Reviews for Video Download Helper
Video Download Helper by vdh
Review by Valmont
Rated 1 out of 5
by Valmont, 8 years agoIt downloads alright, though it does it at some slower speed. So it interferes with the possible downloadspeed somehow.
Secondly, much worse, aggregating sound and the movie (combining of the video file and sound file) takes forever. For a five-and-a-half minute video at 720p it took the plug-in just over 30 minutes! I'm on a I7 3820 @4.1 GHz. FFMPEG is at a 10% CPU load. Such a long aggregation time for this size of a video is not normal.
Thirdly, it didn't finish a few aggregation tasks, I wonder if the browser has to stay open for the duration. Also, imagine if it is a huge file. It would take forever to aggregate.
Setting the download folder fails. Something is wrong with the interface. Sometimes the settings interface closes by itself! What the heck LOL? Clicking on a custom download-folder sometimes works - so it seems - but checking it twice, your option has been deselected again. The settings page needs work.
Finally, the location of the downloaded sound-file (which needs to be combined with the video) isn't known to me yet. It's somewhere. I'd rather like to see everything downloaded in one folder, including files which are just intermediary steps.
All and all, this add-on has so much potential - it also downloads 1080p videos, but the aggregation-time is killing me.
Edit: ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME? Now I know why it takes this long to aggregate.
It adds a massive QR code in the top left corner of the video!!!
Also... the video was downloaded in 720p, but the remaining result is is also in 720p... with a bitrate of only 436 kb/s! In other words it looks like a bloody 320p video now, despite the high resolution.
Needless to say I'll uninstall this absolute rubbish in a minute.
Secondly, much worse, aggregating sound and the movie (combining of the video file and sound file) takes forever. For a five-and-a-half minute video at 720p it took the plug-in just over 30 minutes! I'm on a I7 3820 @4.1 GHz. FFMPEG is at a 10% CPU load. Such a long aggregation time for this size of a video is not normal.
Thirdly, it didn't finish a few aggregation tasks, I wonder if the browser has to stay open for the duration. Also, imagine if it is a huge file. It would take forever to aggregate.
Setting the download folder fails. Something is wrong with the interface. Sometimes the settings interface closes by itself! What the heck LOL? Clicking on a custom download-folder sometimes works - so it seems - but checking it twice, your option has been deselected again. The settings page needs work.
Finally, the location of the downloaded sound-file (which needs to be combined with the video) isn't known to me yet. It's somewhere. I'd rather like to see everything downloaded in one folder, including files which are just intermediary steps.
All and all, this add-on has so much potential - it also downloads 1080p videos, but the aggregation-time is killing me.
Edit: ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME? Now I know why it takes this long to aggregate.
It adds a massive QR code in the top left corner of the video!!!
Also... the video was downloaded in 720p, but the remaining result is is also in 720p... with a bitrate of only 436 kb/s! In other words it looks like a bloody 320p video now, despite the high resolution.
Needless to say I'll uninstall this absolute rubbish in a minute.
42,292 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16792555, an hour ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Markus P, 2 hours ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Aeron C, 7 hours agoMy most used add-on. Number 1. The only add-on I use for downloading video, media.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13469880, 8 hours ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Bosscat, 13 hours ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 15814254, 20 hours ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 19046547, a day agoBecame a USELESS RIPOFF . Promised lifetime use for onetime fee. Don't waste your money ! Had not used it in a month and a half. Came back and now blames YT for limits. As though YT is approving them.
- Been using it for years, it was pretty good back then. Paid for the "lifetime" subscription years ago. It never stopped putting the QR code on videos, and there is no way to reach anyone about this, but it at least worked KINDA SORTA.
NOW it's completely useless, with this new waiting period scheme. Lately, it hasn't even been finding the YT videos at all.
I guess it's time to admit to myself that I was scammed out of my money, and look for a replacement.
DO NOT DOWNLOAD. I'm deleting it. If they ever make it work again -- without stupid schemes -- maybe I'll try it again.
ONE STAR because I can't give it NONE. - Rated 5 out of 5by Chain582, 2 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by StaatsGeheim, 2 days agoThis video downloader is simply great, easy to use and works for both music videos and other protected stuff (MP4). Great quality of both images and sound and very quick download time. Sometimes YouTube blocks it, but with Proton VPN you can avoid or fix this. A must have add-on!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Aone Alpha, 2 days agoExcellent premium version for downloading video. Nice Experience, Love it.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Chocolate Dick, 2 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Maty, 2 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 17242764, 3 days ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13140755, 3 days agoUp to version 9.5.0.2, this was a brilliant extension. The cluttered interface and the extremely limited customisation options in version 10 forced me to downgrade to version 9.5.0.2. I have disabled updates for this extension.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Alexis Lozano, 3 days ago