Current tab, nothing else
The list reflects only the tab you are viewing. There is no cross-site history, and a file you dismiss does not reappear during the same page session.
Free browser extension · Manifest V3
Save the media you are allowed to keep.
videodownloadaifox shows the video and audio files your current tab is loading — with covers, a silent hover preview and a preview window. Save the ones you have the right to keep, in the format they were served.
Free, with no account, no ads and no telemetry. Available for Chrome and Edge. You choose when the extension may access a site.
✓Current tab only
✓No remote code
✓No data leaves your browser
✓Free, no license key
Everything you need to identify and save a file
A focused tool: it finds what this page is already loading in your browser, shows you what it found, and hands the bytes to your browser's download manager.
Covers & hover previews
Each item gets a thumbnail where the page provides one. Hover a cover for a silent, looping preview; move away and it stops. You can turn this off in Settings.
Preview in a new window
Click the play button to open a separate preview window with the full player context, so you can confirm a file before saving it.
Direct links, HLS and TS
Handles direct media URLs, HLS playlists (including AES-128 and byte ranges) and MPEG-TS. Merged streams and TS files are written as MP4 by a lossless container change — no re-encoding, no ffmpeg.
Download with source
Where a server expects a referring page, the download carries that page as its source. Session-only rules are removed when the browser session ends.
You control access
Installation grants no site access. You accept the terms on first use, then enable detection for the sites you choose — and revoke it at any time.
What it does not do. videodownloadaifox does not bypass DRM, paywalls, logins or access controls, and is not intended for unauthorised downloading of copyrighted material. Only save content you have the legal right to keep.
From install to saved file in four steps
Two explicit decisions are required before detection ever starts: accepting the terms, and granting site access.
Install
Add the extension from the Chrome Web Store or Edge Add-ons. It requests no site access at install time.
Accept the terms
On first open, read the in-product disclosure and tap "Accept and enable". Until then, detection, downloads and thumbnails are disabled.
Enable a site
Use the button in the popup to grant access to the site you are on. The content script is registered only after your grant.
Preview and save
Browse the current tab's media with covers, hover to preview, then save the files you are entitled to keep.
Install
Version 1.7.0 · Chrome and Edge (Chromium, Manifest V3) · Free
The extension is distributed through the official stores. Add it, then reload any tab that was already open before you granted site access.
Store links are configured once in assets/site.js. Until they are set, these buttons stay on this page.
On the roadmap
Shipped first: a small, honest, reviewable extension. These are the improvements planned after the first release — none of them are in version 1.7.0.
Download management
A queue with pause/resume, quality selection, filename templates and cached covers.
More stream types
Generic DASH/fMP4 handling and broader container support for sites that use them.
More browsers & languages
A Firefox compatibility layer and additional interface languages.