Reviews for Video DownloadHelper
Video DownloadHelper by mig, Paul
3,310 reviews
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18229641, 6 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18372721, 6 months agoGreat add-on, I use it when I want to grab a video from my browser.
Works great, except for accepting prepaid credit cards to buy a subscription. Since my prepaid credit card was not accepted I am still living with the barcodes in the corner.
I'll check periodically just in case they will take my cc ( 4 stars as unable to get rid of barcodes ) - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18372573, 6 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18370821, 6 months agoIt does what it claims, but more is expected from the big boy on the block. How about adding the ability to resume downloads following a connection loss?
- Rated 4 out of 5by asmr59851, 6 months agoMostly smooth experience, helpful for clips to practice editing!
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 14614839, 6 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Jack, 6 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Habakuck, 6 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by WRJA, 6 months agoWorks well on a lot of sites that aren't super popular but don't have free download buttons. Doesn't work on either x-videos or pornhub sadly, hence 4 stars.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18364216, 6 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Paul, 6 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by kaplan hsyn, 6 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 17929257, 6 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Dalton, 6 months agoWorks great most of the time. However the new requirement for a companion app is a bummer, though from what I gather, this is not the fault of the developer as I used this back before it required a companion app.
My one complaint to the developer is a minor one, I have multiple disks in my system, some SSDs some old style hard drives (spinning disks)... I would prefer if all intermediate files during download were stored in the same destination folder (or at least in a temporary folder on the same disk or volume as the destination folder) instead of the system temporary folder. Minor complaint though and the extension works great under Firefox, works better under Firefox than on Chrome... especially on certain video streaming sites where the Firefox version works but no Chrome video downloaders I have used seem to work.
The Firefox version (this version) works the best out of all video downloader extensions I have tried so far... a close second to YoutubeDL back when it was available in my region and only because YoutubeDL could be set up to run on a small, light machine all night and throttled down to save bandwidth while my laptop (where this runs) can be used normally. Still, for a browser extension to quickly save a video I want to access when I go offline or in between WiFi locations, this is the best I have used so far. - Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 17840315, 6 months agoInstallation is a little bit complicated under Lin ux Mint but it works !
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 17039988, 6 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Riddick, 6 months agoFantastic using DownloadHelper. Anyone can use it easily. Results are stunning.
- Rated 4 out of 5by pahkox, 6 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 15244514, 6 months agoI have used Video DownloadHelper now for months. And I have found generally reliable, versatile and easy to use. There are some websites that have found ways to block VDH, but generally, many websites are open. I would strongly recommend this Add-On. Thank you for making it free!
- Rated 4 out of 5by Psx0005, 6 months agoWonderful extension, does exactly what it says it will do-and that's all I ask :D
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18343387, 6 months ago