How to save videos without downloading them (link plus metadata, not the file)

To save a video without downloading it, keep a reference to it (the link plus its title, preview image and cast) instead of the video file. PornLibrary works this way on purpose: when you paste a link it extracts the metadata and stores that record, while the video itself stays where it already lives and plays from the source when you open it. Nothing is downloaded, hosted or copied to your device, so a saved video costs you a small text record, not gigabytes of storage.

What is the difference between saving and downloading a video?

Downloading copies the actual video file onto a disk you own, which eats storage, takes time on every save, and leaves you managing large files. Saving a reference keeps only the pointer to the video and the details that describe it: the URL, the title, a preview thumbnail and the performers. When you open a saved entry, playback happens at the original source, exactly as if you had followed the link yourself. One approach hoards files; the other keeps a tidy catalog of what you like.

What exactly does PornLibrary save?

• The link to the video at its original source.
• The title, so you know what it is at a glance.
• A preview image, so you recognize it on sight.
• The real cast and category tags, pulled from the page automatically.

All of this comes from automatic extraction: you paste the link and PornLibrary fills in the record for you. It does not download, host or store the video file itself, and playback stays at the source.

Why is saving the reference better than downloading?

It is lighter, because a record is a few kilobytes of text instead of a large file. It is cleaner, because you are not accumulating video files to back up, move or hide. And it keeps a durable memory of the video: even if the original link later breaks, you still hold the title, preview and cast, so you can identify exactly which video it was and find it again on another source. That is the durable record a bare bookmark never gives you, and it is why a private video library beats a folder of downloads.

Is saving a reference more private than downloading?

Your library is stored in a per-user space isolated by row-level security, so no one else can see what you have saved, and there are no video files sitting on your device for someone to stumble on. Because PornLibrary keeps references rather than the media, it organizes information about videos while streaming stays at the original source and each site's terms are respected. Everything about how your data is handled is on the privacy page.