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<title>Paca - Free Video Downloader & Media Browser (HLS m3u8 Auto-Detection)</title>
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<meta name="description" content="Paca is a 100% free media browser for Windows that detects HLS (.m3u8), DASH (.mpd) and MP4 streams the moment they play, inherits your login session, and saves lossless MP4 with 16-thread parallel resume. Includes local Wi-Fi mobile streaming.">
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<meta name="keywords" content="free video downloader, m3u8 downloader, m3u8 to mp4, HLS downloader, IDM alternative, 4K Video Downloader alternative, download m3u8, DASH downloader, media browser, Paca">
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<meta property="og:title" content="Paca - Free Video Downloader & Media Browser (HLS m3u8 Auto-Detection)">
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<meta property="og:description" content="Detects streams as they play, keeps your login session, and saves lossless MP4. Then continues on your phone over local Wi-Fi.">
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<meta property="og:url" content="https://paca.chanpaca.net/en/">
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<link rel="canonical" href="https://paca.chanpaca.net/en/">
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<link rel="alternate" hreflang="ko" href="https://paca.chanpaca.net/">
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<link rel="alternate" hreflang="en" href="https://paca.chanpaca.net/en/">
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"description": "Paca is a free media browser software project that auto-detects and losslessly saves HLS, DASH and MP4 streams.",
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"name": "Is Paca really 100% free?",
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"acceptedAnswer": {
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"@type": "Answer",
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"text": "Yes. Paca is free for life with no download cap, no resolution cap, and no subscription. It is funded only by non-intrusive official Google ads, and there is no Pro tier and no hidden payment."
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}
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},
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{
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"@type": "Question",
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"name": "Can Paca replace Internet Download Manager (IDM)?",
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"acceptedAnswer": {
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"@type": "Answer",
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"text": "Yes. Paca keeps IDM's multi-threaded accelerated download and fixes its two biggest limits, external extension conflicts and m3u8 segment joins, with a built-in Chromium WebView2 browser and a lossless ffmpeg remux engine."
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}
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},
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{
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"@type": "Question",
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"name": "Can it download member-only or paid-course videos?",
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"acceptedAnswer": {
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"@type": "Answer",
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"text": "Yes, for content you are authorized to view. Log in inside Paca's built-in browser and the session cookie, Referer and auth token pass straight to the download engine, so protected streams save at original quality without 403 errors."
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}
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},
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"@type": "Question",
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"name": "Does Paca work on macOS and Linux?",
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"acceptedAnswer": {
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"@type": "Answer",
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"text": "Windows 10/11 (x64 and ARM64) is the stable release. macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch) ship as preview builds, and an Android companion app streams your PC library over local Wi-Fi."
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<link rel="icon" href="../assets/favicon.svg" type="image/svg+xml">
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<link rel="icon" href="../assets/favicon-32x32.png" type="image/png">
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<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="../assets/apple-touch-icon.png">
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/wanteddev/wanted-sans@v1.0.3/packages/wanted-sans/fonts/webfonts/variable/split/WantedSansVariable.min.css">
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<body>
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<a class="skip-link" href="#main-content">Skip to content</a>
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<nav class="nav" aria-label="Main menu">
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<span class="nav__logo-badge" style="padding:0;overflow:hidden;display:inline-flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;">
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<img src="../assets/favicon-32x32.png" alt="Paca" style="width:24px;height:24px;border-radius:var(--radius-sm);display:block;">
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<span>Paca</span>
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</a>
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<div class="nav__links">
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<a class="nav__link" href="#how-it-works">How it works</a>
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<a class="nav__link" href="../vs-idm-alternative.html">vs IDM</a>
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<a class="nav__link" href="../how-to-download-m3u8.html">m3u8 guide</a>
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<a class="nav__link" href="#faq">FAQ</a>
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<a class="nav__link" href="../index.html">한국어</a>
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<span>Download</span>
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<header class="hero">
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<div class="wrap">
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<span class="eyebrow">Media Stream Engine</span>
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<h1>Stop copying URLs.<br><span class="h1-accent">Just press play.</span></h1>
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<div class="hero__lower">
