Omtaler for Ant Video Downloader
Ant Video Downloader av ANT
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- av dare2live, 4 måneder sidenVurdert til 5 ut av 5Just want to report that doing a full "Wipe Out And Reset" under "Settings" completely solved the memory leak/build-up issue! Some weird UI issues (affecting other Firefox addons as well) also disappeared after the reset.
(Hopefully more Firefox users are able to figure this out, or they might think it's an issue with a Firefox update & switch browsers... >.<)Utviklerrespons
postet 4 måneder sidenMany thanks for your report and ratings!
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused and hope for your understanding. - av Firefox-bruker 15479475, 4 måneder sidenVurdert til 5 ut av 5I wish to confirm you that uninstalling and then re-installing AVD following the procedure you described for resetting the cache has solved the memory leaks problem.
Keep up your good job !Utviklerrespons
postet 4 måneder sidenGood to hear another user's issue is resolved.
Thank you for your report and rating! - av Firefox-bruker 13453422, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 5 ut av 5
- av Firefox-bruker 15427212, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 1 ut av 5Currently (1/7/22), Ant takes up more than 5Gb of memory rendering Firefox unusable.
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postet 5 måneder sidenCurrently, we're unable to reproduce the issue, but we suspect it may be caused when updating from version 4.9 to 4.10, and then to 4.11-4.12.
The problem may be in the data left from version 4.9. Unlike Chromium-based browsers, Firefox does not delete extension storage when you uninstall it, even in debugging mode.
Try resetting Ant Video downloader, go to Settings - Reset, click the WIPE OUT AND RESET button. This will delete any data in the extension storage, and reload the extension.
Let us know in the support if this helps you solve the issue.
Thank you, and sorry for the inconvenience. - av Firefox-bruker 14554338, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 1 ut av 5be very careful with this, there's a huge memory leak, I was at 20,000mb yes 20gb in my firefox browser in the last week or so, 01-06-2022 and I thought something was wrong with my net connection, updating games or devices, nothing, and I turned off about 25 addons in firefox, it was the ant. it took over 5-6gb just in the main window with nothing in it waiting to browse with some text boxes of other interesting news ff plops on there for $. when the meory leak is fixed, I'll put this back to 5/5.
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postet 5 måneder sidenCurrently, we're unable to reproduce the issue, but we suspect it may be caused when updating from version 4.9 to 4.10, and then to 4.11-4.12.
The problem may be in the data left from version 4.9. Unlike Chromium-based browsers, Firefox does not delete extension storage when you uninstall it, even in debugging mode.
Try resetting Ant Video downloader, go to Settings - Reset, click the WIPE OUT AND RESET button. This will delete any data in the extension storage, and reload the extension.
Let us know in the support if this helps you solve the issue.
Thank you, and sorry for the inconvenience. - av Gullideckel, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 1 ut av 5It worked great until today. Now it eats all the RAM it can get and a lot of CPU immediately after browser startup. Currently, the addon makes using the browser impossible, so I had to disable it.
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postet 5 måneder sidenCurrently, we're unable to reproduce the issue, but we suspect it may be caused when updating from version 4.9 to 4.10, and then to 4.11-4.12.
The problem may be in the data left from version 4.9. Unlike Chromium-based browsers, Firefox does not delete extension storage when you uninstall it, even in debugging mode.
Try resetting Ant Video downloader, go to Settings - Reset, click the WIPE OUT AND RESET button. This will delete any data in the extension storage, and reload the extension.
Let us know in the support if this helps you solve the issue.
Thank you, and sorry for the inconvenience. - av Moha, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 5 ut av 5UPDATE:
After deleting the addon and adding it again, the addon seems to work great. No memory leaks at all.
I am updating my score to 5 stars
ORIGINAL:
It was working great some weeks ago. Now it's impossible to work with it.
Has huge memory leaks when I open it. Firefox ends taking all of my RAM (12 GB of my 16GB). My computer gets laggy and I have to close Firefox just 5 minutes after opening it.
I will disable the addon until this big issue gets fixed.
