How to download Amazon Prime Video titles to USB drive?

Emma
May 6, 2022

Amazon Prime offers the option of offline viewing through the Amazon Prime Video App. However, you can only access those videos within the application and can’t transfer or download them to the external storage.

Hence, the question arises whether or not you can download Amazon Prime Video movies to USB drive or other external hard drive, the answer is yes. Even though there is no official method but there are definitely some third-party tools you can use to download movies and TV shows from Amazon Prime Video.

Pazu Amazon Video Downloader gives you the flexibility to download Amazon Prime Video movies and TV shows to MP4 on Mac&Windows and move the downloaded Amazon video to any device you want, and the downloads never expire. This is a great solution when you rent an Amazon movie and don’t have time to watch it-just download it to MP4 and watch it anytime.

Part 1 How to download Amazon Prime Video titles to USB drive?

In the Prime Video app for Android and Windows 10, you’ll be able to select where to save downloaded titles. However, Amazon don’t recommend that downloads are saved onto USB-connected drives. This is because external drives and their connections are one of the most common causes of download speed bottlenecks and slowdowns. In an ideal world, downloading files to your local drive is always your fastest option. It requires far fewer input/output (I/O) operations to move data than an external peripheral. If you want to download Amazon Prime Video movies and TV shows to an external hard drive or USB drive, here’s what to do for the best performance.

Part 2 How to download Amazon Prime Video to MP4 and transfer to USB drive?

Another method to pay less for Amazon Prime Video is to download Amazon Prime Video movies and TV shows to MP4 and keep them forever, then you can consider dropping that subscription, then picking up Prime Video for just a month or two whenever there’s a new show that you want to watch.

Pazu Amazon Prime Video Downloader gives you the flexibility to download Amazon Prime Video movies and TV shows to MP4 in 1080p on any Windows 7/8/10/11 and Mac OS X 10.11 and later wihtout Amazon Prime Video app. After downloading you can move the downloaded Amazon video to any device you want, and the downloads never expire. 

Pazu Amazon Video Downloader is able to download:

  • All titles marked as “Included with Prime”.
  • Prime Video titles rented or purchased through the Amazon website and through the Prime Video app on supported devices.
  • Free movie and TV with ads

Features:

  • Download all titles marked as “Included with Prime” to MP4/MKV.
  • Download rented or purchased titles including new release movies, popular TV shows, and more to MP4/MKV.
  • Download movies and TV shows in up to 1080p.
  • Keep any or all audio and subtitles.
  • Save subtitles as Embedded subtitles, Independent subtitles or Hardcoded subtitles.
  • Keep Audio Description and Audio surround sound.
  • Multilingual interface: English, Deutsch, Español, Français, 日本語, 简体中文.

Step 1. Run Pazu Amazon Prime Video Downloader.

To get started, first you need to download, install and run the Pazu Amazon Video Downloader app on your Mac/Windows and sign in with your Amazon account.

Click the key icon and enter your registration code to unlock the full version if you have purchased a registration. If you haven’t, go ahead with the free trial version.

Step 2. Add Prime Video movies/TV shows 

Start typing the name of the movie or the TV show. Now browse through the results and find something you want to download.

Or you can copy-paste the link of the TV show or movie. Click the search icon to find the TV show or movie you’re looking for.

Step 3. Choose video format/quality

Before starting to download anything, you’ll need to choose the video quality setting. To do that, tap the Gear icon to open Settings. It is easy to select the output settings at this step using video formats, video codec, audio languages, or subtitle languages.

  • Video format: MP4 or MKV
  • Video codec: H264 or H265
  • Audio language: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese
  • Keep Audio description and Audio surround sound or not
  • Subtitle language: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese
  • Subtitle type: Embeded subtitles, Independent subtitles, Hardcoded subtitles
  • Interface language: English, Deutsch, Español, Français, 日本語, 简体中文

Step 4. Click Download icon

Tap the download icon next to the movie or TV show you want to download.

If your selection is a movie, click icon next to it and the downloading begins.

If your selection is a TV show, click  icon next to it to select episodes you want to download.

Before downloading, you can also click to choose subtitles and audio tracks for each episode. Audio and subtitle languages in Settings only shows the 6 common languages. Here you can choose any language from whatever the movie or TV show provides.

Then click Download.

To find the content you’ve downloaded, click History icon on the top.

Now transfer the downloaded MP4 videos to your USB drive and watch them anywhere you want.