Niconico Video Downloader
Paste a Niconico link and keep the video at the quality you pick, as audio, or a whole series. Vidferry runs on your Mac or PC, with no ads and nothing sent anywhere.
- MP4 video
- MP3 or M4A audio
- Playlists and series
- Best, 1080p, 720p, 480p
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Everything you need to download Niconico.
One paste, and it’s yours, at the quality and format you want.
Download Niconico in the quality you want
Pick Best for the highest the source has, or drop to 1080p, 720p, or 480p to save space. You get an MP4 that plays anywhere.
Pull just the audio
Save any Niconico video as an MP3 or M4A and skip the video entirely.
Grab a whole playlist
Paste a playlist or a channel and Vidferry lists the videos, then downloads them one after another.
Private and on your machine
It all runs locally. No account, no ads, no telemetry. What you pull from Niconico stays yours.
A Niconico downloader that keeps the video
Niconico has a video culture all its own, from the comments that scroll across the screen to uploads you won’t find on the bigger sites. Vidferry saves the video itself to your machine. Paste a link, pick a quality, and it writes an MP4 to a folder you choose. There’s no ad wall, no account to make, and nothing about the download leaves your computer.
Every link is handled on your machine, and Vidferry merges the video and audio into a single MP4 (H.264 video, AAC audio) that plays in QuickTime or anything else.
Single videos, playlists, and series
Paste one video and Vidferry saves it. Paste a playlist or a series and it works through the entries in turn, in pages of about a hundred so a long run stays in order. Pick Best for the sharpest copy your account can reach, or step down to 720p or 480p to save space.
Signed in? It can ferry that too
A good deal of Niconico only plays once you’re logged in, and higher quality often depends on your account. In Settings, point Vidferry at the browser you use for Niconico, and it uses that session to fetch what you can watch. The cookies stay on your machine, and it won’t reach anything you can’t already open yourself.
How to download Niconico videos
Three steps, about a minute. No setup, no sign-up.
- 1
Copy the Niconico link
Open the video and copy the nicovideo.jp watch URL from the address bar.
- 2
Pick quality and format
Choose the best stream Niconico offers or a smaller one, or switch to MP3 for just the audio.
- 3
Ferry it over
Hit download. The video lands in the folder you chose, ready to watch offline.
Niconico downloader FAQ
Paste a Niconico link and Vidferry saves it as an MP4. Pick Best for the highest the source has, or drop to 1080p, 720p, or 480p for a smaller file.
Yes. Paste a playlist or series URL and Vidferry works through the videos in turn. A long one comes down in pages of about a hundred at a time.
Some videos only play when you're signed in. Point Vidferry at your browser in Settings so it can use your Niconico session. It fetches what you can already watch and won't reach anything you can't.
Yes. Switch the format to MP3 or M4A and Vidferry pulls the audio out and skips the video.
Best takes the highest the source offers for your account. You can also pick 1080p, 720p, or 480p. Vidferry merges the result into one MP4.
Ready to ferry?
Paste your first link in under a minute. $12 once, yours to keep, on Mac and PC.