Reviews for Video DownloadHelper
Video DownloadHelper by mig, Paul
4,038 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by pablo, 7 years agoI have used Video Download Helper since nearly the beginning. It has been good for the most part. However, there are times when it sucks to high heaven. The current version sucks and does not work. It is not a rookie issue or some other thing. If you are like me still using Win 7 because of business reasons or home version of Win 10 then DLH no longer works or does not work like it should
In this history of DLH, there have been 3 versions that totally sucked and this new version 7 fits into the category of sucking to high heaven. I removed it because it is now worthless. Will use another product that 2 months ago could not hold a candle to DLH but now it is light years better than the current version. BY the way, the companion app crap is stupidity in motion and causes some conflict issues that I noted. Secondly, it does not provide anything special or improvement.
To those who have not downloaded the companion APP DO NOT DO IT. It will cause instability issues and freeze ups where you never had it before. If you did, sorry, you will need to remove DLH and then root out the app and make sure nothing survives from DLH and in extreme cases, remove FireFox and reinstall it. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13626994, 7 years agoAddon simply doesn't work as of yesterday (12/21/2017). When Firefox Quantum was released, the addon was updated and worked fine for me. Then there came this weird companion app that, for whatever reason, the developer is trying to shoehorn in. To be fair, this could be because users are trying to download content on other places than I was and were having troubles I wasn't having. Despite having worked, it's now hobbled. I'm not installing a companion app, and I'm not auditing the developer's code, though the transparency of releasing the source code is encouraging. If this ever changes, and the developer finds a workaround, I'll return and change my rating. But as of right now, I'm going to be finding another solution.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13626768, 7 years agome pide auctualizar firefox y yo lo tengo actualizado..no porque lo diga yo..me lo dice el mismo programa
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13626668, 7 years agoNe fonctionne plus du tout depuis la dernière mise à jour. Bref, une perte totale.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13626652, 7 years agoWas the best, now useless. Where's the previews? Why does it need a companion now but not before(I rolled back the terrible FF v57)? Why wont the companion install? What happened?
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13626263, 7 years agoLast updated: terrible. External app to download that crashes on linux and you can not download anything. The window does not provide information on downloa speed. BACK, I WANT THAT FIRST, I want to see the progress of the download from Firefox. For now I have changed software
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13625989, 7 years agoSimply awful. I can no longer download uTube music videos. I am using latest Firefox 64 bit version (57.0.2) and latest VDH version (as of 23 Dec 2017) running under Windows 10. I have used VDH for some years, and it used to be a handy add-on, but no longer.
I've had enough of the time-wasting excuses. This product is no longer competent and I'm looking for an alternative. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13625656, 7 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13625456, 7 years agoFrüher war das Addon noch gut, nun nur noch Schrott
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13624540, 7 years agoThis add-on requires a newer version of Firefox (at least version 57.0a1). You are using Firefox 55.0.
I am using 57.92 (latest) - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13477661, 7 years agoThey screw up the whole app it is junk you cant do half the stuff you used to do with it. i loved that i could name the file but you cant do that know. it is really sad. freezes up and stop working. It was the best app a couple of months ago before all the updates know i am going to look for something that will work and do the job that this used to do.. But this app have major changes that make it junk. The new look it harder to use and look very bad. . one day i hope they fix the app they broke and make it great again. I am not a beginner used or someone with there owner app. i am just telling how it is. Maybe it is the stupid changes firefox did or it is the app it self. All i know is that it was working at its best months ago.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13623396, 7 years agoI've been using this extension for many years. What happened? Why is there a QR code Watermark on every single video I've downloaded?
Really? A watermark? So.. what would be the point using this extension?
Are you trying yo get rid of your users? - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13544571, 7 years agoI find it suspicious that you want the cached data from all websites I browse. This extension could possibly record the passwords and personal info you type
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13621129, 7 years agoI was running on Firefox v 57.0.2, then the Video Download Helper icon disappeared and I can not download any more videos. This is not good.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13620954, 7 years agoL'extension était bien avant.
Aujourd'hui les développeurs ont eu une idée de "génie" : pour la version gratuite, vous êtes obligés de ré encoder la vidéo avec un hideux qr code. Résultat : la vidéo est moche, et pour pouvoir y accéder, il faut attendre la fin du ré encodage. Du coup chez moi, il faut
3 fois plus de temps pour y accéder qu'avec d'autres extensions (qui elles, ne ré encodent pas les vidéos...)
Et petite cerise sur le gâteau, ils ont du virer le designer de l'équipe: l'extension est devenue moche et bien peu intuitive.
Vous l'aurez compris, passez votre chemin, bien d'autres extensions sont devenues plus performantes - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13620754, 7 years agoAs a long-time Firefox and VDH user, I have delayed moving to the new Firefox until VDH is fully realized for quantum.
Mig - I really appreciate all your hard work to make this app work in the new Firefox. I regularly peruse the reviews and version update status to see how things are going.
One thing is clear to me -- that there is significant ILL WILL being created due to the masses finding VDH failing in the new Firefox. Reasons for failure are many, including, I suspect some amount of user failure due to having to now jump through more hoops at this stage.
Don't get frustrated. Don't fight the users, who simply want to successfully use VDH as easily as before.
My strong suggestion to you is to simply call each new version BETA. No promises made. Indicate the new challenges, etc.
Only when you are CERTAIN that a new bug-free complete package can be released should you remove the beta.
Good luck. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13618994, 7 years agoThe companion app does not work and I can't find any info on why, or how to make it work. Dumping Firefox completely and will use another browser, as Firefox's continual forced updates just muck things up. Way too many problems for performance that's no longer even mediocre.
Developer response
posted 7 years agoYou can't find any info ? even the support forum ? https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!forum/video-downloadhelper-q-and-a - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13226469, 7 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13614140, 7 years agoDoesn't work.
Edit: actually, seems it *does* work, but is just rather non-intuitive, so I've revised my rating.
Further edit: now installs scumware. Avoid. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13611692, 7 years agoIn den neuen Versionen 7.0.0, 7.1.0 und 7.1.1 ist diese Software nicht mehr zu gebrauchen!
Speichern unter funktioniert nicht mehr.
Speichern mit dem Browser kann man zwar auswählen, aber die Software schert sich nicht darum.
Es wird egal was man einstellt, grundsätzlich eine eigene Routine zum herunterladen verwendet, die nichts taugt.
Es dauert ewig bis auch kleine Dateien geladen werden und bei größeren hängt sich die eigene Routine ständig auf.
Fazit: Die Software ist in den neuen Versionen nur noch Schrott.Developer response
posted 7 years agohttps://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!forum/video-downloadhelper-q-and-a - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13608445, 7 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13606583, 7 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13603617, 7 years ago