How to Download Amazon Prime Videos on Laptop [2023]

In this article, you will learn to download Amazon Prime videos to a Windows laptop from the official Prime Video app or with the help of a third-party downloader such as MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader. Actually, the official app only supports Windows 10/11 devices. Plus, downloads from it are DRM-protected and will expire in 30 days. If you turn to MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader, you can easily download Prime videos to MP4 and get rid of all these limitations.

Phoebe Clinton
December 28, 2022

As one of the leading video resource providers, Amazon Prime ensures the best video streaming experience for its users. However, sometimes poor network conditions will end the smooth movie or TV show playback, which forces you to consider a question - how to download Amazon Prime videos on a laptop so that you can enjoy the playback without any online streaming issues caused by the poor network?

You can use the official Amazon Prime Video app or other professional third-party tools to download Amazon Prime videos on a laptop. This article will show you how to download Amazon Prime movies to your laptop via the Prime Video app and use an Amazon Prime video downloader to download Prime videos as MP4 files. After reading this article, you can select the best download method for your needs.

1. How to Download Amazon Prime Videos as MP4 on Laptop (for Any Windows OS)

To download Amazon Prime videos as normal digital files, MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader turns out to be the best helper. It provides outstanding performance to download Amazon Prime videos, including all the movies and TV shows offline, retaining 1080P resolution in popular MP4/MKV formats. With the program, it is possible for you to grab Amazon Prime videos out of the app on almost all Windows devices (from Windows 7 to 11). Then you can save, stream, or transfer the downloads freely, without worrying about your Amazon Prime video downloads expiring.

Features of MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader

Downloads Amazon Prime videos to 1080P MP4/MKV local files
Supports hardware acceleration and adjustable download speed
Offers up to 6 multi-lingual subtitle&audio language selections
Provides soft subtitles, hard subtitles, external subtitles, as well as audio description
You can enable batch download and resume interrupted downloads
Compatible with Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11 or macOS 10.11 and above

Getting familiar with MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader now? Next, you will be guided through how to download Amazon Prime videos on a laptop utilizing this brilliant downloader. (If you wonder how to download Prime videos to Mac, just click here.) Please follow up.

Step 1. Open MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader

Please launch MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader if it is well installed on your computer. You ought to select the Amazon website you are using and log in utilizing the Amazon Prime account to grant full access to the built-in Amazon video library.

Step 2. Search for Amazon Prime Video

Once the login is completed, you can directly utilize the search bar to search for the Amazon Prime video you wish to download. Typing in keywords or entering the full video URL are both supported. The search results will be generated once MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader accesses the resources from Amazon's video library.

Step 3. Adjust Audio and Subtitle Parameters

If you click on the "Setting" icon on the top-right of the screen, you can directly set the output format, audio and subtitle language, and more for all videos at once.

If you wish to make some exceptions for some episodes, when you see the parameter setting button provided, you can click it to adjust the language, codec, or subtitle type for the video. When this icon is missing, it means that the result contains more than one episode. Tap the download icon to open it and you can choose one episode and preset parameters for it solely.

Step 4. Download Amazon Prime Videos on Laptop

When the settings are completed, eventually, one tap on the Download button to download Amazon Prime videos offline. You can continuously check the progress on the screen. Once it completes, the video will be saved to "History" for you to access.

Once you grab Amazon Prime videos to MP4 or MKV files offline, you can enjoy them on all devices, and keep the content as long as you need without worrying about the expiration anymore.

2. How to Download Amazon Prime Videos from Prime Video App (Windows 10/11 Only)

Now that you've learned to download Prime videos to MP4 with Movpilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader. By comparison, if you don't like third-party tools, you can turn to the official Prime Video app. In the official app, you can download and watch Amazon Prime videos offline as you have been a Prime Video subscriber or purchased/rented videos on it. Plus, there are two things you should know before you start:

The official Amazon Prime Video app is only available for Windows 10(17763.0) or later.
Although the official Prime Video app offers a download feature, it was limited in multiple aspects:

Not all video content is available for download.
You can only watch your downloaded videos with the Prime Video app.
Downloaded Prime videos are valid for 30 days, and they will expire within 48 hours after being played.
You are allowed to download a maximum of 15-25 videos across your Amazon account.
Your downloaded Amazon Prime videos will all be deleted once your subscription is canceled or expired.

If you wish to bypass these restrictions, you can turn to Movpilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader as mentioned before. If you can tolerate these restrictions and your laptop meets the system requirement, install the official app and follow the guidance below.

Here's how to download Amazon Prime videos on laptop:

Step 1. Install the Prime Video app from Microsoft Store, launch it, and log in to your Prime Video account.

Step 2. Once signed in, please search for the Amazon Prime title you wish to download.

Step 3. Access the title and open it, there will be the Download button available. Tap it and you can download it with the highest definition Amazon Prime provides to you.

Note: The download location is C: disk by default. You can't have any settings on the video quality and download location on the PC app. If you want to save the video to other disks, you should change the system storage manually in the "Settings" module on your computer.

3. FAQs on Downloading Amazon Prime Videos on Laptop

How to Download Rented Amazon Movies on Laptop?

You can download rented Prime videos on a laptop via the official Prime Video app (Windows 10/11 only) or use third-party tools like MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader (for any Windows system) to download them to MP4. The exact methods are described in detail above, and you can scroll up to read. Before you start to download, please check your rented movies are still valid.

How to Find Downloaded Amazon Prime Movies on Laptop?

The downloaded Amazon Prime app and movies are saved to C: drive by default on your computer. If you didn't change it, you'll find the downloaded videos in the following folder:

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Packages\AmazonVideo.PrimeVideo_pwbj9vvecjh7j\ LocalState\Downloads

How Long Do Amazon Prime Downloads Last?

It depends. If you download Amazon Prime videos on your laptop with the official app:

For the purchased videos, they will be kept in your purchased items and avails to download at any time you wish without expiration.

For the rented content, once you download them and start watching, the downloads will only stay valid for 48 hours. But if you have not yet started to stream, Amazon will keep them for 30 days.

If you are an Amazon Prime subscriber, Amazon will also keep your unwatched downloads for 30 days. Once you start to watch them, they will expire in 48 hours. But you can renew them as long as your subscription lasts. However, if your subscription expires, all your downloads will be removed and can't be accessed anymore.

If you download videos from Amazon Prime Video on MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader, the downloads will never expire and you can store them in other places.

4. Conclusion

As Amazon Prime's download feature comes with certain regulations, it would be better if you prepared MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader as a backup to proceed with the download on your laptop. It can help you download any Amazon Prime videos to permanent local MP4/MKV files in high resolution. And the program is compatible with almost all Windows systems, even the old Windows 7. With MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader, you are sure to enjoy the great Amazon Prime content with a better experience!