DO NOT UPDATE. Awful May 22nd 2024 Update. Used it for almost a year now. Used to be 5 star extension/app. New updated interface takes 7 seconds to load, versus the 1 second before. Larger videos which require the companion app now have about 1/4 the screen covered by a QR code. Unusable for out-of-browser videos, 7 times slower for browser downloads.

It doesn't work as expected

This used to work good but the button under the video doesn't work anymore. The controls on the menu bar aren't understandable. I dont know what i am recording in and have no info on anything. iT DOESNT HIGHLIGHT THE FORMAT OR THE format you are using. I have been using this for years but i guess its time to remove it if it doesn't work anymore. A shame trying to make it be more modern designed but lost the work ability of it. Dropping this extension, its lousy now. Use another downloader. Too complicated and unnecessary controls. Its useless now. Use Easy Video Downloader. Easy to use and has everything clearly marked. You will enjoy it better.

good

Jepethiel, NT, Australia.

Although video download helper sometimes reports that there is no video content when a video is running, once the download assistant app is installed it doesn't do that as much and you can capture video from many sources, besides YouTube.

Personally I recommend Video DownloadHelper added to Firefox, and granted all permissions, it works really well and NO TRACKING allowed.