
Use Video Vault or Youtube-dl to download the video. If you want to ensure you have the video, it is best to download your own copy for safe keeping.

The downsides are that the published video is usually lower quality than the original, and the broadcaster and/or the service provider can remove the video at any time, without notice, so you never know when the video will disappear indeterminately or forever.


Having the recording available after the broadcast is over also gives you (or your allies) more time to capture/ download the video (see the next two methods below). The advantage of this method is that it is automatic and does not require anyone to do anything. It's here! Update your Periscope app to permanently save your broadcasts by default (no #save needed). Similarly, as of May 2016, Periscope also saves broadcasts by default to the broadcaster’s account. When a Facebook Live broadcast ends, the video is automatically published to the broadcaster’s Page or profile. This method requires the least amount of effort - you simply rely on Facebook or Periscope to save the video. Rely on Facebook or Periscope to save the video on their platform. Periscope and Facebook Live allow you to save your video to your device.īut what if you don’t want to save to your device for safety reasons, or if you are not the broadcaster? The next three options are relevant to both broadcasters and viewers. Just be aware that with this method you are only saving the video, and not any of the descriptions or comments that are posted with it (try option #4 below for that). The sizes of your files will vary, but they will likely be higher quality than the videos you’ve broadcasted and uploaded. If you have the space on your device, it’s a good idea to save your original videos to your camera roll or gallery. Facebook also allows users to save their live videos to the phone’s camera roll after a broadcast. Periscope, for example, has a setting to “Auto Save to Camera Roll,” and an option to “Save to Camera Roll” after each broadcast ends. If you’re the broadcaster, save on your broadcasting device.įacebook and Periscope enable broadcasters to save their broadcasts locally on the recording device. Here are four basic ways to save Facebook Live and Periscope videos, each with their own advantages and drawbacks: 1. As an archivist, I often get asked about the best way to download and save these live broadcasts. Facebook Live and Periscope are among two of the more popular services being used. Although activists have been live streaming from mobile devices for at least five years, more of them than ever, around the world, are turning to live video broadcasts to expose and prevent human rights abuses in real-time.
