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Download, read, or summarize any video

Paste a link from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram or X. Get the video as MP4 or MP3, the full transcript, or an AI summary in seconds. Free, no sign-up.

Guests get 3 downloads and 3 transcripts or summaries a day. A free account raises that to 10 and 5.

MP4 up to 4K, or MP3360p opens instantly; HD is merged on our servers with the audio included.
Transcripts with timestampsCaptions when they exist, speech-to-text when they don't.
Summaries in 15 languagesTL;DR, key points, chapters or study notes.
Honest filesNo fake 320 kbps, no watermark games, nothing to install.
How it works

One paste, one click, one file.

  1. 01Copy a video link

    From the app, tap Share then Copy link. In a browser, copy the address bar. Short links such as youtu.be, vm.tiktok.com and t.co work too.

  2. 02Paste it and press Go

    The card shows the title, channel and length, with three tabs: Download, Transcript and Summary.

  3. 03Take what you need

    Save the MP4 or MP3, copy the transcript, or have it summarized. Every run also gets a page you can share.

Download

Pick a quality. 360p saves straight from the source; 720p, 1080p, best and MP3 are prepared on our servers with the audio included.

360p MP4instant
720p MP4~10 s
1080p MP4Save file
MP3~15 s
Transcript

Timestamped text you can search, copy, or export as TXT. SRT, VTT and Markdown on Pro.

00:00Welcome back. Today we look at clinical assessment and why reliability matters.
00:41Two things to consider in any measurement: reliability and validity.
01:27Inter-rater reliability is the consistency between two observers.
Summary

A TL;DR, key points, chapters or study notes with flashcards, in the video's language or one of 15 others.

TL;DRKey pointsChapters

A 10-minute walk through how clinicians assess disorders: what reliability and validity mean, and how the two are tested.

Worth watching if: you want the examples behind each term.

Read instead of watch

A 40-minute talk, read in four.

Transcripts come from captions when the platform has them and from speech-to-text when it doesn't, up to 30 minutes free and 4 hours on Pro. Summaries are built from that transcript, so they cover the whole video, not the description.

  • TL;DR ends with a "worth watching if" line so you can decide in one glance.
  • Chapters with timestamps, ready to jump back into the video.
  • Study notes with key concepts and Q&A flashcards you can export to Anki.
How the immune system actually remembersKurzgesagt · 41:12 · Summary in English
Key points
1Memory cells are made during the first infection and kept for decades.
2Vaccines train the same process without the illness.
3Some pathogens mutate fast enough to dodge old memory, which is why boosters exist.
Copy summaryMarkdown · ProEspañol
Four platforms, one box

Every link you're likely to paste.

YouTubeVideos and Shorts as MP4 in 360p to 4K or MP3. Captions make transcripts instant.YouTube video downloaderTikTokPublic TikToks as MP4 in the cleanest version the platform serves, no watermark tricks.TikTok video downloaderInstagramReels and video posts from public accounts, with speech-to-text for transcripts.Instagram video downloaderXVideos from posts, served directly in seconds; t.co short links resolve on their own.X (Twitter) video downloader
Pricing

Free for the occasional video. Pro when it's every day.

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Free$010 downloads and 5 transcripts or summaries a day. Videos up to 30 minutes.
Pro$6.90 / month, or $49 a yearUnlimited within fair use, videos up to 4 hours, batch downloads, SRT, VTT, Markdown and Anki exports.
Lifetime$99 onceEverything in Pro, paid once. Lifetime updates and priority support.

How it works

  1. Copy a video link. From the YouTube, TikTok, Instagram or X app, tap Share and then Copy link. In a browser, copy the address bar. Short links such as youtu.be, vm.tiktok.com and t.co work too.
  2. Paste it above and press Go. The video card shows the title, channel and length, with three tabs: Download, Transcript and Summary.
  3. Take what you need. Save the MP4 or MP3, copy the transcript, or have it summarized. Nothing to install and no account needed for the free daily allowance.

Download videos from any of four platforms

  • YouTube video downloader. Save videos and Shorts as MP4 in 360p, 720p, 1080p or 4K. 360p saves instantly from YouTube itself; HD files are prepared in a few seconds, with the audio included.
  • TikTok video downloader. Save public TikToks as MP4 in the cleanest version TikTok serves, from full links or vm.tiktok.com short links.
  • Instagram video downloader. Save public Reels and video posts as MP4, with no Instagram login.
  • X (Twitter) video downloader. Save videos and GIFs from posts on x.com, twitter.com or t.co links as MP4.

Want only the sound? YouTube to MP3 converts the audio to a 192 kbps MP3, and the MP3 option works for the other platforms too. Pro subscribers can paste a playlist into batch download and save up to 50 videos at once.

Read a video instead of watching it

The YouTube transcript generator gives you the full text of a video with timestamps. Captions come through in a second or two, and videos without captions are transcribed from the audio. Copy it or export it as TXT for free; SRT, VTT and Markdown exports come with Pro.

The YouTube video summarizer writes a summary from the transcript in the style you pick: a short TL;DR, key points, a chapter-by-chapter breakdown, or study notes. It can answer in the video's language or in yours, so a 40-minute lecture becomes a two-minute read.

Why people use vidstill

  • One link, every format. The same paste gives you the video, the audio, the text and a summary, so you don't need four different sites.
  • Nothing to install. It runs in the browser on iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows. Installable downloaders and extensions are where most of the risk in this category lives; see is it safe to download YouTube videos?
  • Original quality. HD downloads use the streams YouTube already serves, merged with their audio rather than re-encoded, so you get exactly the quality YouTube plays.
  • Free to start. Guests get three downloads a day without signing up and a free account raises that to ten. Pro removes the limits.

New here? The getting started guide walks through each option, and the blog covers saving videos on iPhone, getting transcripts and more.

Questions

Before you paste

Yes. Anyone can download, transcribe and summarize a few videos a day without an account. Signing up lifts the daily limit.