Dailymotion thumbnail downloader
Paste a Dailymotion video link and save its cover image to your device. It works on public videos, needs no account, and the image comes from Dailymotion to you, not through us.
How to save a thumbnail
- Copy the link: on Dailymotion press Share, then copy the link, or copy the address from your browser.
- Paste it in the box above and press Get thumbnail.
- Check the preview, then press Download thumbnail to keep the file.
The file comes from Dailymotion’s servers straight to your device, so it uses your connection, not ours.
How this works
Paste a link to a public Dailymotion video. We ask Dailymotion’s public API for the address of its cover image, and your browser downloads the file from Dailymotion directly, so it never passes through our server and we keep no copy. You get a preview and a button that saves it, within a limited number of downloads per hour.
Questions
- Where does the thumbnail come from?
- From Dailymotion’s own servers, straight to your device. We look up the address and your browser downloads the file. We do not store, host or relay it.
- What size is it?
- We ask Dailymotion for its 720p thumbnail, which was 1280 by 720 pixels on the video we checked. We save that file as it is.
- Which links work?
- Video links on dailymotion.com that look like dailymotion.com/video/x9529ik, and dai.ly short links.
- Is it allowed?
- Save only thumbnails you made or have permission to use. That a file is public does not make it free to reuse, and posting someone else’s work as your own can infringe their copyright and Dailymotion’s terms.
- Is there a limit?
- Yes. Each visitor gets a limited number of downloads per hour, so the tool stays free for everyone. When you reach it, the page says when it resets.