How to download Hulu shows and movies to MP4?

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Emma
August 1, 2024

Hulu offers users plenty of great movies and TV shows for streaming enjoyment. However, only Hulu (No Ads) and Hulu (No Ads) + Live TV subscribers can download tons of shows and movies from the Hulu streaming library. Besides, users can only download many of Hulu’s films and series to supported mobile devices. Downloads are only available to watch on the device that was used to download them with Hulu app. If you want to play these Hulu videos offline with other video players like Windows Media Player, VLC Media Player, QuickTime player and so on, Pazu Hulu Video Downloader does well with it.

Why to download Hulu to MP4?

If you want to download content on Hulu you’ll need to be a 

  • Hulu (No Ads) – $12.99/month,
  • Hulu (No Ads), Disney+, and ESPN+ – $19.99/month or
  • Hulu (No Ads) + Live TV, Disney+, and ESPN+$75.99/month

subscriber with a supported mobile device

If you subscribe to the ad-supported plan, even the $69.99 plan, you can’t download Hulu movies and TV shows to watch offline.

Although you can download Hulu videos for offline playback with ad-free plans, there are still some limits:

  1. Not all shows and movies from the Hulu streaming library are downloadable. You can identify if something is downloadable by looking for the Download icon next to the video.
  2. Shows and movies from Premium Add-ons aren’t downloadable, and neither is the additional on-demand content that comes with a Live TV subscription. 
  3. You can have up to 25 downloads on five supported mobile devices at one time. 
  4. You’ll have access to your unwatched downloads for 30 days, unless the episode or movie expires from our streaming library before that. Once you start playback, you’ll have 48 hours to finish watching before the download expires. If a download expires before you’ve watched it, you may be able to renew it.
  5. If you cancel your subscription, you won’t have access to the download.
  1. Downloads are only available to watch on the device that was used to download them.
  2. Logging out of Hulu automatically deletes all downloaded videos from that device.

Tool Required: Pazu Hulu Movie Downloader

Luckily by download Hulu movies and TV shows to mp4, you can bypass all above limitations. You can:

  1. Download Hulu movies and TV shows on Mac and Windows without Hulu app.
  2. Download Hulu movies and TV shows with ad-supported plan.
  3. Download shows and movies from Premium Add-ons and additional on-demand content that comes with a Live TV subscription.
  4. Watch unlimited downloaded videos on as many devices as you want, including TV, computer, etc.
  5. Downloads will never expire. No 30 days/48 hours limit. Access downloads whenever you want. 
  6. Access downloads even after cancelling your subscription.
  7. Watch downloads offline on any device without Hulu app.
  8. Downloaded videos are not affected if you log out of Hulu.

Pazu Hulu Video Downloader lets users download various movies or TV shows or Hulu original series from Hulu to MP4 or MKV format with excellent quality and fast speed.

How to download movies on Hulu to MP4?

Step 1. Run Pazu Hulu Video Downloader on your Mac or Windows.

Download, install and launch Pazu Hulu Video Downloader on your Mac or Windows. Log in your Hulu account and choose hulu.com, hulu.jp or hulu.jp/store.

Hulu Downloader

Select a profile.

choose Hulu profile

Step 2. Search Hulu movies/TV shows to download.

Enter the movie/TV show title in the search field.

search Hulu videos

Or copy&paste the link of the movie/TV show from  Hulu website. Then click the Search icon.

search Hulu videos

Step 3. Choose video format/quality

Click Settings icon to change:

  • Video format: MP4 or MKV
  • Video codec: H264 or H265
  • Audio language: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese
  • Subtitle language: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese
  • Subtitle type: Embedded subtitles, Independent subtitles, Hardcoded subtitles
  • Interface languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese
Hulu to MP4

Step 4. Start to download Hulu videos

If your selection is a movie, click the download icon next to it and the downloading begins.

download Hulu movie to MP4

After the movie is downloaded, click History button to quickly locate it. 

download Hulu movie to MP4

If your selection is a TV show, click download icon next to it to select episodes you want to download. Then click Download button.

download Hulu TV show to MP4