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<div class="hero__copy">
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<p class="sub"><strong>Paca</strong> is a media browser that detects HLS, DASH and MP4 streams the instant they start playing and saves them with your login session intact, then continues on your phone over local Wi-Fi.</p>
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<div class="hero__cta-group">
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<a class="btn btn--primary" href="../releases.html">
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<span>Free download</span>
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<a class="btn btn--ghost" href="#how-it-works">
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<span>How it works</span>
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<section class="section-pad" style="padding-top:0">
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<div class="wrap">
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<div class="card" style="max-width:900px;margin:0 auto">
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<h2>What is Paca?</h2>
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<p style="margin-top:8px"><strong>Paca is a 100% free Windows media browser that downloads streaming video.</strong> It detects HLS (.m3u8), MPEG-DASH (.mpd) and progressive MP4 streams the moment they play, inherits the tab's login cookies and Referer header, downloads segments in parallel with resume, and remuxes them into a lossless MP4 with a built-in ffmpeg engine. It is a free alternative to Internet Download Manager and 4K Video Downloader.</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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</section>
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<section id="how-it-works" class="section-pad" style="padding-top:0">
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<div class="wrap">
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<div class="section-head section-head--center">
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<h2>Browse, detect, save</h2>
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<p class="sub">No extensions, no developer tools. Watch a video as usual and the background engine handles the rest.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="pipeline-rail">
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<div class="card pipeline-step">
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<div class="step-badge"><svg class="icon" aria-hidden="true"><use href="../assets/icons.svg#globe-hemisphere-west"/></svg></div>
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<div>
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<h3>1. Play a video as usual</h3>
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<p style="margin-top:8px">Open any site in the built-in browser and play the video. No token extraction and no URL copying required.</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card pipeline-step">
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<div class="step-badge"><svg class="icon" aria-hidden="true"><use href="../assets/icons.svg#waveform"/></svg></div>
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<h3>2. Session inherit & auto-detect</h3>
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<p style="margin-top:8px">The moment you press play, Paca intercepts the HLS, DASH or MP4 stream and carries over the tab's auth cookies and Referer header.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="card pipeline-step">
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<div class="step-badge"><svg class="icon" aria-hidden="true"><use href="../assets/icons.svg#stack"/></svg></div>
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<div>
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<h3>3. Parallel resume & remux</h3>
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<p style="margin-top:8px">Segments download in parallel and resume from the exact chunk after a drop. ffmpeg then joins them into a lossless MP4.</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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</div>
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</section>
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<section class="section-pad" style="padding-top:0">
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<div class="wrap">
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<div class="card" style="overflow-x:auto">
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<h2 style="margin-bottom:var(--space-4)">Paca vs IDM vs 4K Video Downloader</h2>
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<table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;font-size:var(--step-0);min-width:640px">
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<caption style="caption-side:top;text-align:left;padding:0 0 var(--space-3);color:var(--text-secondary);font-size:var(--step-0)">Feature comparison of Paca, Internet Download Manager (IDM), 4K Video Downloader and Chrome extensions (verified September 2026)</caption>
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<thead>
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<tr style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-medium);color:var(--text-muted)">
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<th scope="col" style="padding:var(--space-3);width:25%">Capability</th>
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<th scope="col" style="padding:var(--space-3);color:var(--accent-bright);width:25%">Paca</th>
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<th scope="col" style="padding:var(--space-3);width:25%">IDM</th>
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<th scope="col" style="padding:var(--space-3);width:25%">4K Video Downloader</th>
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<th scope="col" style="padding:var(--space-3);width:25%">Chrome extension</th>
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</tr>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<tr style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-subtle)">
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<th scope="row" style="padding:var(--space-3);font-weight:600">Price</th>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3);color:var(--success);font-weight:700">Free for life</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3);color:var(--danger)">$24.95 paid</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3);color:var(--warning)">30/day cap (paid $15-25)</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3)">Free (upsell prompts)</td>
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</tr>
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<tr style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-subtle)">
