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Open a C-SPAN video page
Navigate to any hearing, floor session, press briefing, or archived event on c-span.org and let the player load.
C-SPAN Downloader
Build a personal, offline archive of C-SPAN government proceedings with automatic event-title filenames and date labeling.
Browser extension
Current-page workflow
Browser downloads
40,000+ SERP Apps users
C-SPAN Downloader is an independent product not affiliated with or endorsed by C-SPAN, National Cable Satellite Corporation or any subsidiaries or affiliates. All trademarks are property of their respective owners and use of them does not imply affiliation or endorsement.
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Works on Windows, Mac, and Linux
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About C-SPAN Downloader
For academics, journalists, and policy researchers, C-SPAN is an indispensable primary source. The C-SPAN Downloader lets you capture complete multi-hour hearings, floor sessions, and press briefings directly from c-span.org. Each download is automatically named with the event title and date, creating a ready-made, sortable archive.
You control the quality. The tool displays every available resolution tier with format details and file size estimates. Adaptive HLS and DASH streams are stitched locally into a single MP4, so your recordings are self-contained and ready for offline review, clipping, or long-term storage.
Privacy is built in. There is no tracking, no analytics—only a simple licence verification call. Review lengthy proceedings without buffering, keep primary-source footage under your control, and build a personal research library that grows with your work.
Trusted at scale
Trusted by 40k+ SERP Apps users.
Private & local
Private downloads. No ads or tracking.
One connected library
Part of the SERP Apps Extensions Library.
How It Works
Download in 3 clear steps
Open the page, let the extension detect what is available, and save the file to your computer.
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Click the extension icon
The tool reads the video player metadata and shows every available quality tier with format details and size estimates.
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Select your quality
Pick a resolution. Adaptive streams are stitched into a single MP4 locally — no external conversion needed.
Happy Users
Recent customer feedback
Short, practical feedback from people using C-SPAN Downloader in real workflows.
Indispensable for political research
I study congressional committee dynamics and having local copies of full hearings is essential. This tool handles four-hour sessions without breaking a sweat.
Dr. Nathan Cross
2025-02-20
Makes civics lessons better
As a civics teacher, I pull clips from C-SPAN constantly. Downloading the full video and editing it locally is so much easier than trying to screen-record.
Lisa Vang
2025-01-09
Exactly what I needed
Reliable and straightforward. I saved several Supreme Court oral argument recordings and the file naming convention kept everything organized.
Robert Muñoz
2025-03-15
These comments and ratings were collected during our July 2026 customer survey and reviewed against support records before publication.
Features
Everything it does
Core capabilities included in C-SPAN Downloader.
Intended to capture video from c-span.org, including hearings, floor sessions, press briefings, and archived events.
It will handle multi-hour recordings with reliable progress tracking and time estimates.
All quality tiers are displayed with resolution, format labels, and file size approximations.
HLS and DASH adaptive streams are stitched into a single MP4 file on your device.
A progress panel provides real-time speed, ETA, and pause/cancel controls.
Files are named with the event title and date to help organize research libraries.
A right-click context menu allows for fast downloads from any C-SPAN video page.
There is no tracking or analytics; licence verification is the only external call made.
It is built to run on Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave, Opera, Whale, and Yandex.
Open a C-SPAN video page and let the player load to start the process.
Click the extension icon to read video player metadata and see quality tiers with format details and size estimates.
Select your quality and adaptive streams are stitched into a single MP4 locally, with no external conversion needed.
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C-SPAN Downloader Extension vs Online Downloader Website
Track every download with real-time feedback right on the page.
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Real-time progress panel with speed and ETA
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Progress depends on the external site's interface
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Pause and cancel controls during download
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May not offer pause or cancel while processing
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Stitches HLS and DASH into a single MP4 locally
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Output format can vary with the tool used
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No need to wait for a separate site to load
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Requires opening and waiting on another site
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Notification when download completes
Online downloader website
May need to check results page for completion
C-SPAN Downloader
Works directly on the C-SPAN video page
Online downloader website
Copying the page link leaves the video context
Compatibility
Works where you work
Available on major desktop browsers and operating systems used in day-to-day workflows.
Browsers
ChromeEdgeFirefoxBraveOpera
Operating Systems
WindowsmacOSLinux
Supported Content
C-SPAN committee hearings and floor sessionsPresidential press conferences and campaign eventsSupreme Court oral argument recordingsC-SPAN Video Library archived recordings
Not Supported
Live broadcasts in progress (must be available as on-demand replay)Closed captions and transcript filesSafari and mobile browsersAutomatic segment clipping within multi-hour recordings
Downloads
Choose your browser
Pick the browser build you need. When a direct GitHub release is available, you can grab the ZIP there.
Chrome
Chrome support is in progress and will be enabled soon.
Coming soon
Firefox
Firefox support is in progress and will be enabled soon.
Coming soon
Edge
Edge support is in progress and will be enabled soon.
Coming soon
Opera
Opera support is in progress and will be enabled soon.
Coming soon
Brave
Brave support is in progress and will be enabled soon.
Coming soon
Whale
Whale support is in progress and will be enabled soon.
Coming soon
Yandex
Yandex support is in progress and will be enabled soon.
Coming soon
Install from GitHub releases or your user dashboard. ZIP builds include the full desktop extension.
Transparency
Extension permissions explained
Every requested permission and the job it performs inside the extension.
Saves completed video recordings to your downloads folder and reports transfer progress.
Stores your licence key and quality preferences locally between sessions.
Reads the current C-SPAN page to detect the video player and enable download controls.
Extracts stream URLs and adaptive manifests from the C-SPAN player for accurate downloads.
Sends a desktop notification when recordings finish downloading or if an error occurs.
Merges adaptive stream segments into a single MP4 in a background context without blocking the browser.
FAQ
Common questions
It is being developed to capture hearings, floor sessions, press briefings, and archived events from c-span.org.
Know Before You Buy
What it cannot do
Better to know the boundaries up front than find out after checkout.
Downloads run one at a time — no simultaneous downloads
Live broadcasts must finish and become on-demand before downloading
Captions and transcripts are not bundled with the video download
Multi-hour recordings require the browser tab to stay open during stitching
Safari and mobile browsers are not supported
Resolution options depend on what C-SPAN publishes for each recording
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C-SPAN Downloader
Build a personal archive of government proceedings for academic or journalistic research
Review lengthy hearings offline without buffering or connection interruptions
Clip specific moments from multi-hour recordings using your own video editing tools
Keep primary-source political footage under your control indefinitely
C-SPAN Downloader is an independent product not affiliated with or endorsed by C-SPAN, National Cable Satellite Corporation or any subsidiaries or affiliates. All trademarks are property of their respective owners and use of them does not imply affiliation or endorsement.