Melolo downloader: save public episodes
Melolo's drama page carries the free episode MP4s directly; the signed CDN needs the site referer, which the relay supplies.
Open downloaderWhich Melolo episodes are free
Free and locked is decided by Melolo, not by this tool. This is what the adapter reads before you download anything.
| Free episodes | 10 of 61 in our sample series |
|---|---|
| Locked episodes | Absent from the RSC payload |
| Link that works | /dramas/<title> only |
| File you get | Signed MP4, as served |
| Read from | RSC payload + referer relay |
| On a computer | Chrome or Edge: one file, saved straight to a folder |
Three things that go wrong on Melolo
It works on one network and not another
Some hosts refuse certain networks or regions intermittently. A retry usually succeeds; hammering the same link makes a refusal more likely, which is why resolved pages are cached for a while.
Only some episodes are listed
That is the real free window, not a bug. Locked rows carry no media address in the page at all, so there is nothing to download — they stay in the grid, labelled, so the episode count still matches the source.
The file is not in the phone gallery
It lands in Downloads or Files, and the gallery only indexes camera folders. Open Files → Downloads to find it, or move it somewhere the gallery scans.
How Melolo decides what is free
Melolo's free window is whatever it shows a signed-out visitor — 10 of 61 episodes in the series we tested.
There is no flag to read. The list exposed to anonymous visitors is the free window by definition, which is why locked episodes do not appear greyed out here: they are absent from the list entirely. Two constraints follow. Only /dramas/<title> pages are accepted, not share links from the app. And the MP4 CDN answers 500 unless it sees a Referer of https://melolo.com/, so every file request has to carry that header or it fails with a server error that looks like an outage rather than a policy.
Saving a Melolo episode on a computer
Copy a melolo.com/dramas/<title> address. Other page types are rejected before any request is made.
Resolve to get the anonymous episode list — this is the free window, not a sample of it.
Every row in that list is free by construction; if the count is lower than you expected, that is the window rather than a truncation here.
The relay attaches the site Referer the CDN requires and the MP4 arrives as one file.
Chrome and Edge can write straight into a folder you pick once, so a long series is limited by disk rather than memory. Firefox and Safari have no folder API: there the episode is assembled in the tab first and arrives as an ordinary download, which is where the in-memory ceiling starts to matter.
Working through a Melolo series
This is the one platform where the grid cannot warn you about locked episodes, because locked episodes are not in the anonymous list at all. A 61-episode series shows 10 rows and the other 51 are simply missing. So a batch here is always complete by construction: everything selectable is playable, and there is no risk of a queue dying on a locked row three episodes in. What you cannot do is ask for more than the window holds.
The narrowest window in our sample — 10 of 61 — and the one host where you cannot see what is locked, because locked episodes are simply absent from the anonymous list. What is there saves cleanly and needs no flags to interpret. Small catalogue to work with, but no ambiguity about it.
The other eight platforms
Same paste box, different adapter underneath. Each one reads its own page format.
Download public episodes in three steps
The same workflow works across every platform this build supports.
- 01
Paste a public page link
Copy a series or episode URL that opens without signing in.
- 02
Review available episodes
Resolve the page, confirm the title, and select only the public episodes you may keep.
- 03
Download and save
The episode is prepared in your browser; press Save file to keep it offline.
Public content, responsible use
This tool does not unlock paid episodes, sign in to your accounts, or process DRM-protected media. Confirm you have permission before downloading anything.
Short-drama downloader FAQ
Answers about supported links, failed pages, formats, and access limits.
Which Melolo links can I paste?
A public /dramas/<title> page. The page's RSC payload carries the free episode list; the sample series exposes 10 of 61 episodes without signing in.
Why do Melolo downloads need the site referer?
The signed MP4 host answers 500 without Referer: https://melolo.com/. The relay adds it only for v.melolo.com, so this is not an open proxy.