Twitter video downloader: save X videos as MP4
Paste the link of a public post on X and you get three rows: the MP4 at the largest size X serves for it, a GIF of its first 15 seconds and an MP3 of the sound. No X account and no Premium plan are involved, on your side or ours.
- Largest size X serves
- MP4, GIF and MP3 rows
- /video/2 picks one video
How an X post link becomes an MP4
Copy the post link
Under the post, tap Share and Copy link. If the post has several videos, tap the one you want first; the link then ends in /video/2, /video/3 or /video/4.
Paste it in your browser
Open Safari, Chrome or any browser you use and paste the link in the box above. Links opened from inside the X app land in its built-in browser, which can't save files.
Download MP4
The first row is the video, named twitter_ plus the post id. The GIF and MP3 rows below come from the same video, made on our server while they download.
What one X link gives you
You pastex.com/
- MP4Largest rendition, up to 1080p · twitter_1790000000000000000.mp4
- GIFFirst 15 s · 480 px · 12 fps · twitter_1790000000000000000.gif
- MP3128 kbps · whole soundtrack · twitter_1790000000000000000.mp3
One X post, three rows
A video post on X gives you three files from the same link. The MP4 is the video itself, straight from X's servers. The GIF is made on our server from the first 15 seconds, scaled to 480 pixels wide at 12 frames per second, with its own color palette. The MP3 is the soundtrack at 128 kbps. All three are named twitter_ plus the post id.
Posts work differently when they aren't a single video. A GIF post comes back as a full-size GIF and its MP4, with no MP3, because X stores GIFs without sound. A post with only photos gives each picture at full size and a ZIP when there are two or more: the Twitter MP3, GIF and image downloaders cover those cases in detail.
Why 720p, why 1080p
When a video is posted, X encodes it into several MP4 renditions of different sizes and bitrates, from small mobile versions up to its playback ceiling. Many posts top out at 720p and others reach 1080p. We ask for the rendition with the highest bitrate, so the same downloader gives 1080p on one post and 720p on another: the ceiling is the upload, not the tool.
The /video/2 part of a link
A post can hold up to four videos. When you tap one of them, X adds /video/2, /video/3 or /video/4 to the link, and that is how we know which one you want: we return just that video with its GIF and MP3 rows. A link without that ending lists every video of the post, one button each, and no GIF or MP3 rows.
Codecs, GIF settings and limits for X videos
| Video | One MP4 (H.264 with AAC sound), the largest rendition X serves: up to 1080p, never above the upload |
|---|---|
| GIF row | First 15 seconds, 480 px wide, 12 frames per second |
| MP3 row | 128 kbps, the whole soundtrack |
| Links | x.com/.../status/..., twitter.com/.../status/..., t.co, /video/2 to pick one video |
| Accounts | Public posts only; protected accounts and sensitive posts fail |
| Limit | GIF and MP3 rows: videos up to 30 minutes |
Premium, 720p or 1080p, and protected accounts
Do I need X Premium to download a video?
No. X has its own Download video option, but only for Premium subscribers, only on posts whose author allowed it, and not on videos posted before late July 2023. Pasting the link here works on any public post, with no account.
Can I choose 720p or 1080p?
X keeps a few renditions of each video and we always take the largest, so a menu would only offer smaller files. A 720p file usually means no bigger copy exists on X.
Is the GIF row the whole video?
No. For a normal video post it is a preview: the first 15 seconds, 480 pixels wide, at 12 frames per second, handy for chats and forums. A post that is already a GIF on X comes back as a full-size GIF instead; the Twitter GIF downloader explains the difference.
Why does the result say there is no video?
The link usually belongs to a reply or a quote post that shows somebody else's video. Open the original post that contains the video and copy its link from Share.
Do videos from protected accounts work?
No. Protected posts are visible only to approved followers, and posts marked as sensitive only to signed-in accounts. We never sign in, so both fail.
Do you keep the video or my link?
No. The MP4 comes from X's video servers; on a phone it passes through ours only to force the download, without being written to disk. We log the platform and the result, not the link.
Can I get a 4K video from X?
No. X serves video up to 1080p, and the file can't be sharper than what the author uploaded. Nothing here is upscaled.