Reviews for Video DownloadHelper
Video DownloadHelper by Paul
5,018 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14272151, 7 years agoThis used to be a useful extension but, following Firefox changes, they introduced a companion app. That was ok for a while but now they are just trying to make money. For the last few weeks, the companion app hides downloads that the free add-on would normally show (and other download apps still show) to try and force you to then pay to remove the watermark it adds to the download (that shouldn't need the companion app at all). I proved this by uninstalling the companion app, re-starting Firefox and then the free add-in showed all the video formats again. Problems with the video? No, I ran the test it on VDH's own advertising video on YouTube! The companion app is now hijackware just to try and make money.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14269970, 7 years agoPerhaps the extension I'm using (VdhCoApp 1.2.4) isn't registered, but the video output of what was a 1080p video seems terrible and blocky. I can't tell the difference between the 1080p version and the 320p outputs, in either wmv, webm or mp4.
- Rated 1 out of 5by David J, 7 years agoVideo Downloadhelper places a bar-code directly in your video in order to convince you to purchase a registered version. This bar-code links you directly to the Video Downloadhelper page. While, I do understand that it does cost money to provide video downloading and video converting services, I strongly reject the idea that its users are not informed a head of the addition to Firefox. Please be considerate of other people and respect their time.
- Rated 1 out of 5by david lyons, 7 years agoBefore it was great now it just make you to download additional file just for medium res or high res and it doesn't even work.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14264186, 7 years agoDownloadHelper prompts to download additional pkg file (for certain video types) on a Mac which tries to install OSX.Bella trojan :(
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14185636, 7 years agoDid not work for other websites. It could not find content.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14260975, 7 years agoWas good, but now they are only after the money! Now you need a shitty 3th party app for youtube or they put QR watermark on top of the video. Thanks for ruining a good app!
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14260858, 7 years agoПрограмма полное гавно - ничего толком скачать не может. При закачке теряет источник каждые 30 секунд. Вы больше нервов положите, чем что-нибудь скачаете этой программой. Не пользуйтесь ни в коем случае этим ГАВНОМ!
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14187175, 7 years agoI don't like your license. no! I totally hate it...
- Rated 1 out of 5by stefanf, 7 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14253168, 7 years agoWhat is this 30 dollar charge for watermark shiz? Why be free then suddenly decide to charge money?
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14242442, 7 years agoCan't download without companion app, external site, executable file. Get fucked.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14244004, 7 years agoUsed to be the best. Now it downloads in a fair amount of time, then says it is going to take an hour+ to aggregate a 9.5 minute youtube video which is a still screen and music. If you cancel the aggregating, you lose it all, and I can find no way to stop it. All this since the companion app requirement although you can go without but the downloading seems to have been capped further then.
I'll find something else now.
Came back a year later and it has improved in time it takes and still tells me it requires a companion app, however, now there is a huge QR code all through the video. Is there a point? - Rated 1 out of 5by MrMostly, 7 years agoInstalls a big QR code on screen of all downloads. Spoils functionality.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14243558, 7 years agoTried it out, but unfortunately it takes forever to download small files and uses a huge QR code in the corner of the screen to extort you to buy a license. I found and donated to an alternative software that doesn't do this. Thanks anyways.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Aris, 7 years agoAdding crappy QR codes to a video is a real no-go!
Just leave the video alone, no converting, no editing, no QR crap addition! - Rated 1 out of 5by Maximiliano Nahuel Barros, 7 years agoEste complemento tiene un comportamiento sospechoso, intentando conectar a una página en segundo plano y sin solicitud por parte del usuario. Esta conexión es siempre bloqueada por el antiphishing de ESET. Solicito que Mozilla lo investigue.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14237650, 7 years agoThis add-on used to be great years ago but has become a complicated mess that fails to work reliably.