9xbuddy Savesubs -

9xBuddy with SaveSubs provides a convenient, no-install method for downloading videos and their subtitle tracks from a wide range of supported sites. While not suitable for DRM-protected or paid streaming services, it remains a useful tool for publicly accessible content — especially for educational, personal archival, or fair-use purposes. As always, users should respect copyright laws and platform terms when downloading media.

When you paste a video URL into 9xBuddy:

This combination is popular for:

9xBuddy was a popular online video downloader tool. It allowed users to paste a URL from sites like YouTube, Facebook, Dailymotion, Vimeo, and many others, then it would analyze the page and provide direct download links for the video and audio streams.

Over time, many streaming platforms changed their code and security (e.g., switching to dynamic loading, encrypted streams, or requiring tokens), which made 9xBuddy less reliable. Eventually, the original 9xBuddy site became inactive or broken for most sites.

It is impossible to write an article about 9xbuddy savesubs without addressing the elephant in the room: Copyright.

Best Practice: Only use the "9xbuddy savesubs" method for:

This method is useful if you want to download the video and check for available subtitles simultaneously.

This is a command-line tool, but it does what 9xbuddy savesubs cannot. It downloads both video and subtitles in one command.

yt-dlp --write-subs --sub-lang en,es "VIDEO_URL"