Loom Video Downloader
Paste a loom.com/share link, get the original-quality mp4. No extension, no screen re-recording, no watermark.
Why download Loom videos with ViralMint?
Loom hosts screen recordings behind share links, and the built-in download button is reserved for the video's owner — viewers on the free tier can only watch in the browser. ViralMint resolves the underlying media stream from any public loom.com/share URL and saves the original file as mp4, at the recording's native resolution. That matters for archiving client walkthroughs, onboarding videos and async standups before links expire or workspaces get pruned. Password-protected and workspace-private Looms are not accessible — this works for links that open in a normal browser tab.
How to download from Loom
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Copy the Loom video URL
From loom.com, copy the share or page URL — e.g.
https://www.loom.com/share/8a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d -
Paste it into ViralMint
Open the ViralMint desktop app and paste the URL into chat. The planner detects the Loom URL and triggers the download automatically — no flags, no command line.
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Get the mp4, transcript and AI insights
The video lands in the Videos page with a local Whisper transcript and AI-extracted hook / structure / tone — ready for clip extraction or repurposing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I download someone else's Loom video?
If the share link opens for you in a browser without a password, ViralMint can save it — the same media your browser streams is written to disk as one mp4. Private, password-protected or workspace-restricted Looms don't resolve. Respect the owner's intent: this is for archiving material you're allowed to watch.
Does the downloaded Loom include the camera bubble?
Yes. Loom bakes the webcam overlay into the rendered recording, so the mp4 you download looks exactly like the playback — screen plus camera bubble. There's no way to separate them post-hoc from the rendered stream.
Can I extract just the audio or a transcript from a Loom?
Both. Choose mp3 to save audio only, or download the full video and let ViralMint's local Whisper model generate a transcript — useful for turning a rambling 20-minute walkthrough into searchable notes or documentation.
How ViralMint compares to other Loom downloaders
| Approach | Examples | Trade-off | ViralMint advantage |
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| Online converters | Y2mate, SaveFrom, ssyoutube, OnlineVideoConverter | Pop-up ads, redirects, quality capped at 720p, file-size limits, no batch downloads, your URL logged to ad networks | Local app, zero ads, original quality (up to Native recording quality (up to 4K displays)), unlimited file size, batch mode |
| Browser extensions | Video DownloadHelper, FastestTube, similar Chrome / Firefox add-ons | Routinely broken after Loom updates, removed from stores for ToS violations, no transcript or AI analysis | Updates with yt-dlp upstream (community-maintained), independent of browser extension stores, Whisper transcript built in |
| yt-dlp command line | yt-dlp, youtube-dl | Most flexible option but requires terminal comfort, manual cookie handling, no GUI for batch selection | Same yt-dlp under the hood, wrapped in a desktop GUI with cookie auto-detect, batch UI, and post-processing pipeline |
| Closed-source desktop apps | 4K Video Downloader, Allavsoft, ByClick Downloader | Closed-source, paid tiers gate batch and HD, no AI pipeline, no extensible Whisper / FFmpeg post-processing | Open source (AGPL-3.0), AI features prepaid per-action, integrates with the rest of the ViralMint creator pipeline |
Supported URL Example
https://www.loom.com/share/8a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5dEquivalent yt-dlp command
If you already use yt-dlp, the desktop app's Loom download is equivalent to running:
yt-dlp -f "bv*+ba/b" --merge-output-format mp4 "https://www.loom.com/share/8a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d"ViralMint also auto-runs Whisper transcription, downloads the thumbnail, and extracts AI hook / structure / tone insights — steps that take a separate command chain in raw yt-dlp.