Hotstar is one of the most popular Indian based web platforms to watch movies and popular TV shows on SmartPhones. They also allow SmartPhone users to download Films and shows on Mobile Phones for offline watching.
Sounds great but there are some untold restrictions that many users don't know. The downloaded videos are in an encrypted format, and only the Hotstar App can read them.
In other words only by Hotstar App, you can play those video files even offline.
You cannot play them by other media players like VLC player, GOM player, etc. The second restriction is on changing the download path of Hotstar downloading. By default, Hotstar App saves downloaded video files on Mobile Phone Internal memory.
For those having lower Internal memory on their Mobile Handset face issues with exhausting Phone memory by Hotstar downloaded files.
This tutorial explains how to change the Hotstar video download path to external memory or even external memory storage and convert Hotstar downloaded video files to normal video files using professional applications.
Default Hotstar Video Download Path
Many users wonder where to look for Video files downloaded from Hotstar on their Mobile Phones. It is because the Hotstar app is not providing the path to the storage folder where it saves the video files.
Hotstar simply let users play the downloaded files through their App and delete them once the user watched them. The default download path on Hotstar is:
Internal Storage > Android > data > in.startv.hotstar > files > downloads
You can find the video files downloaded using Hotstar App by looking at the location given.
Transfer Hotstar Downloaded Files from Phone to External Memory
You can copy the files stored in the below location in Phone Internal Memory to any external memory device or even SD card. However, these files are encrypted, and you need to copy back to the exact location if you want to play them using Hotstar App.
Convert Hotstar Video files to Normal Video Files and Download
It is possible to convert movies and TV shows hosted on Hotstar to normal video file format and download. To perform this task, we need third-party applications.
My favorite application to convert encrypted Hotstar video files to normal video files and download is Videoder.
Official website to download Videoder is https://www.videoder.net
Note: Videoder is no longer supporting direct downloading from Hotstar.
Direct link to download Videoder App is http://videoder.br.uptodown.com/android/download
PS: It is important to note that Videoder is not available on the Google Play Store due to the strict guidelines on download Apps. Other than the lack of presence in the Google Play Store, this App is safe (it includes Ads).
Sounds great but there are some untold restrictions that many users don't know. The downloaded videos are in an encrypted format, and only the Hotstar App can read them.
In other words only by Hotstar App, you can play those video files even offline.
You cannot play them by other media players like VLC player, GOM player, etc. The second restriction is on changing the download path of Hotstar downloading. By default, Hotstar App saves downloaded video files on Mobile Phone Internal memory.
For those having lower Internal memory on their Mobile Handset face issues with exhausting Phone memory by Hotstar downloaded files.
This tutorial explains how to change the Hotstar video download path to external memory or even external memory storage and convert Hotstar downloaded video files to normal video files using professional applications.
Default Hotstar Video Download Path
Many users wonder where to look for Video files downloaded from Hotstar on their Mobile Phones. It is because the Hotstar app is not providing the path to the storage folder where it saves the video files.
Hotstar simply let users play the downloaded files through their App and delete them once the user watched them. The default download path on Hotstar is:
Internal Storage > Android > data > in.startv.hotstar > files > downloads
You can find the video files downloaded using Hotstar App by looking at the location given.
Transfer Hotstar Downloaded Files from Phone to External Memory
You can copy the files stored in the below location in Phone Internal Memory to any external memory device or even SD card. However, these files are encrypted, and you need to copy back to the exact location if you want to play them using Hotstar App.
Convert Hotstar Video files to Normal Video Files and Download
It is possible to convert movies and TV shows hosted on Hotstar to normal video file format and download. To perform this task, we need third-party applications.
My favorite application to convert encrypted Hotstar video files to normal video files and download is Videoder.
Official website to download Videoder is https://www.videoder.net
Note: Videoder is no longer supporting direct downloading from Hotstar.
Direct link to download Videoder App is http://videoder.br.uptodown.com/android/download
PS: It is important to note that Videoder is not available on the Google Play Store due to the strict guidelines on download Apps. Other than the lack of presence in the Google Play Store, this App is safe (it includes Ads).
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You can find downloaded hotstar video files on your Note in Internal Storage. The exact location to find those video files:
Internal Storage > Android > data > in.startv.hotstar > files > downloads
Internal Storage > Android > data > in.startv.hotstar > files > downloads
What will do?????
Now I can copy those videos to my laptop......Thanks a lot!!!
Hotstar seems increased their security. I will soon update the article with other options.
I do not know whether the Saudi Arabian laws prohibit people from watching Hotstar content. If Hotstar is blocked in Saudi Arabia, you may need good VPN / Proxy to access it.
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Try this path /storage/sdcard1/videoder/.cp_data/.data to access the downloaded hotstar files in videoder app.
Hope this will help you guys.
Thank you for giving the Videoder download location.
Open FileManager on your Android Phone and follow the path.
Internal Storage > Videoder
You can see the downloaded files here.
Have you checked the path I provided in the article?
Internal Storage > Videoder
You can play Hotstar video files on the same phone (on which you have downloaded the video) only as per the latest Hotstar settings.
Thanks for sharing your favorite App to download and convert Hotstar video files.
Open the file manager and go to Internal storage. Open Videoder folder to see the files you have downloaded through the Videoder App.
If you open Hotstar in the Opera browser, you can download the video files in mp4 format using the Opera video download app.
It is an Opera browser Extension.
Search for Flash Video Downloader (FVD) in https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/?hl=en-US
Videoder no longer supports downloading from Hotstar in normal video format. You should try Flash Video Downloader from Opera.