Red Light Video Downloader

Not a traffic-camera tool: this redlight.com downloader saves live public cam shows from the site as MP4 files.

Browser extension
Current-page workflow
Browser downloads
40,000+ SERP Apps users
Red Light Video Downloader is an independent product not affiliated with or endorsed by Red Light or any subsidiaries or affiliates. All trademarks are property of their respective owners and use of them does not imply affiliation or endorsement.
Try it free — 3 recordings, no credit card
Your recordings never touch our servers
No ads, no tracking, no analytics
$17 per month, cancel anytime
Works on Windows, Mac, and Linux
Email support, answered by the people who built it

About Red Light Video Downloader

Search for a red light recorder and you will mostly find dash cams and traffic-camera gadgets. This is something else entirely. It is a redlight.com downloader, a browser extension for people who watch the live cam rooms on that site and want to keep a public show they are enjoying. Install it, open a room, and recording starts from the player itself.

On redlight.com, the extension adds a Download button to the room's video player that opens a short quality menu; your choice starts the recording. The toolbar popup gives you Start and Stop, plus the room name, a quality menu and a timer that ticks while you record. You can also right-click anywhere in the room and pick Download Red Light Stream. Stop the recording yourself from the popup or the X on the progress panel, or leave it running and it will end when the performer's broadcast ends.

Behind the scenes your browser assembles the capture into an MP4 file with H.264 video and AAC audio. The file is named after the room and saved to a REDLIGHT folder within Downloads, so it never gets confused with anything else you save. Choose any of the qualities the room broadcasts. Recordings stay on your computer and are never uploaded to SERP, and a desktop notification lets you know when each one is done.

It runs on Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Whale and Yandex on Windows, macOS and Linux desktops. You can make 3 recordings free after signing in with an email address, no card asked; after that, $17 a month keeps it going and you can cancel anytime. It captures public shows that are live from the time you press Start, so keep the room's tab open until you are finished.

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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.

01

Open the redlight.com cam site

Go to redlight.com and enter a room that is live and public.

02

Set quality in the popup

Check the room name and choose from the qualities on air.

03

Start recording, stop when ready

Use the player's Download menu, the popup or the right-click item; stop yourself or let the broadcast end.

Features

Everything it does

Core capabilities included in Red Light Video Downloader.

Built for the redlight.com cam site, with nothing to do with traffic or dash cameras.

A Download button is added to the Red Light video player in live public rooms.

The toolbar popup shows the room, a quality menu, Start, Stop and a ticking timer.

Right-click Download Red Light Stream to begin from anywhere in the room.

Choose from the stream qualities the Red Light room is broadcasting right now.

Assembles an MP4 file with H.264 video and AAC audio inside your browser.

Saves into a REDLIGHT folder in Downloads, each file named after its room.

Lets a recording run to the end of the broadcast and then closes the file.

A desktop notification for each finished recording, and a warning if one fails.

Compare

Red Light browser recorder vs. standalone capture software

Standalone capture programs can save video from many sources, but they work from outside the page. For redlight.com rooms, a recorder that lives in the room is quicker to use.

Redlight.com Downloader

Runs inside the browser tab with the room

Standalone capture software

Runs as its own window next to the browser

Redlight.com Downloader

Kicks off from the Download button on the redlight.com player

Standalone capture software

Starts after you paste a link or select a screen area

Redlight.com Downloader

Folder and file names set automatically

Standalone capture software

Save location and names set in the app's preferences

Redlight.com Downloader

Shows the room's real quality options

Standalone capture software

May capture at whatever size the window happens to be

Redlight.com Downloader

Recordings never leave your computer

Standalone capture software

Depends on the app's own privacy practices

Compatibility

Works where you work

Available on major desktop browsers and operating systems used in day-to-day workflows.

Browsers

ChromeEdgeBraveOperaWhaleYandex

Operating Systems

WindowsmacOSLinux

Supported Content

Live public rooms on the redlight.com cam sitePublic shows recorded from your Start press until Stop or the stream endsAny of the qualities a Red Light room broadcasts

Not Supported

Traffic, dash or security camera footageRed Light rooms that switch to a private, spy or ticket showRed Light broadcasts that wrapped up before you started recordingFirefox, Safari or a phone browser on redlight.com
Downloads

Choose your browser

Pick the browser build you need. When a direct GitHub release is available, you can grab the ZIP there.

Chrome

Open the main product page to get the Chrome build while direct release links are being added.

Firefox

Firefox support is in progress and will be enabled soon.

Coming soon

Edge

Open the main product page to get the Edge build while direct release links are being added.

Opera

Open the main product page to get the Opera build while direct release links are being added.

Brave

Open the main product page to get the Brave build while direct release links are being added.

Whale

Open the main product page to get the Whale build while direct release links are being added.

Yandex

Open the main product page to get the Yandex build while direct release links are being added.

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.

downloads

Saves each finished Red Light recording as an MP4 in the REDLIGHT folder of your Downloads.

storage

Keeps your quality choice, preferences and trial or subscription sign-in locally.

activeTab

Lets the popup and right-click item act on the redlight.com room you are viewing.

tabs

Identifies the tab holding the Red Light room so the popup and timer track the right recording.

scripting

Adds the Download button to the Red Light player and reads the room name for the file name.

notifications

Shows a desktop notice when a Red Light recording finishes or fails.

contextMenus

Adds the Download Red Light Stream item to the right-click menu on redlight.com.

offscreen

Uses a hidden extension page to join the captured video and audio into an MP4 on your computer.

host_permissions

Red Light rooms load their video from servers outside redlight.com, so the recorder can read any https site to get it. It also uses auth.serp.co for sign-in and api.github.com to look for updates; the player button and right-click entry appear on redlight.com.

FAQ

Common questions

No. It has nothing to do with traffic or dash cameras. It records live public cam shows on the redlight.com website.
Know Before You Buy

What it cannot do

Better to know the boundaries up front than find out after checkout.

Only works on redlight.com cam rooms.

Starts at Start: earlier parts of a show are not captured.

Needs the room tab open and the computer awake throughout.

No auto-record, scheduling or alerts when performers go live.

Recordings are not trimmed, edited or converted.

Red Light Video Downloader

Keep a redlight.com show you enjoyed instead of losing it.

Start from the player or popup, with no external program to open.

Find recordings fast in a clearly named folder.

Private by design, because files stay on your drive.

Red Light Video Downloader is an independent product not affiliated with or endorsed by Red Light or any subsidiaries or affiliates. All trademarks are property of their respective owners and use of them does not imply affiliation or endorsement.