# Downloading .mp4 format (not streaming!)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/downloading-mp4-format-not-streaming/253905>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [March 6, 2008, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/downloading-mp4-format-not-streaming/253905 "2008-03-06T10:14:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@Kotti](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kotti)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/downloading-mp4-format-not-streaming/253905/1 "2008-03-06T10:14:45Z")

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Hi all, is it possible to download an .mp4 straight to the computer without it automatically opening a piece of software to stream it? Are there any scripts available that do this?

Thanks 🙂