Once installed, launch the app and sign in to your Amazon Prime account. Next, select a film or show that you want to download and open the video details. Note that not all Amazon Prime movies or TV shows are available for download, and you can only download content if you are in certain areas the U. Keep in mind that video files can get quite large, so if possible, we recommend opting for external storage.
Next, choose your desired video quality. The higher the download quality, the larger the file size. Tap Start Download. The Prime Video app is available for mobile devices, tablets, and compatible Windows 10 computers.
The app will then check for devices that you can cast the video to, such as a Fire TV stick. The amount of storage needed for a file depends on its quality. We downloaded the film Annihilation at the Best quality setting and it took up 1GB of storage, while at Good quality the second-lowest , it took up a mere MB. Season 1 of The Wire , 13 episodes in all, took up 3. According to Amazon, only select titles are available for download. When we browsed the Prime Video selections, it looked like every title available to Prime subscribers was downloadable.
Most likely, you can count on all Amazon originals being available for download. Note that you can only download videos while in the U. By default, downloads are set to the highest quality. Should you have an iPhone or iPad struggling with low storage, the best option here is to tap the app Settings button, open Download Quality and adjust the quality between Good , Better , and Best.
Obviously, the higher the quality is, the larger the downloaded file will be. After this short and simple process, you're then ready to enjoy the movie on the go. Don't forget to take a good pair of earphones with you to get the best mobile movie watching experience possible. While you can stream videos from Amazon, there is simply no facility to download and watch them. This is due to the digital rights management DRM that Amazon uses to protect its media downloads. Even purchased Amazon videos cannot be downloaded to a PC.
Since Amazon doesn't provide a desktop app for Prime Video, the only option for downloading videos to your PC is to run an Android emulator like Bluestacks.
But while this will enable you to download videos to your computer, the DRM means you still won't be able to watch the movie if you move the data out of the emulated Android environment. You'll find plenty of other great movies and terrific originals on Amazon Prime , too. While the cafe's Wi-Fi is woefully inadequate for streaming movies, it doesn't matter.
Thanks to being able to watch Amazon Prime Video offline, I was able to download the video in advance before heading out and still watch it when I could. If you need to download videos legally to your PC for viewing on the go, there's always Netflix, which offers some of the best movies available for streaming. Its Windows app will run on any Windows 10 PC or tablet, and features the facility to download videos for offline viewing. And if Amazon Prime Video stops working , you might be able to fix it yourself.
You can with these tools. Streaming vs. Image Gallery 3 Images. Search for the content you want to watch and you'll see the option to download either individual shows, entire seasons or movies directly to your device.
Once downloaded, that content is then accessible via the "Downloads" tab on the left-hand navigation within the app. For both the Windows 10 app and the smartphone app, you can choose download quality options using the settings cog. This is in the bottom left corner of the Windows 10 app, or in the top right corner of the smartphone app in the My Stuff tab.
The settings in the Windows 10 app will let you know how much space you're using up with the downloads too and you can delete any you've finished with from the downloads section. For the smartphone app, the Downloads tab will show you this information, as mentioned above. It is worth noting that you don't get to choose where the downloads are stored, which is a shame as it means you can't manage storage if you have larger internal or external drives working alongside your main Windows drive, or you have a microSD card in your smartphone, for example.
Why you can trust Pocket-lint. Writing by Adrian Willings.
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