How to download facebook 360 videos using a free software

August 30, 2016

On 13 of November 2015, Facebook launched their new feature - 360 videos!

How to Download 360° Videos from YouTube, etc in 3 Minutes?

The way of free downloading a 360 degree YouTube video makes no distinction of capturing a general video from the internet, as long as you have a 360-degree video downloader freeware on your PC (Windows XP/7/8.1/Windows 10), or a YouTube downloader converter for Mac.

You can download the software on the winxdvd website, or you can use the direct software download link.

Step 1. Find and add a 360-degree video on YouTube.

Launch the free WinX YouTube Downloader either before or after you've found a desired 360-degree video on YouTube, Facebook and so on. Open the video through your browser and then copy the URL. Click the "Add URL" button to the left of UI, and paste what you've copied to the address bar to import the 360° video to the software.

Step 2. Analyze the video.

Click "Analyze" to let the YouTube video downloader to analyze the 360-degree video. Soon the built-in information of the video will be displayed on the UI.

Step 3. Choose an output format.

Among the results listed, you can choose one according to your need on the video resolutions, formats (MP4, FLV, WebM, 3GP), codes and file sizes. The higher the output video resolution/quality is, the larger the output file will be.

You may also want the 360 VR video to be produced in different formats like AVI, MOV, WMV, MPEG, ASF, HD video MKV, MTS, MOD, or fit your iPad Air, iPhone 6S, Android phones, Xbox, PSP, etc. In such cases, check "Auto convert video" button that will surprise you with 410+ ready-made profiles.

Step 4. Set the output folder.

The free 360° video downloader enables you to browse your computer and hard drive (USB included) to save the file downloaded. Just click "Browse" under the "Target Folder".

Step 5. Start downloading the 360° video downloader from online.

If everything is all set, hit "Download" button on the right of the lower part to start the free video download. Then you can play the YouTube 360° HD/4K video in any way you like without network connection or buffering.

Why's 360 Degree Video So Popular?

VR video gets popular so quickly because, in the first place, it offers the best viewing experience, ever. The immersive feeling indulges you in a simulated atmosphere for a number of senses, not just the traditional sight and sound. Increased with the degree of participation, you'll fancy yourself as one of them. The entire scene moves while you are moving up and down or left and right, in 360 degrees, and you can also zoom in and zoom out while wearing VR goggles.

But questions arise: will the (YouTube) 360-degree video succeed in becoming the fastest growing technology? Will the video sources as many as the 4K UHD?

Everything gets so real while watching a 360 video. The up-to-daters soon discover some new ways to play: watch 360° horror movies, play VR games, add VR goggles to roller coasters or even watch VR porns. That are the other sites or channels to download VR videos movies besides YouTube's 360° Channel?

Please read up on our VR/36 degree videos in the related articles below and we will keep you posted.

As a totally free music/video downloader, WinX YouTube Downloader enables users to free download music and videos (such as movies, sports, news and so on) with a resolution of 4096x2160, 3840x2160, 1920x1080, 1080x720 or 640x360 to MP4/FLV/WebM/3GP and MP3 songs from 300+ online video sharing sites, inc. YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Vevo, Soundcloud etc, on Windows (10/8/7/Vista/XP) at a high speed. Equipped with a mini media player, users can preview videos during downloading.

WinX YouTube Downloader helps you freely download any online video from YouTube, Yahoo, Facebook, Dailymotion, Vimeo, MTV, Vevo, etc. over 300 online video sharing sites, be it a 1080p HD video, 8K/4K UHD video, 3D video or standard video in FLV/MP4/WebM and other sites supported formats. This 8K/4K video downloader can help you free download online music/movie videos of any resolutions like 4096x2160, 3840x2160, 1920x1080, and 1080x720.

Check the whole list of online video sites supported by WinX YouTube Downloader. It is totally free, clean and safe containing no adware, spyware, malware or virus at all.

After fast downloading, you can playback YouTube videos with 5KPlayer on Windows 10/8/7, burn YouTube videos from WebM FLV MP4 to DVD with WinX DVD Author, and convert YouTube videos to MP3, AVI, MPEG, WMV, H.264/H.265, iPad, iPhone, Android, etc with video converter.