It was a great addon, but not anymore. - av Seb, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 5 ut av 5EDIT:
Many thanks dev team, the reset solution solve the memory leak issue.
Back to 5 stars !
I had to retry several times because even getting the settings tab clicking on the icon was imposssible due to memory leak bug triggering immediately after start.
So you're probably right the extension storage was corrupted after upgrade and caused this bug.
Why not releasing a new version which auto-resets at first start after installation in order to solve the issue for everyone ?
I used this shortcut to get into the settings without the annoying button bug (UUID should be different, identify with Firefox "about:performance" tab):
moz-extension://b3f1c4cd-c575-44b6-b256-5524cf739da3/ui/frontend/dist/settings.html
Then, first reset try hanged (memory leak again).
Next time I uninstalled extension/ restart Firefox / reinstalled the extension and used the reset option again which at last succceeded
thank you for posting this solution !Utviklerrespons
postet 5 måneder sidenGlad to hear the problem is gone.
Regarding the auto-reset of storage on install, good point, we'll implement right in the next release.
Contact support if you need any kind of assistance with AVD.
Thanks! - av Dwan, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 1 ut av 5This Addon used to be so great so this pains me to write this review.
The new update after V4.8 messed everything up on my PC. This update made my browser so slow and laggy that I thought I had malware on my computer. I even uninstalled and reinstalled my browser and performed a system restore which all turned out to be unnecessary because the culprit of my problems was right under my nose all along and I didn't even know it.
Once I disabled the Ant Downloader performance on my browser all returned to normal with no more lagging. I hate to say it but this is a BAD extension now and I don't intend to use it anymore unless their are same massive changes in the works to get this extension back on track.
Do better AVD!Utviklerrespons
postet 5 måneder sidenSorry you had to perform extra steps to restore normal browser activity. Next time try running Firefox in safe mode first (firefox.exe -safe-mode).
Our TO-DO list with new features that users send to support and want them in AVD does not fit the screen. There is such term as "growth pain": sometimes we're making big changes to AVD to extend it and make new features possible. Inevitably there will be issues at first; version 4.10-4.12 is the largest change since 2017. No matter how well we test each version before release, there can be pitfalls we're unaware of unless we release the version to the wide public.
Please, perform reset of the extension at Settings - Reset, and let us know if you still encountering the issues.
Thank you. - av Umair Ahmed, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 5 ut av 5It has become awesome again, thanks!
Minor issues:
- Please add a horizontal scroll in all downloads page. Tablet view, cuts half of it.
- Reset failed downloads disappear and don't appear anywhere.Utviklerrespons
postet 5 måneder sidenThank you for your rating Umair, nice to hear from you again.
Can you please clarify in more details about issues you mentioned?
What kind of tablet or display device are you using? What's its display width in pixel?
Regarding failed downloads I didn't get it. They're not reseting or not disappearing? Send more details to support.
Thank you. - av Firefox-bruker 14093081, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 2 ut av 5UPDATE 2-16-2022
It's broken again. Please fix!
Does exactly what it's supposed to do. A clean install fixed the memory leak issue.
*SOLVED*
Used to be amazing, but now has a serious bug that maxes out your CPU and RAM usage. Be careful with this one.Utviklerrespons
postet 5 måneder sidenInstall the latest version 4.12, update Native app, perform reset of the extension (at Settings - Reset).
Check if you have enabled option "Try to process ciphered URLs" at Settings - Video detection - YouTube. It may hang the extension (but not the browser) for a while.
Contact support and provide more information on your issue.
Thank you. - av Firefox-bruker 16817728, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 5 ut av 5
- av Firefox-bruker 13425481, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 1 ut av 5
- av BluTGI, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 5 ut av 5This add-on is still the best at what it does. When Down-Them-All failed, it's the only thing that's worked.
Please, next time, don't release a new rebuild of your work before major holidays. Wait, test it some more, then drop it when you can fix it.
Love the work, thanks for the fix! Updated 1/8/22Utviklerrespons
postet 5 måneder sidenThank you for your report and rating.
