Dailymotion is France's answer to YouTube and has been around since 2005 — long enough to accumulate a substantial archive of music videos, sports clips, news segments, and old TV content that doesn't always show up on YouTube. The platform doesn't offer downloads natively. Their app has an "offline" feature for premium users, but it doesn't give you real files.
This guide covers how to save any public Dailymotion video as a clean MP4 file in about 30 seconds.

The fast version

  1. Open the Dailymotion video, copy the URL.
  2. Open SaveFast.cc.
  3. Paste, click Download.
  4. Pick MP4 quality (up to 1080p where available).

No signup, no app, works on any device with a browser.

What you get

Dailymotion stores videos in similar quality tiers to YouTube:

  • 240p, 380p — for slow connections.
  • 480p, 720p — common tiers.
  • 1080p HD — when uploaded in HD by the creator.

The compression is moderate — comparable to YouTube but a bit softer. Files are reasonably sized: a 5-minute 1080p video is usually 30-60 MB.

Downloading on Desktop, iPhone, Android

Identical flow on every device:

  1. Open the video on Dailymotion. URLs look like dailymotion.com/video/x123abc.
  2. Copy the URL from the address bar (desktop) or via Share → Copy link (mobile app).
  3. Go to savefast.cc, paste, click Download.
  4. Pick the highest available MP4 quality.
  5. On desktop, file lands in Downloads. On iPhone, Safari prompts you to Save to Files. On Android, file goes to Downloads folder.

Audio extraction

For music videos, interviews, or audio-driven content, choose MP3 on the SaveFast results page. The audio is extracted from the source file at its original bitrate.

Common issues

"Video not available in your region." Dailymotion does enforce geographic restrictions on some content (music videos especially, due to licensing). If you can't view the video in your browser, SaveFast can't access it either. A VPN that puts you in the source region usually works.
Video plays in browser but won't download. Some Dailymotion videos are embedded from external sources (Vimeo, original studio servers). Try right-clicking the player → Show video URL to get the underlying source URL.
Audio missing. Rare on Dailymotion. If it happens, the source itself has no audio track.

Privacy and notes

Downloads are invisible to Dailymotion's analytics and to creators. View counts and engagement metrics are unaffected.
Dailymotion hosts a lot of unofficial uploads of TV content, films, and music videos. If you're downloading something that may not be legally on the platform, you're taking on the same legal risk you would with any pirated content — that's between you and copyright law, not Dailymotion.
For your own Dailymotion uploads, downloading your own work is your right.

Frequently asked questions

Is downloading Dailymotion videos legal?
For personal use of legally-uploaded content, generally yes. If the content itself is uploaded illegally to Dailymotion, downloading it is the same legal question as downloading pirated content anywhere.
Will Dailymotion notify the uploader I downloaded?
No. Downloads bypass analytics.
Can I download geo-restricted content?
Only through a VPN that places you in the allowed region. SaveFast doesn't bypass geo-blocks itself.
Does this work for embedded Dailymotion videos?
Yes — use the direct Dailymotion URL of the video, not the URL of the page where it's embedded.
Maximum video length?
No hard limit. Long videos take longer to process but work.

Beyond Dailymotion

The paste-and-download flow works for YouTube, Vimeo, Rumble, Bilibili, and 50+ more — see the SaveFast homepage.