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<th scope="row" style="padding:var(--space-3);font-weight:600">Built-in browser</th>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3);color:var(--success)">Yes (WebView2)</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3)">No (extension required)</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3)">No (paste URL)</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3)">Runs in the browser tab</td>
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</tr>
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<tr style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-subtle)">
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<th scope="row" style="padding:var(--space-3);font-weight:600">Login session passthrough</th>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3);color:var(--success)">Automatic</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3)">Manual cookie export</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3)">Manual cookie import</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3)">Frequent 403 conflicts</td>
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</tr>
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<tr style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-subtle)">
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<th scope="row" style="padding:var(--space-3);font-weight:600">HLS m3u8 / DASH</th>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3);color:var(--success)">Auto-detect & parallel merge</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3)">Supported, joins often fail</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3);color:var(--danger)">Not supported</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3)">Aborts mid-download</td>
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</tr>
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<tr style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-subtle)">
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<th scope="row" style="padding:var(--space-3);font-weight:600">AES-128 decryption</th>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3);color:var(--success)">Automatic key fetch & decrypt</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3)">Limited</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3);color:var(--danger)">Not supported</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3);color:var(--danger)">Not supported</td>
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</tr>
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<tr style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-subtle)">
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<th scope="row" style="padding:var(--space-3);font-weight:600">4K / 8K quality</th>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3);color:var(--success)">Unlimited original quality</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3)">Supported</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3)">1080p cap on free tier</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3)">No high-res download</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th scope="row" style="padding:var(--space-3);font-weight:600">Local mobile streaming</th>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3);color:var(--success)">QR-paired Wi-Fi P2P</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3);color:var(--danger)">No</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3);color:var(--danger)">No</td>
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<td style="padding:var(--space-3);color:var(--danger)">No</td>
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</table>
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</section>
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<div class="section-head section-head--center">
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<h2>Frequently asked questions</h2>
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<p class="sub">The exact questions search engines and AI answer engines quote first.</p>
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<div style="display:grid;gap:var(--space-4);max-width:840px;margin:0 auto">
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<div class="card">
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<h3>Is Paca really 100% free?</h3>
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<p style="margin-top:8px">Yes. Paca is free for life with no download cap, no resolution cap, and no subscription. It is funded only by non-intrusive official Google ads, and there is no Pro tier and no hidden payment.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="card">
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<h3>Can Paca replace Internet Download Manager (IDM)?</h3>
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<p style="margin-top:8px">Yes. Paca keeps IDM's multi-threaded accelerated download and fixes its two biggest limits, external extension conflicts and m3u8 segment joins, with a built-in Chromium WebView2 browser and a lossless ffmpeg remux engine.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="card">
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<h3>Can it download member-only or paid-course videos?</h3>
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<p style="margin-top:8px">Yes, for content you are authorized to view. Log in inside Paca's built-in browser and the session cookie, Referer and auth token pass straight to the download engine, so protected streams save at original quality without 403 errors.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="card">
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<h3>Does Paca work on macOS and Linux?</h3>
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<p style="margin-top:8px">Windows 10/11 (x64 and ARM64) is the stable release. macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch) ship as preview builds, and an Android companion app streams your PC library over local Wi-Fi.</p>
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</section>
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<section class="section-pad" style="padding-top:0">
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<div class="cta-banner">
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<h2>Make the video you are watching yours.</h2>
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<p class="sub">Install in a minute and start browsing. Paca manages everything else for you.</p>
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<a class="btn btn--primary" href="../releases.html">
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<span>Go to downloads</span>
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<a href="../releases.html">Download</a>
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<a href="../how-to-download-m3u8.html">m3u8 guide</a>
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<a href="../index.html">한국어</a>
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