Apr 27, 2020  Amazon Prime Instant Video allows you to download titles to your device before you leave. This way you can plan what you’d like to watch while you’re away, download it to your device while you still have Wi-Fi access and enjoy the service while you’re on the road. Video Card: Calibrated color monitor with 1280x800, 24-bit resolution at 96dpi; Supported OS: Mac OS Sierra 10.12, Mac El Capitan 10.11; Processor: CPU with 4+ cores; RAM: 16+ GB; Hard Disk: Solid State Disk (SSD) Video Card: A fast Graphics card from NVIDIA or AMD with 2GB+ RAM (4+ GB for 4k or multiple monitors). According to the help files on Amazon.com, this service (Downloading Amazon Instant Video) is only provided to Windows users. They make you download a special player to download the videos, and that player doesn't work on a Mac. So to speak, you cannot download Amazon Instant Video to Mac directly. Besides, Amazon bought files are DRM protected.

Amazon Instant Video, which is now available on Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, PlayStation 3/4, Xbox 360, Wii and more, provides a great selection of movies and TV shows for renting or purchasing. Users with Amazon Prime membership are allowed to stream more than 40000 movies and TV episodes for free. Though, streaming Instant Video online is quite fantastic, however some Amazon users prefer to save Amazon Instant Video to their local disk for viewing offline. In this case, you can check the following solutions to save Instant Video in computers and mobile devices by recording.

Capture Amazon Instant Video on Different Platforms

1. Save Instant Video on Windows and Mac

2. Record Instant Video on iOS

Apowersoft Free Online Screen Recorder

When it comes to recording streaming Instant videos in high quality, Apowersoft Free Online Screen Recorder is highly recommended for its simplicity and functionality. It’s a free web-based screen recording program that requires no installation and can be used on both Windows and Mac. It allows for recording screen with audio in different modes and provides as many as 7 common output video formats. To know how to use this program to record Amazon Prime streaming video, you can follow the guide below.

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Go to the webpage of this Amazon Video recorder and click “Start Recording” button to launch it. If this is your first visit, you will need to download a simple launcher so that you can launch it normally.

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Before recording, you can configure some necessary settings in options, for example, you can set your desirable output video format, directory, hotkeys and others.

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Choose “System sound” as the input source from the “Audio Input” menu so that you can capture the sound of the movie, then navigate to the Amazon Instant Video that you want to record.

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Drag the recording window to customize the area that you want to record. Once done, click “REC” to start recording. At the same time, back to the Amazon Instant Video and play the video.

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When you want to finish recording, simply click pause button and choose to save video or start over.

For those who want to use this screen recording program offline, you can download and use its pro version from below which is more powerful and stable than the online version. Aside from recording streaming videos manually, this recording program also enables you to record Amazon Instant Video automatically. To do that, just go to “Tools” -> “Task Scheduler” and set the start time, duration, region of the recording as you wish, then click “Create” button to set conditions to trigger this recording task. With all these steps finished, it will automatically record your computer screen at the time point as scheduled.

How to Record Amazon Instant Video on iOS Devices

If you are watching Amazon Instant Video on iOS devices and want to save the videos to them, then you can make use of the Pro version mentioned above to do this trick.

Aside from recording computer screen activity, it can also server as an iOS screen recorder. By using it, you can display your iPhone or iPad screen on PC and then make the recording. This is great when you want to capture Amazon Instant Video on iOS devices without jailbreak. To know how to do that, you can check out the steps below.

• Download this program from below, launch it and then drop down “Record”/ “Start” menu to select “iOS Recorder” from the menu. If it’s the first time using iOS Recorder, then you need to wait a few seconds to download and install this plugin.
• Set up your iPhone and PC in the same Wi-Fi network to make your iOS device connect to the computer.
• Next, the “Windows Security Alert” window will pop up on your computer, simply hit “Allow access” to continue.
• Switch to your iOS device and swipe from the bottom of the screen to access Control Center. From there, you can see the “Airplay” icon, just tab it and then turn on “Mirroring”.
• Now your mobile screen is successfully displayed on PC and you can then play the Instant Video on your device, then press the red start recording button on computer.
• Simply press the stop button when you want to finish recording and save the video.

Conclusion

Above are the easy ways to record Amazon Instant Video, all of them can help you to record live streaming video you like and enjoy watching it anytime at anywhere. However, please keep in mind that you can only keep the recorded videos yourself for offline viewing, and you are not allowed to distribute or sell any recorded videos.

