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Note! DownloadHelper is a Firefox addon so you need to use it together with the web browser FireFox.

Version 7.3.7
Released Jun 26, 2019 - 753.65 KB
Works with firefox 57.0a1 and later
Video DownloadHelper 7.3.7 handles a recent YouTube change that could cause a video to be undetected, showing 'No media to process in the current tab' in the add-on main panel.
Updated locales: Russian
Version 7.3.6
Released May 30, 2019 - 752.33 KB
Works with firefox 42.0 and later
New locales available: Indonesian (thanks to Amin Muhammad), Catalan (thanks to Jaume Badiella)
Updated locales: Japanese, Dutch, Slovak, Turkish, Chinese Traditional, Polish, Swedish, Slovenian
Version 7.3.5
Released Aug. 1, 2018 717.4 KiB
All major locales have been updated: German, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, ..
Release notes for 7.3.4
Changes from 7.3.1:
Feature: support for downloading Facebook videos
Feature: configurable file naming when using gallery download
Fix: initiate download or open panel from keyboard hot key:
Start default action on the first hit: (Windows/Linux) ALT+DOWN, (Mac) CMD+SHIFT+DOWN
Open add-on main panel: (Windows/Linux) ALT+UP, (Mac) CMD+SHIFT+UP
Fix: actions Open Media (to play the downloaded video with the local default application) and Open Directory (to open the folder containing the downloaded file) are available again, through the 1.2.4 update of the companion app
Fix: proper smart naming name picking when mode Get name from URL is chosen
Release notes for 7.3.1
Changes from 7.3.0
Fix: gallery downloads failure through CoApp 1.2.2 requirement
Release notes for 7.3.0
Video DownloadHelper 7.3.0 brings a number of improvements and fixes that have been requested or reported by our users.
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 v57). As a consequence, Video DownloadHelper 7.3.0 will request you to update the companion app to version 1.2.1.
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.
Changes from 7.2.2
Fix: SaveAs dialogs closing unexpectedly when request CoApp downloads
Fix: downloads of big (>2GB) files failing with error invalid typed array length
Fix: YouTube file names are now taken in priority from the video metadata and not the page title that produces a '- Youtube' trailing
Fix: requesting a Download & Convert operation from a DASH streaming to an audio-only format caused the action to be stalled at 50%
Improvement: in order to minimize the impact of Video DownloadHelper to the user experience, whenever the extension opens a tab and the user closes it, the original tab is restored
Improvement: DASH downloads are now of much better quality with an improved management of video synchronisation frames
Improvement: videos from Tumblr now display a proper thumbnail
Fix: some running downloads did appear amongst other detected videos and not in the in the running section
Improvement: SaveAs dialogs now sorts file names in a case-insensitive way
CoApp: Converter is now based on ffmpeg 4.0
CoApp: Comodo IceDragon browser support
CoApp: include libbz2 library that is missing by default in Fedora and some other Linux distributions
CoApp: include libnuma library that is missing by default in GenToo and some other Linux distributions
CoApp: on Fedora and some other Linux distributions, the companion app manifests are now correctly installed to directory /usr/lib64
Release notes for 7.2.2
Features
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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. You can also now launch a Download & Convert bulk operation, allowing for instance to retrieve a large number of MP3 files in a few clicks. Try it: from a YouTube page, try CTRL-A to select all the page, then click the Video DownloadHelper toolbar button.
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. Unlike VDH6, the new Smartnaming allows full XPath expressions to generate accurate video names. Try it: from a page containing a video, right-click and pick Video DownloadHelper > Smart Naming Rule
Conversion rules: it is possible again to define per-domain and/or per extension conversion rules, so that downloaded files are automatically converted in background. 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. Try it: open Video DownloadHelper settings and choose Video Qualities in the dropdown menu. Use Drag & Drop to reorder the variant preferences
VDH commands from Firefox Tools menu: this is an opt-in feature, it has to be enabled from VDH settings > Appearance
Fixes
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Fixed aggregating YouTube videos that could, in certain cases failed with error Invalid data
Fixed clicking through YouTube playlist could show previous video title in the download menu
Fixed handling misformed MP2T frames on some HLS streams
Updated locales
Release notes for 7.2.1
Features
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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. You can also now launch a Download & Convert bulk operation, allowing for instance to retrieve a large number of MP3 files in a few clicks. Try it: from a YouTube page, try CTRL-A to select all the page, then click the Video DownloadHelper toolbar button.
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. Unlike VDH6, the new Smartnaming allows full XPath expressions to generate accurate video names. Try it: from a page containing a video, right-click and pick Video DownloadHelper > Smart Naming Rule
Conversion rules: it is possible again to define per-domain and/or per extension conversion rules, so that downloaded files are automatically converted in background. 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. Try it: open Video DownloadHelper settings and choose Video Qualities in the dropdown menu. Use Drag & Drop to reorder the variant preferences
VDH commands from Firefox Tools menu: this is an opt-in feature, it has to be enabled from VDH settings > Appearance
Fixes
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Fixed aggregating YouTube videos that could, in certain cases failed with error Invalid data
Fixed clicking through YouTube playlist could show previous video title in the download menu
Fixed handling misformed MP2T frames on some HLS streams
Updated locales
Version 7.2.0
Released Feb. 22, 2018 701.4 KiB
Works with Firefox 57.0a1 and later
Features
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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. You can also now launch a Download & Convert bulk operation, allowing for instance to retrieve a large number of MP3 files in a few clicks. Try it: from a YouTube page, try CTRL-A to select all the page, then click the Video DownloadHelper toolbar button.
