How to Watch Amazon Prime Video Offline? [3 Methods]

You will learn how to watch Prime videos offline in the Prime Video app on computers or mobile devices. However, downloads of Prime Video app can only be watched with the app. You can turn to MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader to download prime videos to plain MP4 files and thus watch them via any device/player flexibly.

Richard
January 5, 2023

To create the best watching experience for users, Amazon Prime video provides a download feature for local storage and offline playback. Via the Prime Video app, you can download and play accessible videos on smart TV, iPhone, iPad, and other compatible Android devices. Just read on to learn how to watch Prime videos offline on your computers or mobile devices.

1. How to Watch Prime Video Offline on Computer

The Prime Video app is available on both Windows 10/11 and macOS11.4 or later. You can easily download Amazon Prime videos on the app as long as there's a download icon on the detailed page. But there are expirations of these downloads. You'd better finish them before they expire: Episodes that are not played will be unavailable after 30 days; once you start playing the video, it will expire after 48 hours. Plus, the downloads cannot be moved to external storage devices such as USB, and can only be watched in the Prime Video app.

Here comes the relevant tutorial to watch Amazon Prime Video offline on your computer:

Step 1. Download and install the Amazon Prime Video app for Windows/Mac on your device, and then launch it.

Step 2. When the app opens, enter your Amazon Prime login credentials.

Step 3. In the search box on the left of the main interface, you can search for videos you want to download. Click on it to find the "Download" button, and hit it to download them.

All videos will download up to 720p, even if the video can be online streamed with higher resolutions.

Step 4. Check your downloads in the Downloads tab in the list on the left of the interface.

Note: When you download a lot of movies on your computer, they will occupy the most storage space. You can save Amazon movies to an external hard drive to free up your C drive storage space.

2. How to Watch Amazon Prime Offline on Mobile Device

Many people prefer to watch Amazon Prime offline on mobile gadgets, especially when traveling or suffering from Internet outages, so the Prime Video app also provides a version for mobile users. Let's see how Prime video download offline works on mobile devices

Step 1. Download and install the app on your mobile device, then open it.

Step 2. Log in to your Amazon Prime Video account.

Step 3. Find videos you want to download and hit them to click the "Download" button. You'll see the Download options pop-ups providing selectable video quality. Then choose the quality of the video and click "Start download".

Tip: At the bottom of the interface, you will see 4 options for different pages—Home, Find, Downloads, and My Stuff. On the Home page, you can find downloadable videos by selecting classification tabs like TV shows, Movies, or Kids based on your needs. Besides, you can turn to the "Find" page and type the exact name of your favorite movies or TV shows as well.

Step 4. Once the video is downloaded, the "Download" button will change to a "Complete" one. Then you can turn to the Downloads page to check what you've saved. After you click "Watch Now", the video will become expired after 48 hours. Remember to catch up to enjoy your Amazon Prime videos offline!

Also, you may be concerned that the downloaded Prime videos take up a lot of storage space on your phone. Don't worry, you can download Amazon Prime videos to your sd card. Thus, making room for other important files.

You should notice that downloads of Prime Video app will expire in 30 days after you download them. Once you start to watch them, they will be unavailable in 48 hours. You can renew the expired videos if they are still downloadable. But the truth is that lots of videos will become undownloadable from time to time for copyright reasons. So we highly recommend you to download Amazon Prime videos as plain MP4 files that will not expire. Just read on to learn how it works.

3. Watch Amazon Prime Videos Offline as Plain MP4 Files

For Windows and Mac users, MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader is the best choice to help you out. It can help you download any Prime videos to plain, DRM-free MP4/MKV files in 1080P resolution. Which means they will be permanently saved on your devices and can be viewed by any compatible players. Plus, MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader will retain the original subtitles and audio tracks in your selected languages. With the 5.1 surround sound and H.265 codec selectable, the videos downloaded via MovPilot will give you a better audio-visual experience than the official ones.

Key Features

Downloading Prime Videos to plain 1080P MP4/MKV at a fast speed.
Adjustable downloading speed and hardware acceleration enabled.
Retaining the original multilingual subtitles and audio tracks.
Keeping EAC3 5.1 Surround Sound for better playback.
Supporting systems not qualified for Prime Video app(Windows7/8/8.1, macOS10.11-11.4).

Now, let's see how to watch Amazon Prime offline on Mac or Windows with the help of MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader.

Step 1. Get MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader Ready

Download and install MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader on your device, then launch it. Select the Amazon website you are using and type your e-mail address and password in the corresponding boxes to log in to the Amazon Prime Video account.

Step 2. Select the format/quality of your video

Click the setting icon on the top right corner to set your video formats, codec, audio languages, subtitle languages, etc. Confirm your settings after that.

Step 3. Search for videos you want to download

There are 2 ways you can find your favorite videos in the downloader. You can turn to the Download tab, type the name of the videos into the search box, then click the search button. Besides, you can also copy and paste the URL in the search box, then click the icon on the right to run the search process.

Step 4. Download your Prime videos

Click the download icon on the right of each video to download your favorite Amazon Prime videos.

Tip: There exists a difference between movies and TV shows regarding downloading. For movie download, just a single click on the download icon is enough. But for TV shows, maybe you need to click the same icon next to it to select episodes you want to download first. What's more, you can also click to choose subtitles and audio tracks for each episode before downloading.

Step 5. Watch Prime videos offline

Back to the main interface of MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader, hit the History tab to check what you have just downloaded. Then go and enjoy watching Amazon Prime offline！If you prefer watching them on other devices or players, the downloads can be perfectly played as well.

4. FAQs

What Devices Support Watching Amazon Prime Movies Offline?

If you prefer to use the official Prime video app, then you will be able to watch prime video offline as long as your device is compatible with Prime Video app. Such as Mobile Devices, Computers, Smart TVs, Games Consoles, Amazon Devices, and Blu-Ray Players. Click here to know more about the specific devices and system requirements.

But as mentioned before, downloads in Prime Video app are DRM-protected and wil expire in 48 hours after being watched. If you turn to MovPilot Amazon Prime Video Downloader and download Prime videos as plain, DRM-free MP4 files, you can watch them on any device that supports MP4.

What Are the Limitations When Watching Movies Offline on Amazon Prime App?

To protect the interests of copyright partners and to increase profitability, Amazon officially set several limits of watching Prime videos offline:

Not all video content is available for download.
Downloaded Prime videos are valid for 30 days.
Download a maximum of 15-25 videos across your Amazon account region.
Downloaded Prime videos can only be watched on the Prime Video app.