How to Download Bilibili Videos

Updated 2026-08-31

Bilibili's international site, bilibili.tv, has plenty worth keeping offline — but the site itself gives you no download button outside its app. You can save a video straight from your browser instead, in a few seconds, with no account. Here's how, and what to expect from the file you get.

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   Copy the video link

   Open the video on bilibili.tv, tap Share and copy the link. Links that look like bilibili.tv/video/… and bilibili.tv/en/video/… both work — the site adds the language code itself when you open it.

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   Paste it into VoomReel

   Open the VoomReel home page and paste the link into the box.

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   Download

   Tap Download. You get a single MP4 with the picture and sound already together — there's nothing to combine afterwards.

What quality do you get?

360p. That is not a limitation VoomReel invents — it is the highest quality Bilibili serves as a single, ready-to-play file.

Bilibili does offer sharper versions, up to 720p and beyond, but it splits those into two separate streams: one with only the picture and one with only the sound. Neither is watchable on its own, and joining them requires re-encoding the video on a server before you ever see it. VoomReel deliberately doesn't do that — it would make downloads slower, and it is exactly the kind of processing that turns a free tool into an expensive one. If you specifically need HD, Bilibili's own app is the honest answer.

Why doesn't my bilibili.com link work?

Only bilibili.tv is supported, not bilibili.com. They look like the same service but they are run as separate sites: bilibili.com is the mainland Chinese platform, and it rejects requests coming from outside its region before any video information is returned.

If your link starts with bilibili.com, check whether the same title exists on bilibili.tv and use that link instead. Many international releases are on both.

Will it download a whole film or episode?

Yes, and that is worth knowing before you tap Download. A lot of what bilibili.tv carries is long-form — full films and multi-episode blocks that run for hours rather than minutes.

A feature-length title can be several hundred megabytes even at 360p. Check you have the storage free and that you're on Wi-Fi rather than mobile data. A short clip is a few megabytes and downloads almost instantly; a two-hour film is a different proposition entirely.

Does the sound come with it?

Yes. The file you get has the audio track already inside it, exactly as posted. There's no separate audio download and nothing to merge — if you play the file and hear nothing, the source video itself was silent.

Does it work on iPhone and Android?

Both, and on desktop, because it all happens in the browser. On Android and desktop the file lands in your downloads folder. On iPhone, tap the Share icon and choose Save to Files — iOS handles large video files better from Files than from Photos.

Why does my Bilibili link fail?

Almost always because the title isn't publicly viewable. VoomReel never signs in to an account, so it sees exactly what a logged-out visitor sees — and a good deal of Bilibili's catalogue is region-locked, members-only, or scheduled to unlock later.

The quickest test is to open the link in a private browsing window. If it won't play for you there, it can't be fetched here either. If it does play, re-copy the link — a shortened or edited URL sometimes drops the numeric id the site needs.

Is it legal to download from Bilibili?

Downloading a video does not transfer any rights to it. Saving something for your own offline viewing is generally treated differently from republishing it, but the underlying copyright stays with whoever made it.

Much of what's on bilibili.tv is licensed commercial content — films, series and anime that a studio owns. Re-uploading those, or sharing them on, is straightforwardly infringement. Check Bilibili's terms and your local law, and when in doubt, keep it to personal use.

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