And then use the same method to download the audio to your computer. Step 5. When the video fully loaded, right-click and select 'Save As' to download the private YouTube video. In the new window, remove the range parameter in the query string and press Enter. When you find it, just copy the URL on upper right “Request URL” column and paste the URL in a new address bar. Then you’ll see only the HTTP requests made to media files, like audio and video files. To download YouTube video 1080p, find a link with 'video/mp4' content type. Click the item on the left list, see whether the Content-Type is 'video/mp4' or not in the right part of the screen. Step 3. Click on Network and then select Media. Step 2. Right-click and select “Inspect Element”. Step 1. Open Firefox browser and find the 1080p YouTube video you want to download. Your computer screen should be at least of 1080p. But this method has 2 restrictions for downloading 1080p YouTube videos: So, you can try to download the audio and video separately, and then combine them manually. You may probably know that YouTube saves audio and video separately for high-quality videos like 1080P, 2K, 4K, etc.
