MoboReels downloader: save public episodes
MoboReels catalogs resolve through the platform's own episode API, with locked episodes clearly marked.
Open downloaderWhich MoboReels episodes are free
Free and locked is decided by MoboReels, not by this tool. This is what the adapter reads before you download anything.
| Free episodes | Whatever the payload reports unlocked |
|---|---|
| Locked episodes | Per-episode paywall flag |
| Link that works | The /drama/<slug> series page |
| File you get | H.264 MP4, or HLS → MP4 |
| Read from | The player's own episode API |
| On a computer | Chrome or Edge: one file, saved straight to a folder |
Three things that go wrong on MoboReels
It worked yesterday and fails today
Media addresses are signed and time-limited. Resolve the link again right before saving; a page you left open for an hour or more will need a fresh pass.
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.
Saving stops near the end
Keep the tab in the foreground while an episode assembles — a backgrounded tab gets throttled and the stream can time out. On Chrome or Edge, picking a save folder writes straight to disk and skips the in-memory limit entirely.
How MoboReels decides what is free
MoboReels needs isFree true and isLock false, and its signed MP4 addresses expire in about an hour.
The episode API returns the catalogue with both flags, but playback addresses are a separate matter: each is a signed MP4 that expires in roughly an hour, and the CDN refuses any request lacking a moboreels.com Referer. That is why the catalogue is cached for ten minutes while media addresses are fetched per episode and never cached at all. A stale media URL is worse than no media URL — it fails at the end of a download rather than at the start, which is exactly the failure that wastes the most time.
Saving a MoboReels episode on a computer
Paste a /drama/<slug> series page.
The catalogue comes from the platform's own episode API, with both flags applied before anything is shown.
Ask for an episode and its signed MP4 is fetched fresh at that moment, with the Referer the CDN insists on.
The file saves as a single MP4. Nothing is transcoded, so the size you see is the size the platform serves.
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 MoboReels series
The one-hour expiry is what shapes batching here. Media addresses are pulled per episode at the moment they are needed rather than all at the start, so a queue stays valid while it runs. Ten episodes is comfortable; a queue paused over lunch is not, because the addresses resolved before the pause will have expired by the time it resumes. When a batch stops halfway, resolving the series again is faster than retrying links that are already dead.
Per-episode signed MP4 is the cleanest output path on the site, undermined only by the one-hour expiry. Ten episodes in one sitting is the realistic unit of work; a queue paused for longer than that will resume into a wall of expired addresses. Resolution and bitrate are the platform's, unchanged.
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 MoboReels links can I paste?
Any series page under /drama/ on www.moboreels.com that opens without signing in. The catalog comes from the same episode API the player uses, so the whole episode list and its free/locked flags resolve in one pass.
Why do some MoboReels episodes show as locked?
MoboReels marks the paywall per episode. Only episodes the payload reports as free and unlocked can be selected; the rest stay in the grid, labelled and disabled, so the episode count matches the source page.
What file do I get from a MoboReels episode?
Public MoboReels episodes are served as H.264 MP4, so they are saved as-is — same resolution and bitrate. If an episode only exposes an HLS playlist, it is assembled into a single MP4 in your browser without re-encoding.
Do MoboReels download links expire?
Yes. The media address is signed and valid for roughly an hour. The workspace fetches a fresh one each time a download starts, so a queued episode does not go stale between resolving and saving.