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Which sites can Clipmoth save?

Sites deliver video and audio in a few common ways.
This page shows what the extension can save, what needs the desktop app, and what no tool can save.

Extension Desktop app Won't do — illegal
WORKS IN THE EXTENSION

Most of the everyday web

If a page plays media without DRM, the extension detects and saves it. Most sites use one of these four ways, and each has a practice page:

News sites & blogs — direct MP4/WebM files
Article videos, product pages, company sites
Practice →
Streaming-style players — HLS (.m3u8) / DASH (.mpd)
How most video platforms deliver; saved as one file — in most cases even when video and audio arrive separately
Practice →
Podcasts & audio — MP3/M4A
Radio archives, audio articles, sample audio
Practice →
Course & members-only sites — AES-128 encrypted HLS
Encrypted but not DRM: decrypts automatically while saving
Practice →
NEEDS THE DESKTOP APP

Big video & social platforms

The extension can't save video from these sites. The Clipmoth desktop app for Windows handles them.

YouTube
Videos, Shorts, audio extraction — desktop app only
TikTok / Instagram
Short-form & social video
Bilibili
Its streams aren't visible to the extension
Get the desktop app
WE WON'T — CIRCUMVENTING DRM IS ILLEGAL

DRM-protected subscription services

These services are protected by DRM (Widevine / PlayReady / FairPlay). Bypassing that protection to download is illegal under copyright law, so Clipmoth doesn't do it. A tool that offers to puts you at legal risk.

Netflix / Prime Video / Disney+
DRM-protected — bypassing it is illegal
Hulu / U-NEXT / Apple TV+
Subscription video — off-limits by law
Spotify / Apple Music
DRM-protected audio — not supported

AES-128 encryption and DRM

AES-128 encryption (lesson 4) uses a key your browser downloads, so it can be decrypted by design. DRM ties decryption to certified hardware and OS features. A downloader can't break that, and shouldn't.

Only save content you own or have the right to keep. This guide says what works technically; it is not permission.

Don't see your site?

Request a site. The ones people ask for most get added first

Tell us which site you want. If it isn't DRM-protected, it may be added in a later extension or app update.

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