What is Nicovideo or Niconico? We will introduce this video sharing platform in this guide, and show you how to download from it. We will also show you how to convert any downloaded videos to a format of your choice.

Part 1: Brief introduction to Nicovideo

Nicovideo, also known as Niconico and previously known as Nico Nico Douga is a Japanese video sharing service much like YouTube, Vimeo and the likes. It was launched in December 2006, and while it was only available in Japanese a few years ago, it is now available in English and Chinese. On this platform, users can upload, view, and share video clips. Registration to the service is also optional, which means you can watch anything without signing in. Interestingly, the first version of Nicovideo used YouTube as its main video source, but they later launched their own servers to promote their own service. Today, Nicovideo has over 2.07 million registered users, and it is in the top 31 most visited websites in Japan.

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Part 2: A step-by-step guide: How to download videos from Nicovideo

Because of Nocovideo’s policies, you unfortunately cannot download from Nocovideo directly. What that means is you will have to rely on third party services or dedicated video downloaders like CleverGet Video Downloader. CleverGet Video Downloader is ideal for Nicovideo fans who want to save Nicovideo content and download Niconico videos for offline viewing on Windows/Mac computer. It's a lightweight and easy-to-use program that enables you to download Nicovideo in bulk in different resolutions, formats, sized, etc.

As a professional online video downloader, CleverGet Video Downloader could actually download videos from YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and 1000+ other video sharing sites across the world, in different languages and regions. The biggest feature is that it could analyze target video and then display all available download options in various resolutions (up to 8K), formats (MP4, WEBM, MKV, etc.), frame rates and sizes.

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Step 1: Set download directory

After installing CleverGet on your computer, kick off CleverGet and then click the 3-dot icon on the top right corner to set download path. Choose “Settings” option on the drop-down panel to set download directory in the “Save Video To” box on the “Settings > General” tab. You could also set the “Max Download Tasks” and program UI language here. Other general settings are also available here. Click the blue “Save” button after completing settings.

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Step 2: Input URL of Niconico video

Copy and paste the URL of target Niconico video into the address bar of CleverGet, and then press “Enter” key on your keyboard to open target Niconico video page and let CleverGet start parse it. Once you have entered the target URL of Niconico video, CleverGet will automatically analyze it.

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Step 3: Choose desired video to download

Once CleverGet has successfully analyzed the target Niconico video URL, there will pop out a “Download” interface that provides all available download options of target video. All available video download options are listed in different resolutions. You could then freely choose the download option that meets your needs before you click the blue “Download” button at the bottom to start downloading Niconico videos.

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Step 4: Check downloading Niconico videos

You could then see a sidebar on the right side pop up showing you the downloading progress.

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Step 5: Check downloaded Niconico videos

Once the downloading task completes, on the right sidebar, you could open the Video tab to view the downloaded Niconico videos.

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In this way, you could download any Niconico videos from Niconico website for offline watching. CleverGet Video Downloader could act as a professional Niconico video downloader to help you complete all Niconico video downloading tasks. You could even download Niconicon video to MP4 files.

Part 3: How to convert the downloaded video to desired format with ease

After you download from Nicovideo by using CleverGet Video Downloader or other means, your video will most probably be saved in the MP4 video format. For whatever reason, you might want to convert the downloaded videos to another video format. In fact, if you are in search of the best video converter, then Leawo Video Converter Ultimate should meet all your needs. It is simply the most powerful, and easy to use video converting program that has a lot of features. That is because it incorporates a video editor which allows you to trim, watermark, remove noise, interlacing and more before you convert your videos. You also get the ability to convert normal 2D videos to 3D videos. Download and install it on your computer, then follow the easy steps below to convert your videos.

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Step 1: Import the source videos

You can click on the “Add Video” icon to import the videos or directly drag them to the main menu. Once the videos have been imported, then you can see them on the list.

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Step 2: Select the output format

Enter the profile menu panel to choose the output profile. To do that, click the “Edit” button beside the green “Convert” icon to enter the “Profile” panel. Afterwards, click “Change” to enter the Profile settings panel, then navigate to the “Format” section and select an appropriate video format accordingly.

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Step 3: Adjust video parameters

Click the “Edit” drop down box instead of “Change” in the main menu. It includes “Video Codec”, “Bite Rates”, “Resolution”, “Frame Rate” and “Aspect Ratio”. Adjust them accordingly. You can also adjust the audio parameters.

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Step 4: Convert the videos

Set the output folder for the output video files. Click the green “Convert” icon on at the bottom to start converting, and wait for the conversion process to finish.

Part 4: Best free media player on PC to watch the download videos

If you are looking for a good media playback suite, whether for your downloads, DVD or Blu-ray playback, or anything that supports a lot of formats then Leawo Free Blu-ray Player has got you covered. It supports over 180 video and audio formats for playback, which is a lot more than what other playback softwares like VLC, Media Player Classic, QuickTime etc., offer. Some of the supported formats include AVI, MPEG, WMV, ASF, FLV, MKV, MOV, MP4, M4A, AAC, NUT, MP3, OGM, etc. Leawo Blu-ray Player also supports Blu-ray Discs, folders and associated file formats from all the regions A, B or C, and also DVD discs from all the regions 0 to 6.