Well, we write that developers are working on a fix because it is really it is, what else can we write? The new version is already released.
Releasing before or after holidays won't make much difference, because making a fix will take days to develop and test.
Will be appreciated for more feedbacks from you, thanks again. - av Alex Gor, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 5 ut av 5
- av parkj, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 1 ut av 5I'm not sure what happened to my go-to video downloader after this "update". It shows every type of media for download in a cluttered UI and the list of issues goes on and on.
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postet 5 måneder sidenOur developers already working on the new update with various fixes.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused and hope for your understanding. - av Astranamata, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 1 ut av 5Δούλευε μια χαρά, ώσπου πρόσφατα σταμάτησε να δουλεύει και προτρέπει να κατεβάσω ένα πρόγραμμα - όχι πρόσθετο αλλά εξωτερικό - και να το τρέξω.
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postet 5 måneder sidenPlease note that AVD requires an additional companion application from earlier 3.x versions.
In case of any problems with downloading please contact with more details to our support here: https://www.ant.com/support_form - av Firefox-bruker 16533722, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 1 ut av 5Up until a few days ago before it was updated, this was the go-to downloader fo me. Now it takes forever (up to 5-10 minutes for the videos to be detected) and there is no button to clear the cache. It still lists downloads on sites from several week ago which totally clutters the video list. I've had to remove the add-on and reload it to try to clear this annoying cache memory.
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postet 5 måneder sidenPlease note that Clear List button was added to the All Videos page in 4.11 update.
Our developers already working on the new update with fix for history of detected videos.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused and hope for your understanding. - av zks777, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 1 ut av 52021-01-03 This "NEW" version is AWFUL!!! Bring back the prior one which actually worked and was VERY USER FRIENDLY, unlike this garbage!!!!
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postet 5 måneder sidenOur developers already working on the new update with various fixes.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused and hope for your understanding. - av mardoc, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 1 ut av 5it used to be a great app - since last update - uberjunk - uninstalling it... it is soooo slow now, UI is messy, you can only see a small white line and the whole browser is dead slow, worst update in software history, they took an amazing plugin and turned it into an unusable service. bravo.
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postet 5 måneder sidenPlease note that in case of a big amount of detected video the popup may need some time to load.
Our developers already working on the new update for this issue.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused and hope for your understanding. - av Firefox-bruker 17210126, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 1 ut av 5
- av Firefox-bruker 15657721, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 5 ut av 5one of the best video downloader ever, grat job guys keep going
- av Joshua, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 1 ut av 5What once was great with release 4.9, is now 100% junk with version 4.10. Instead of just listing vids, downloading/downloaded it now logs every vid that runs on any web or social media site. There are better, easier, to use, down-loaders for YouTube, Twitter, Facebook ect..., than Ant. Just wait until you try to delete or clear the Ant list. What fun that is. IMO, ANT is nothing more than another form of spy/tracking ware. I have dumped it and will not go back to it after reloading version 4.9. that now runs with the newer junk as well.
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postet 5 måneder sidenOur developers already working on the new update with various fixes.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused and hope for your understanding. - av kt, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 1 ut av 5Recent end of 2021 updates - super slow, messy User interface, lag, not showing display well, tabs not displaying, slowing down everything. gosh. so bad. uninstalling. It used to be fine, simple, efficient, bbut what the hell are with the recent updates. If its not bbroken, dont change it.
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postet 5 måneder sidenOur developers already working on the new update with various fixes.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused and hope for your understanding. - av bv, 5 måneder sidenVurdert til 1 ut av 5I totally agree with some of the comments posted by other users :
Worst update ever...
There is not just 1 problem, there are many.
The popup to start the download only appears as a small white line, downloads simply stall, the list of videos grows and grows and cannot be reduced in size.
It used to be great, but now it is a mess...
Please, in the next update, go back to a simplified and user-friendly version !Utviklerrespons
postet 5 måneder sidenOur developers already working on the new update with various fixes.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused and hope for your understanding.