How to download arstechnica.com videos
To download videos/audios from arstechnica.com, WhaleDown is undoubtedly the best choice for me, which is powerful, simple and reliable.
Thanks to the built-in Chrome based web browser, WhaleDown can intercept all network requests, and detect links of videos/audios being played.
WhaleDown simplifies the whole workflow of downloading web videos/audios. Just visit a web page and play video/audio embedded, and WhaleDown will do the rest.
Download videos from arstechnica.com within 3 steps
Now, let me show you how to download videos/audios from arstechnica.com within 3 steps.
Step 1. Download and install WhaleDown
At the very beginning, I downloaded and installed the latest version of WhaleDown. The user interface is identical on both Windows and macOS (Intel & Apple Silicon) except the top title bar.
At the left sidebar, there are three buttons that can switch between browser , downloader and settings . The rest important component detector can be opened via the top-right button of browser.
Basides the global settings, browser, detector and download have their own perferences views. Visit preferences button at the top-right of each component to open it.
Step 2. Visit arstechnica.com and play video embedded
Now, let us start with the browser. Visit arstechnica.com and find the video to save. For WhaleDown can download YouTube for free, I will take downloading YouTube videos for example.
Once the videos are played, the detector will be opened automatically (seconds later). All detected videos/audios will be listed as a queue.
The only thing to do is playing more and more videos/audios.
Step 3. Choose quality and download it
Let us choose the top one in detector to download. When there are multiple qualities available, WhaleDown will ask to choose one before downloading.
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On clicking the download button, the video will be moved to downloader.
Wait for a while or drink a cup of coffee ☕️ until the downloading is finished. Now, it is time to enjoy the High Quality offlined videos!
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Why should you choose WhaleDown
After brief testing, I was attracted by the fluent user experience of WhaleDown. It is deally simple!
Personally, I like the beautiful user interface, which works fine with my retina display. In contrast, Internet Download Manager (IDM) looks like it came from last centry.
WhaleDown focuses on the area of downloading web videos/audios. The highlight is that WhaleDown keeps on releasing updates to support emerging video sharing websites, and bringing a series of new features.
In the October of 2021, WhaleDown released the free Android version. Afterwards, WhaleDown released the native Apple Silicon version. It is actively developed as promised.
As a shareware, WhaleDown only cost $29.99 per year. They provides 30 days money back guarantee. So, these is no need to worry about wasting money.
Whenever you have a problem, just send an E-mail and their support team is ready to respond.
Conclusion
I recommend WhaleDown for who want to offline favorite videos/audios from arstechnica.com. It is really worth trying.
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