How to download video content off of Facebook with Ubuntu?

How can I download and save videos on Facebook to a file only my computer? I'm using Google Chrome.

Solution 1:

When you want to download a video from Facebook, replace the WWW with m http://m.facebook.com/video You can then save the video by back clicking on it.

Solution 2:

Simply install youtube-dl

apt-get install youtube-dl

and then use it..

$ youtube-dl "https://www.facebook.com/RashiVatsFOX26/videos/vb.1412789925606762/1769215369964214/?type=2&theater"
[facebook] 1769215369964214: Downloading webpage
[download] Destination: Love donuts Check this out!!!-1769215369964214.mp4
[download] 100% of 53.47MiB in 00:14

Solution 3:

Video DownloadHelper works well with Firefox. I don't know about Chrome though.