While the Internet is an endless source of clips, movies and interesting videos, what do you do when the connection is down or unavailable? Many download copies of their favorite clips to save locally and enjoy while offline.

Some services provide downloadable content for free, others for subscribers only, but there are various downloaders out there to help you save content offline regardless of the video sharing platform in question. Itdown Video Downloader is such a tool, helping you record videos content from online streaming services and save files locally with just a few clicks.

The trick is that Itdown Video Downloader is not actually a downloader, but more of a recorder that can capture online videos. Its concept is simple: it embeds a multi-tab browser that allows quick navigation to the desired videos and clips, while the built-in recorder captures the video as it plays.

The recording is saved locally to a given location and can be played afterwards using any video player comaptible with common file formats.

You start by entering either the full URL of the video to download or a keyword to initiate a new search in a separate tab via the chosen search engine. When available media is detected by Itdown Video Downloader, a small popup window is shown, allowing you to start recording the playing content at normal or fastened speed.

This small window allows you to stop the recording at any time, while displaying the size of the cached media in real time for you to monitor constantly.  You can monitor the recording process in the designated tab of Itdown Video Downloader. When the recording stops, the video is saved, and the task is moved to the “Completed” tab.

Since it records playing content, Itdown Video Downloader is surely compatible with any video streaming site out there, helping you save a video with no quality loss and even record live stream sessions. However, you must keep the video playing to be able to save the recording, which might be a bit inconvenient.