Reviews for Video DownloadHelper
Video DownloadHelper by mig, Paul
4,034 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by JH, 7 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by fabio, 7 months agomakes u download an extention but even after that it says "error"
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18295053, 7 months agoFunktioniert nicht mehr - Erstellt jetzt Downloadliste, die nicht aktualisiert wird. Seit letztem Update völlig nutzlos
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18294988, 7 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18294589, 7 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13875761, 8 months agoNo longer working like it did a few days ago. Time to look for another option.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Janky, 8 months agoNon open or shared source with lots of permissions, i would avoid.
- Rated 1 out of 5by arknd, 8 months agoThis extension might be compromised on the newest version. Downloading a video instead downloads a php script. Watch out. The old versions are fine though. I recommend reverting to one of them.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Adilson Barros, 8 months agoIn the beginning was good, today more errors when downloading live streaming. Is getting worse day by day. Now, start download and stop each 2 minutes. TERRIBLE!
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 12385054, 8 months agoThe extension started having problems with downloading videos recently: speed is slower, and pretty often the video is not downloaded completely. If I have to guess, it's because now it applies a QR code wartermark to downloaded videos, so the author focused on DRM rather than on stability and functionality.
I also love that not only the extension now aggressively DEMANDS money to work, but even in case if you pay it limits the period of working to one year. Therefore using the worst licensing practices known to humanity. - Rated 1 out of 5by Pierre, 8 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Jiggrinder, 8 months agoAs many are saying after the recent update to 8.2.0.23 (stable) it is a pain to use.Have to re title and add extensions manually (mp4 ect.) I have used this for many years with no problems but now looking for a better option
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18293533, 8 months agoThis add-on used to be the best for downloading streams, but unfortunately this is no longer the case!
You will now need to register (and pay) for a license, to avoid the (QR) watermark on all downloaded videos.
Also at the same time, you are no longer able to copy the URL to the media-stream itself - because that would undermine the revenue, because one could simply use VLC to do the work of the required "DownloadHelper CoApp".
Waste of time - don't bother installing this! - Rated 1 out of 5by Bob Dylan, 8 months agoAll I needed was to know where the file was I downloaded it to but the app wouldn't give me a path and the support routed me to a github place where I did not get the answer in under 30mins.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18292414, 8 months agoI lost my lifetime license. Tried restore with link by email, but there is an info that there is no license for the email. SCAM !!! VDH doesnt get support also, so u cant contact them...
- Rated 1 out of 5by MichaL, 8 months agoEs ist unter Linux NICHT möglich, die installierte Begleitanwendung zu nutzen.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17880496, 8 months agoYou need to install a seperate application on your device in order for this add-on to be able to function.
Also, without a paid license you'll get a large QR-code in your download video's. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13866759, 8 months agoDeleted review from 6 years ago, after new update completely borked this. It now downloads videos as a "file" that is unusable. Gonna have to go and find a new downloader.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17370110, 8 months agoNew version does not work. It says that an additional companion app is needed. But when additional companion app is downloaded and installed, addon still does not work and says additional companion app is needed. It's a vicious circle that goes nowhere. I've tried contacting the developer(s) but they never replied.
I wish they'd get this fixed or go back to the old one that worked like a Champ.
I'm using a Debian based Linux Distro. Everything is up to date. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 16888757, 8 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18289482, 8 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15494527, 8 months agoSince last update useless: copy URL doesn't work...