboard.
- Click the video you want to download.
- Then tap and hold on to the video on the next page.
- Tap download video.
- Click to open to view the downloaded video after the downloading is finished.
Additionally provides a step guide to downloading videos from Facebook on a computer using it.
- Log into Facebook using any web browser on your computer.
- Open the video you like to download. ( it needs to start playing the video)
- Then, right-click on the video. This will cause to show menu to display with Play, Mute, and Show Video URLs.
- After, tap the Show Video URL icon.
- Copy the URL.
- Next, open another tab on your browser and paste the URL into the address bar. (Do not click the Enter button on your keyboard at this point)
- Apply the word “mbasic” to the part of “www” in the URL of the video.
- Then, click the Enter icon.
- Hit the Facebook video that you want to get from the Facebook platform.
- Right-click the video and select save the video.
- After selecting a name and the destination of the FB video, click to save it.
How to download videos from Facebook using m.facebook.com?
- Visit Facebook from your account to download the video from its platform
- Replace the “www” of the URL with “m” will open the mobile site.
- You need to right-click on the video and select the option save video as.
How to download FB videos using a third-party Facebook downloader?
Here we provide another Facebook downloading method which is the use of third-party Facebook downloaders. What are the Facebook downloaders available in the online market?
- Snapsave
- FDownloader
- FDOWN
- Getfvid
- Savefrom, etc
All of them are effective Facebook downloaders that are available online. Likewise, it doesn’t require installing or downloading any app. They are available for free. Thus, you can get countless FB videos free of charge. They come with manageable and user-friendly interfaces. Hence, they don’t require any technical skills to use them.
But I want to tell you that if you select a Facebook downloader, there is a better solution than FDownloader. Because why? It shows more useful features than the other software. Why should you choose it? The answer is here. You can get it.
- It is compatible with all Android versions, including the latest Android 12, and supports any web browser such as Chrome, Opera, Firefox, Safari, Dolphin, etc.
- Never asks you to make any payment
- User-friendly interface and not complicated
- It doesn’t require any installation or download of any app to use it.
- Download countless FB videos, stories, reels, and private videos easily
- Download high-resolution videos with 720p and 1080p quality
- It receives continuous updates to provide a quality service to its users.
- More stable and conforms to the highest security
- Protects privacy
If so, let’s see how to download Facebook MP4 videos on Android mobile using it.
- Visit Facebook from a mobile browser to download Facebook MP4 videos.
- Select the video you are going to download
- Pick the option “ share” from the right-bottom
- Slide right through share to options and find “Copy Link.”
- Now, go to the online Facebook downloader MP4 and paste the URL in the input box.
- Tap the “Download” icon and see the preview of the selected video.
- Then pick up either “ Other formats” or “ SD video” and continue the download.
- Finally, within a few seconds, you can get the downloaded Facebook video.
Conclusion
In this article, I have provided three ways to download videos from Facebook. All methods are easy and effective. Hence, you can apply these methods easily and quickly. If you get enough information about that, don’t forget to share it with your friends. Now you can try it. It will make you happy. Read also!
