Reviews for Video DownloadHelper
Video DownloadHelper by mig
Review by magiclantern
Rated 2 out of 5
by magiclantern, 10 months agoBeware most 5 star reviews for this extension appear to be fake. This extension (at least on macOS) requires additional software to be installed to work, and even if you've already done that it works poorly.
There is probably a better downloader out there - not sure which though.
It did download something from Vimeo which is what I needed, but after running for over an hour, still had not generated a video file in my chosen output directory. Source video was less than 1 hour long.
I discovered that it downloaded a video mp4 and an audio mp4 and was attempting to combine them. After running for almost an hour, it had produced a 12 minute video with a very large QR code taking up about 1/8 of the upper right of the screen.
I killed that process and just ran `ffmpeg -i tmpvideofile.mp4 -i tmpaudiofile.mp4 -c copy mycombinedfile.mp4` and it completed in about 10 seconds.
So in short, this *will* download something for you, but you're better off doing the combining on your own.
There is probably a better downloader out there - not sure which though.
It did download something from Vimeo which is what I needed, but after running for over an hour, still had not generated a video file in my chosen output directory. Source video was less than 1 hour long.
I discovered that it downloaded a video mp4 and an audio mp4 and was attempting to combine them. After running for almost an hour, it had produced a 12 minute video with a very large QR code taking up about 1/8 of the upper right of the screen.
I killed that process and just ran `ffmpeg -i tmpvideofile.mp4 -i tmpaudiofile.mp4 -c copy mycombinedfile.mp4` and it completed in about 10 seconds.
So in short, this *will* download something for you, but you're better off doing the combining on your own.
23,696 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17884993, 4 hours agoEste sa mi nic nepodarilo stiahnut ale ja sa to naucim.
- Rated 1 out of 5by liroken646, 13 hours agokeeps on downloading just audio or just video... this is trash. Either do the job fully or don't. F**k off
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 17931064, 17 hours ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17635442, 19 hours agoVideo DownloadHelper 支持多种类型的流媒体，使插件在视频下载器中独一无二：HTTP、HLS、DASH ……每当站点使用不受支持的流媒体技术时，Video DownloadHelper 都能够直接从屏幕捕获媒体并生成一个视频文件。
- Rated 5 out of 5by Laura, a day agoIt's an important and easy to use extension to Firefox. Just start your video, wait some 20 to 50 seconds to allow synchronization to be initialized, then click the three balls logo of the extension, and click the row where the word "streaming" appears in the open curtain-menu. Video DownloadHelper will start the conversion to standard .mp4 file warning you of the running process with a "1" over the three-balls logo.
It also warns you when your conversion is accomplished, so you'll find your complete .mp4 file under 'yourcomputername'/dwhelper. - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 17930190, a day agoI am so pleased to have this program, it gives us hours of pleasure. Thank you
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17929914, 2 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by DerEineDerNIchtDerAndereIst, 2 days agoSehr gutes Videodownload Tool. Man kann Videos u.a. speichern von fast jeder Seite.
Allerdings ist das Tool so Umfangreich das es ohne ein paar Grundkenntnisse ziemlich aufwendig ist die Einstellungsmöglichkeiten ganz auszunutzen.
Hinweise oder kurze Erklärungen bei den jeweiligen Funktionen oder ein Hilfsverzeichnis wären ziemlich praktisch.
Daher nur vier von fünf Sternen wegen zu "gut" :-) - Rated 5 out of 5by bedbugspray, 2 days agothis extension is a life-saver!! i downloaded literally hundreds of hours worth of lectures from a subscription-only website. i'll never have to pay for it again. and the video quality is great. cannot thank the developers enough.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17929581, 2 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17929013, 2 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Semiazas, 2 days agoBait and switch. Offers downloads but any video downloaded is transparently converted, significantly lowering the bitrate while also watermarking the stream with a QR code. This code linking a site where visitors are prompted to purchase a license for the 'converter' to remove the watermark. A mark that wouldn't exist if the 'downloader' just downloaded the source without superfluous conversion. It's deceptive, invisibly inserting itself into the media in an effort to trick the gullible into believing they need a license that would, if the media wasn't converted in the first place, be unnecessary. Not to mention it appears they've got some sort of bot service periodically five-star reviewing the extension presumably to bury negative reviews.
- Rated 5 out of 5by giudasvelo, 3 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17928027, 3 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 15449661, 3 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17927435, 4 days agoYou have to pay for an open source converter, or it will encode a large Qr code into the result with poor quality. So here you need an extra program just to be able to collect for this program. This is not what you expect, you want to download the stream without manipulating the stream.