Open Source • MIT License

The Extension That Feeds Your Timeline

Name: MediaOtter
Author: madebysaira

Get the desktop extension

Download the zip

Install via terminal

curl -fsSL https://mediaotter.madebysaira.me/install.sh | sh

Uninstall · one line

curl -fsSL https://mediaotter.madebysaira.me/install.sh | sh -s -- --uninstall

Also: curl -fsSL https://mediaotter.madebysaira.me/uninstall.sh | sh · --purge also wipes state

No admin Apple Silicon & Intel ~1 minute

MediaOtter lives inside Premiere Pro & After Effects — search YouTube, paste any of 1000+ sites, and the MP4 or WAV lands in your project bin. No browser. No exports. No accounts.

Animated demo of MediaOtter: paste a YouTube link into the Premiere Pro panel, watch live download progress with speed and ETA, and the finished clip appears in the project bin and on the timeline

macOS · Apple Silicon

M-Series Mac

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macOS · Intel

Intel Mac

Download

Either chip

Terminal

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#1 Search

YouTube, Inside Premiere

MediaOtter search screen inside Premiere Pro

Search, filter and pick videos without leaving the panel — thumbnails, durations, channel names, all inline.

#2 Paste

Any Link Works

1000+ extractors under the hood: Twitch, Vimeo, Instagram, X, SoundCloud. Paste a URL, get a file.

#3 Download

Live Progress

Percent, speed, ETA and size for every download. Pause, resume, cancel — from inside the panel.

#4 Organize

Playlists & Queues

Line up a whole playlist of B-roll and let it work through the queue while you keep cutting.

#5 Trim

Sections, Not Whole Files

Set a start and end time and grab only the moment you need — no more downloading then cutting.

#6 Import

Straight to Timeline

One click drops the finished MP4 or 48kHz WAV into a MediaOtter bin, ready on your sequence.

Made for editors

Dark · Focused · Panel-native

FAQ • Good to know

Questions, answered.

Is it really free?

Yes. MIT licensed, no accounts, no telemetry, no paywall. The code is on GitHub — read it, fork it, ship your own build.

Which apps does it work with?

Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects on macOS (CEP 10). Apple Silicon and Intel builds. Windows is not supported yet.

Where do downloads come from?

MediaOtter bundles yt-dlp under the hood — 1000+ extractors including YouTube, Twitch, Vimeo, Instagram, X and SoundCloud. Everything downloads straight to your Mac.

Why does it ask me to sign in to YouTube?

Some YouTube streams require a signed-in session. The sign-in happens once, on your Mac, directly with Google — MediaOtter never sees or stores your password.

What formats can I import?

MP4 video at up to 1080p, or clean 48kHz stereo WAV audio. Use the section trim to grab only the span you need.

Does anything phone home?

No. There are no MediaOtter servers. The only network requests are the sites you download from and the optional one-time Google sign-in.

I found a bug — how do I report it?

Tap this pre-filled form — no code or GitHub experience needed. Describe what happened, add a screenshot if you can (Cmd+Shift+4 on Mac), and submit. Want a new feature instead? Request one here.

Want the full guide? Read the docs →