With more and more excellent TV series, music, and movies appearing on Amazon Prime Video, it has become one of the most popular video streaming websites, just like another Netflix. As well-known as its various video resources, Amazon Prime Video has a set of strict video protection regulations.

There are several types of service in Amazon Prime Video: you can either purchase your favorite videos, or rent them, or register as a Prime member, for streaming and downloading video. However, Amazon has imposed rigid limitations on the downloading and viewing. Even if you've got the right to download the videos you like after you paid to rent them, for example, you only have 48 hours to finish watching them once you start streaming or downloading, and the videos will expire after 30 days from the payment of the rental fee.

Although for purchased videos, Amazon gives an indefinite viewing period, you can only download the videos to four kinds of compatible devices: Fire tablets (other than Kindle Fire 1st Generation), Fire phone, and Android and iOS devices. In this case, it becomes impossible to enjoy the favorite Amazon video on your laptop offline. So is there any way to save or download Amazon video to PC for offline watching?

Sure it is. In this post, we will show you how to download Amazon Prime video to PC/Mac through a smart recorder. Read on and have a try!

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1. Can I Download Movies from Amazon to My Computer?

You are able to download any video to your Fire tablets, Android, or iOS devices within the Amazon Video app, as long as you have the downloading option. But unfortunately, because of the digital rights management (DRM), Amazon doesn't allow users to download the videos to PC for watching. Even though you've purchased that video, you still cannot download it to other devices not approved by Amazon.

There is much so-called Amazon video downloader software or service on the market, but they are can't actually help you download Amazon videos you want to the computer. So we would like to advise users to record the Amazon videos with recorder software to capture Amazon videos for offline viewing.

2. How to Rip and Record Amazon Prime Video

To easily and successfully rip and record Amazon Prime Video to PC for offline watching, FonePaw Screen Recorder is highly recommended to you. It is a well-rounded recorder app that offers many useful functions in recording videos with audio, including various video formats and presetting the recording time.

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By using FonePaw Screen Recorder, you are able to record and convert any Amazon videos to MP4, MOV, or other formats you like. The feature of 'presetting the recording time' allows you to set up a certain recording time so you don't have to sit in front of the screen to wait for the recording to end.

What's more, 'system sound recording' is one of the highlighted functions of FonePaw Screen Recorder. If you record the Amazon videos by turning it on, you can record internal audio coming from the computer, so that the sound effect of the recorded movie or TV shows will not be damaged.

Get your FonePaw Screen Recorder ready and use it to download your favorite Amazon videos to PC for offline viewing in just 4 simple steps.

Step 1. Get the Amazon Prime Video Ripper Ready

Download, install, and launch FonePaw Screen Recorder on your PC. Click on the 'Video Recorder' in the Home interface. Don't forget to toggle on 'Display' and 'System Sound'.

Step 2. Choose A Amazon Prime Video to Record

Open the video you want to rip from Amazon Prime. Click on the arrow-down button in the Display section to set your recording area. You can choose either to record the whole screen or to record just a part of it. If you play the Amazon video in full screen, select 'Full screen'.

Under the 'Advanced Recorder' option, there are several region sizes for choice. And you can also adjust the recording area on your own by stretching the rectangle of the blue dotted lines to fit the play screen.

Step 3. Set to Save Amazon Video As MP4 and More

Click on 'More settings' and locate the 'Output' section.And then click 'Video format' to choose the output format of Amazon video as MP4. Of course, you can also convert Amazon Prime video to F4V, MOV, or AVI. You are even able to customize the video quality here.

In the 'Mouse' section, uncheck the option of 'Show mouse cursor' that can make your mouse movement disappeared in the video. Remember to click 'OK' to save the settings.

Step 4. Start Recording and Save it

When all the settings are settled, click on the 'REC' button, that orange circular icon, to start recording. After a 3-second countdown, the recording process will be on, so play the Amazon video before the countdown ends.

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During recording, there is a row of icons at the top right of the recording control panel. Click on the second alarm clock icon, you can set the recording time according to the duration of the video you are recording. Check the option of 'Shut down when end recording', then the recording process will stop automatically when time's up.

When you want to stop recording, just click on the Stop button at the top left. After recording, you are able to preview the video. Click 'Save' and choose the path to save it.

That's it! Now you've successfully downloaded the Amazon video to your PC and you can enjoy it offline! How do you feel about FonePaw Screen Recorder? If you find it a useful tool, please share it with your friends! Any comment is welcome.

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