Facebook introduced Lite in couple of Africa and Asia countries in early 2015 and from there the app was expanded to many other regions. Facebook Lite is light in size and does not takes in data like the main app. Apart from these, it also runs well on bad network and smoothly on 2G (GPRS/EDGE) connection. After it was introduced, lots of new features were included among which is the capability to enjoy video shared, posted, and that are visible on timeline. Nevertheless, Facebook did not give users the capability to download the video.
How To Save Videos From Facebook To Your Phone
There's a catch though, we bet a lot of you would have notice it. You will observe that when you click on the video you desire to watch on Facebook Lite, the gamer will first pack for some seconds prior to the video start to play. You will likewise discover that when the video stop playing and you go back maybe to your timeline, if you click the video again it won't take time to pack like the first time, it will simply play straight.
This offer us the sense that the video is being download (cache) someplace when you play it the very first time when you attempt to play it again it will just pack from where it was cached. Locating where the video is cached is our answer.
The procedure we will share doesn't exist anywhere on the internet, you are lucky to be the first to learn this technique.
On Lite, Facebook typically shows the size (in megabytes) of the video you will enjoy before you click it as shown in the image above. Take notice of the megabyte due to the fact that you are going to require it if you are getting this tutorial right. Now, lets proceed.
You are going to require the following apps, not necessary however they will assist.
1.) ES File Explorer
2.) MX Video Player
All videos seen on Facebook Lite are download in a folder on the phone storage. We recommend you view a video on Lite before you continue, this will create the folder we are about to reveal you.
In our own case, we use ES File Explorer. You can utilize any file supervisor of your option.
1.) Open ES Explorer, locate a folder named "Android". In the "Android" folder you will see another folder called "data", open it. It will lead you to where is displayed in the above pic (We alter the folder view to "Medium Particulars" under More -> View in ES UI). Among the folders, you will see one called "com.facebook.lite", open it.
2.) In the "com.facebook.lite" folder you will see "cache" folder, open it.
3.) In the "cache" folder, find "video" folder and open it.
4.) In our own case, there are 4 various folders inside the "video" folder, in yours you may discover more. Nevertheless, it is crucial to let you understand that each folder in the "video" folder represent each video you view on Facebook Lite. As you can see, the folders are named in random letters that looks like lingos.
5.) Opening among these video folders there are two files inside, one named "0000000000000000" and the other "metadata.json". All the folders displayed in step 4 consists of only these two files. The "0000000000000000" file is the video we are searching for. All the 4 folders consists of the "0000000000000000" video file and each file represent various video in each of the folder. Each folder is each video you watch on Facebook Lite.
6.) If you are utilizing ES, just click the "0000000000000000" file to open then select video from the menu, pick a video gamer (or MX Player) and BOOMMM! the video will start playing. You can do also for other "0000000000000000" files in other video folders to enjoy the cached Facebook Lite videos.
Please Keep in mind: The "0000000000000000" doesn't show as video file when view by file manager because it does not have a video extension (e.g.MP4, AVI e.t.c). Facebook do this so that video gamers installed will not have the ability to bring it when scanning the phone. It's a security procedure. You require to open it straight with a video gamer to be able to consider as a video.
Each time you enjoy a video on Facebook Lite, the video is cached (download) on the phone sd card. By following the steps above, you can relabel the "00000000000000" which is the video file and view it offline permanently. You can even copy it to a different folder to keep save. Such articles How To Save Videos From Facebook To Your Phone from my thank you for visiting hope can help you.