Dailymotion Video Downloader

Download Dailymotion videos to MP4 and extract clean metadata, direct stream URLs, subtitles, and thumbnails — from a video URL, channel, playlist, or search query. HTTP-only, no login, no cookies. Built for AI agents (MCP-ready) and bulk pipelines.

What you get

Field	Description
title, description, tags	Video title, description, tags
ownerScreenname, ownerUsername, ownerUrl	Channel/creator
durationSeconds, durationFormatted	Length
viewsTotal, likesTotal, commentsTotal	Engagement
createdTime, language, channel	Publish date (ISO 8601), language, category
hlsManifestUrl	Master HLS (.m3u8) manifest URL
videoStreams[]	Every quality: label, width, height, bandwidth, codecs, url
audioStreams[]	Audio renditions (separate-track videos)
subtitles[]	language, label, direct .srt/.vtt URL
thumbnails{}	Poster images at every size (60–1080)
downloadedMp4Url	Public MP4 link (when Download MP4 is on)
fileSizeBytes, downloadedQuality	Downloaded file details

When to use it

• Download a Dailymotion video as an MP4 file you can store or repost.
• Pull every direct stream URL (per quality) for a video without a browser.
• Back up an entire channel or playlist's videos and metadata.
• Feed video metadata + transcripts (subtitle URLs) into an AI/LLM workflow.

Not for private/DRM-protected or password-locked videos.

Input

Provide one of these (checked in priority order):

Input	Example
videoUrls	["https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8m1234", "x8m1234"]
searchQuery	"space launch"
username	"euronews" or https://www.dailymotion.com/euronews
playlistUrl	https://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x5abcd

Options:

• maxResults (default 25) — cap for channel/playlist/search.
• downloadVideo (default false) — remux HLS → MP4 and save to storage.
• videoQuality (default highest) — highest/1080/720/480/380/240/lowest.
• maxDownloadDurationSec (default 1200) — skip MP4 download for longer videos.
• includeSubtitles (default true).

Example input

{
  "videoUrls": ["https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9l66l8"],
  "downloadVideo": true,
  "videoQuality": "720"
}

Output (one record per video)

{
  "id": "x9l66l8",
  "title": "Example video title",
  "ownerScreenname": "euronews",
  "durationSeconds": 141,
  "durationFormatted": "2:21",
  "viewsTotal": 10221,
  "language": "en",
  "hlsManifestUrl": "https://cdndirector.dailymotion.com/cdn/manifest/video/x9l66l8.m3u8?sec=...",
  "videoStreams": [
    { "label": "720", "width": 1280, "height": 720, "bandwidth": 2500000, "codecs": "avc1.64001f,mp4a.40.2", "url": "https://..." }
  ],
  "subtitles": [{ "language": "en-auto", "label": "English (autogenerated)", "url": "https://...en-auto.srt" }],
  "downloadedMp4Url": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/<id>/records/video-x9l66l8.mp4",
  "fileSizeBytes": 20721552,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-30T14:00:00.000Z"
}

Pricing (pay-per-event)

Event	Price
Actor start	$0.00005
Video result (metadata + streams)	$0.005
Video downloaded to MP4	$0.01

Metadata-only runs cost just the per-video result fee. The MP4 download fee applies only when downloadVideo is enabled and a file is produced.

How it works

Metadata comes from Dailymotion's public API and player-metadata endpoint. The HLS manifest CDN TLS-fingerprint-blocks non-browser clients, so the actor fetches it with impit (Chrome impersonation). When downloadVideo is on, segments are fetched in parallel and remuxed to MP4 with ffmpeg.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Exposed via Apify MCP as apify--dailymotion-video-downloader. Pass a single videoUrls entry and read back downloadedMp4Url or the videoStreams[] URLs.

Legal

Use only for content you own or are authorized to download, and in line with Dailymotion's Terms of Service and applicable copyright law. This actor accesses only publicly available data and does not bypass authentication, DRM, or password protection. You are responsible for how you use the output.