Facebook – Saving a (live) video or a regular movie

How to save a live stream video or a regular movie from Facebook (in .mp4 format)?

Follow these easy steps:

  1. find the live stream video (or regular Facebook movie) on a timeline, page or profile
  2. play the movie
  3. right-click on it and copy the URL of the video (“Show video URL“)
  4. paste the URL into a new browser tab / window
  5. IMPORTANT: in the URL, change the https://www. to https://m. (turning the movie into a mobile version of the movie)
  6. play the movie and right-click on it
  7. save the movie as a .mp4 movie (“Save Video As“)

Et voila!