2015 version of video download helper

This is an upgrade feature that helps pay for the free stuff we need to eat too. You are not compelled to use conversion for downloading videos from websites, and you can avoid picking variants marked as ADP to avoid the need for aggregation. Please stay tuned by following us on Twitter downloadhelper , or Facebook. How are you enjoying Video DownloadHelper? Log in to rate this extension.

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There should be one or two simple-streamed variants companion app is optional and one to many ADP options audio and video streams are transparently downloaded and aggregated locally, this requires the use of the companion app.

In general, the best quality is only available through an ADP option. Changes from 7. Some of those fixes are located in the add-on itself, some had to be made in the companion application the external application that is to be installed along with the extension in order to provide the necessary capabilities removed from Firefox Quantum v As a consequence, Video DownloadHelper 7. We understand that updating this companion application is a bit tedious if you compare to how smoothly the add-on updates, and we try to keep this requirement as seldom as possible.

But in this case, we had no other choice. We apologize in advance. Features YouTube bulk download: it is now possible to mouse-select a part of a YouTube page and request the download of all the videos that are linked from from the selected section. This is feature was existing in VDH6 but was limited to unsigned videos. Smartnaming is back: you can now again specify for given sites where in the page to get the video file name from, or choose an obfuscated file name for discretion.

Try it: open Video DownloadHelper settings and choose Conversion Rules in the dropdown menu Variant preferences editing: as with VDH6, you can now reorder the variant qualities you want to appear at the top of the list.

By default, you need to manually analyze the page from the add-on main panel for the potential galleries to be discovered, or you can change the setup to perform the analyze automatically whenever a page is loaded.

Added right-click download commands: right-clicking into a page gives access to a Video DownloadHelper menu. From there you can request the download of a video playing in the page, or perform some top-level commands like opening the extensions settings or requesting the analyze of the page. This makes Video DownloadHelper compatible with any site displaying videos with a flash player. Fixed bug Cannot add IP addresses to the black list. Fixed bug When renamed, downloaded file looses its file extension.

Fixed bug Javascript error in dhCore. Fixed bug Using Firefox 4, the converter process crashes on Windows when not registered. Updated Korean locale Version 4. The bug was reopened after a change in Firefox 4. Fixed bug Conversion does not support file with non-ascii characters in the path fix only available on Firefox 4.

Fixed bug Cannot download anything if the black list is empty. Fixed bug YouTube in-page widget does not display on Firefox 4. Fixed bug File name formatting error when numerical entity is encountered. Fixed bug Download helper doesn't keep download location in private mode. Fixed bug Quick download notification readability.

As a consequence, we removed the in-page YouTube format switcher widget. You can still access the MP4 variant from the download menu, with the entry prefixed by [Medium]. If you don't see this entry while in a YouTube page, open the DownloadHelper preferences, section Capture, tab YouTube, and enable this format. Fixed bug Toolbar icon displayed incorrectly after removing it from the toolbar. Fixed bug More readable quick download notifications. Fixed bug Quick download key not working anymore.

Fixed bug Lossless conversion support. Fixed bug Preserve CJK filenames not working. We immediately worked at finding a solution and adapt to the new system. We are now happy to release this 4. Format HQ18, corresponding to standard quality MP4 format, is no longer directly available. In order to make this operation simpler we now provide a new widget that appears within the YouTube page, next to the title. Clicking on the MP4 button, the page will reload and you will see a new entry.

This corresponds to the former HQ18 format. To get this MP4 switcher widget to appear, you need to enable it from the add-on preferences, section Capture, tab YouTube.

We know those changes may make DownloadHelper less convenient for some operations, but we hope you will understand we had to deal with technical constraints. You can define the prefix you want to be displayed in the addon preferences, section Capture, tab YouTube.

In the context menu, the SmartNaming option does not appear at the top level anymore, but under the DownloadHelper entry. Fixed hq34 and hq35 showing as mono instead of stereo. For this feature to be enabled, the preference parameter Upon clicking on the icon in section General, tab Behavior must be set to Open menu.

The feature is only available on Firefox 3. This closes bug 5 and bug The symptoms were videos taking minutes to start loading or some YouTube pages showing Don't know how to handle application. You can now define the maximum number of concurrent downloads. The default value is 2 and can be changed from the extension preferences in section Services, tab Download. Note that to be recognized, this format must be enabled in the DownloadHelper preferences, section Capture, tab YouTube.

Adult sites names are now shown in red. The default is still to display the supported sites list and can be changed from the preferences. The number of links to be handled is now 50 by default and can be changed from the preferences.

Also fixed similar issue with character. From 4. We are aware of the problem and will do our best to provide an updated version. Please, do not use the comment system on addons. If you don't know yet about Twitter, it is a micro-blogging service that has become outstandingly popular for the past few months. This was causing the Quick Download service to be started immediately instead of giving the menu choice. Note that you can still click the main entry as it was before, with your configured quick keys.

If you prefer the old way menu, you can easily switch back from the extension preferences, section General, tab Behavior, parameter Extended download menu. Click here to add this format to your list of configurations.

The feature is still in beta and must be enabled from the preferences. Version 3. When you switch DownloadHelper to this mode, it becomes impossible to access explicit content sites from either the extension or our web site. This problem happened when using the second entry in the download menu the one with the red back arrow icon , required to take benefit of the video caching.

However, the interface remains the same for the older features. At any any time, you can can visit your history and request the download of several videos in batch or go directly to their original page. To enable this feature, open the extension preferences and select 'enabled' in the 'History' tab.

Once done, visit a few videos from YouTube for instance then right click on the DownloadHelper icon and choose 'History'. Version 2. To use this feature, right-click on the DownloadHelper icon and use the 'Download Queue' entry in the menu. This happens on some configurations only. This feature is used for capturing picture or movie galleries and might use a lot of the computer CPU when loading a large Web page.

If you use DownloadHelper only to capture living videos and don't have a powerful computer, you might consider disabling the method: open the extension preferences and select tab 'Medialink'. You can disable this method or adjust the size threshold from the extension preferences. Note that if this method is the only one that works on a particular, it is very likely not to be able to recognize the actual file extension very often.

You will probably have to change the file extension in the Save file dialog. Note that this change only affect people installing the extension for the first time. For people updating DownloadHelper, you can disable the method manually from the extension preferences. The 'Content interest' rating is based on the average time spent by users on listed video sites as collected from www. This gives a very relevant indication of the quality and richness of the site's content.

In this case, the default storage directory is automatically used. As the result of this issue, clicking an entry in the download menu did not do anything Thanks Nick Fisherrman. Note that this only affects new installs of DownloadHelper. For users updating the application, the file extension must be added manually from the Mediareq panel in the preferences.

Users can now rate and comment sources, directly from the extension.