# Alt Video Downloader | How to Download Alt Videos (`serpdownloaders/alt-downloader`) Actor

Keep the Alt clip you are watching by pulling it down from your desktop browser, with no need to change tabs or sites.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/serpdownloaders/alt-downloader.md
- **Developed by:** [SERP Downloaders](https://apify.com/serpdownloaders) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, Automation, Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Alt Video Downloader | How to Download Alt Videos

Keep the Alt clip you are watching by pulling it down from your desktop browser, with no need to change tabs or sites.

Spotted an Alt clip worth hanging on to? Skip the hassle of pasting a link into some other service. The add-on runs inside the tab you already have open, so everything stays in one place. After the player has started, it picks up any compatible sources the page makes available, and the saved file gets a name based on the Alt page title.

### Get it Here

👉 Get it here: [Alt Video Downloader](https://serp.ly/alt-downloader?via=apify)

- ✅ Nothing you download is routed through our servers
- ✅ Free of ads, tracking and analytics
- ✅ Runs on Windows, Mac and Linux computers

### Preview

![Alt Video Downloader](https://apps.serp.co/media/optimized-products/alt-downloader-ready-state-9203875c5b.webp)

### How It Works

1. **Load the Alt page**: Navigate to the Alt page holding the video you would like to keep, then give it a moment to load as it normally would.
2. **Let the extension find it**: Click the extension so it can scan the page for a usable video source and display the download choice for that page.
3. **Pick a format and save**: Expand the format menu, select the file option that suits you, and the finished video is written straight to your device.

### What It Does

- Copies an Alt video onto your computer's drive in a single quick action.
- Press the capture control displayed beside the playing Alt video to begin.
- The toolbar popup of the extension gives you a second way to kick things off.
- Each save deals with one Alt video, the one in your active tab.
- The transfer is carried out by the browser's ordinary download feature.
- Watch how far along an Alt download is in the browser's progress bar.

### Alt Video Downloader vs. Separate downloader website

Files from this extension end up in their own Alt folder, which makes them simple to locate and open later.

| Alt Video Downloader | Separate downloader website |
| --- | --- |
| Files go into a folder reserved for Alt with no manual step | Downloader sites may drop files in a general downloads location |
| The original MP4 is kept as it is, with no conversion | Certain web tools may re-encode the clip or hand back a different file type |
| Saved MP4s open in whichever compatible player you prefer | A result page can leave you renaming files yourself |
| You decide where the file lives on your own machine | Delivery may hinge on temporary links from the site |
| Detection stays tied to the Alt video playing in your tab | Pasting only a page address can obscure which clip you meant |

### Compatibility

**Browsers:** Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave, Opera, Whale, Yandex

**Where it works:**

- Alt pages served over HTTPS that the extension supports
- Desktop browsers that allow extensions
- Any video your current browser session can already play
- Pages that offer a video option you can save
- Computers running Linux, macOS or Windows

**Outside its scope:**

- Browsers on mobile devices, plus Safari
- Streams locked down with DRM or similar protection
- Videos that were taken down or are no longer there
- Mass crawling or scraping of galleries
- Getting around logins, paywalls, region locks, age checks or permissions

### FAQ

**What is the first step to save an Alt video?**
Go to the Alt page, wait for the video to load and start playing, then press the extension icon. It looks through the page for MP4 sources it can use and presents a save option.

**Which folder do saved Alt videos end up in?**
The browser puts them in a folder named for Alt, using its ordinary download feature. Transfer progress shows up in the downloads panel of your browser.

**Does the extension change the video format?**
No. It stores an MP4 taken straight from the page and runs no conversion, so the file is the same one the site supplied.

**Is it possible to save several Alt videos simultaneously?**
Only one at a time. The extension works on the single video active in a tab, so leave that tab open until the transfer completes before moving to another video.

### Know Before You Use It

- A save option has to be exposed by the page itself
- The video needs to be viewable in your browser already
- Starting playback might be necessary before a source shows up
- The quality you can get is determined by what the page supplies

> Only download videos you own or have permission to save.

# Actor input Schema

## Actor input object example

```json
{}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("serpdownloaders/alt-downloader").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("serpdownloaders/alt-downloader").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call serpdownloaders/alt-downloader --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,serpdownloaders/alt-downloader"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/SIEpuBsOJihNifyca/builds/HSq6734YYZqYyA1lX/openapi.json