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. Unlike VDH6, the new Smartnaming allows full XPath expressions to generate accurate video names. Try it: from a page containing a video, right-click and pick Video DownloadHelper > Smart Naming Rule
Conversion rules: it is possible again to define per-domain and/or per extension conversion rules, so that downloaded files are automatically converted in background. 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. Try it: open Video DownloadHelper settings and choose Video Qualities in the dropdown menu. Use Drag & Drop to reorder the variant preferences
VDH commands from Firefox Tools menu: this is an opt-in feature, it has to be enabled from VDH settings > Appearance
Fixes
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Fixed aggregating YouTube videos that could, in certain cases failed with error Invalid data
Fixed clicking through YouTube playlist could show previous video title in the download menu
Fixed handling misformed MP2T frames on some HLS streams
Updated locales
Release notes for 7.1.2
FEATURES
Added gallery capture: as it was the case with version 6.3.3, it is now possible to capture galleries of images and links embedded into a page. 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.
Added hotkeys: you can now start the default action on the top-most detected video variant in the page by pressing ALT+SHIFT+D. Also keys ALT+SHIFT+Y opens the add-on main panel.
Blacklist edition: it is now possible to edit the blacklist from the settings, in order to remove an entry that has been erroneously added, or add new ones manually. (Blacklisting allows to ignore some video detections like ads based on their origin domain)
Settings reset: from the add-on settings, you can now reset changed values to the original settings.
Display ETA in downloads: when displaying the running downloads section, you can now see the progress percentage and how long it takes to complete.
Download directory setup user interface: for companion app downloads, you now have a user interface to select the download directory.
FIXES
Navigating YouTube pages: following a video link within a YouTube page caused the newly detected title and thumbnail to be mis-reported as the previous hit (Thanks Coco for reporting this).
YouTube videos containing double quote character: the title was then wrongly reported
Multi-line details values: when using the Details action, property value was displayed on a single line
Fixed download of encrypted HLS streams using key relative URLs (a zero-day bug)
No error reported on user download cancellation
Version 7.1.1
Released Dec. 14, 2017 522.9 KiB
Works with Firefox 57.0a1 and later
Versions 7.x are a complete rewrite of Video DownloadHelper version 6.x to comply with Firefox Quantum requirements of the WebExtensions interface.
Version 7.1.1 fixes a bunch of issues that were introduced with 7.0.0.
At this point, 7.1.1 can detect and download any video that could be handled by version 6.3.3.
Version 7.1.0
Released Dec. 10, 2017 520.6 KiB
Works with Firefox for Android 48.0 and later, Firefox 42.0 and later
Versions 7.x are a complete rewrite of Video DownloadHelper version 6.x to comply with Firefox Quantum requirements of the WebExtensions interface.
Version 7.1.0 fixes a bunch of issues that were introduced with 7.0.0.
At this point, 7.1.0 can detect and download any video that could be handled by version 6.3.3.
Version 7.0.0
Released Nov. 14, 2017 450.9 KiB
Works with Firefox 57.0a1 and later
Video DownloadHelper 7.0.0 is the first Firefox Quantum compatible version of the add-on.
It is an almost complete rewrite of the extension.
Unfortunately, we have been lacking time and not all features could make it to 7.0.0. Within the next few weeks, most features will be back.
Version 6.3.3
Released October 14, 2017 772.6 KiB
Works with Firefox 36.0 - 49.0
This release is the last one of Video DownloadHelper using the legacy Add-on SDK Firefox API.
It does not add nor remove any feature from the previous 6.3.1 version, just ensures the user configuration can be re-used when WebExtensions-based Video DownloadHelper 7.0.0 will be published.
Version 6.3.1
Released May 1, 2017 769.8 KiB
Works with Firefox 36.0 and later
Fixed missing audio on Vimeo videos
You may have noticed that for some time, downloaded videos from Vimeo (or from sites hosting their videos on Vimeo) do not have audio.
This is due a change in their streaming technology and they now stream the audio and video parts of the media separately, as YouTube have been doing for several years.
The Video DownloadHelper workaround is the same as with YouTube: use an external video converter to aggregate audio and video streams into a single audio+video file that can be used by your video player.
We are aware of the inconvenience of having to install an external application, but there is no easy alternative here. Note that once the converter is installed, the process is totally transparent and you end up with a fully playable video without any special action.
If you want to avoid using the converter, you can still use Video DownloadHelper to download separately the two streams (but you will have to find a way to play them together). For doing so, open DownloadHelper settings > More > Chunked streaming, check Advanced. In section DASH streaming, parameter When DASH contains both audio and video lets you choose which stream(s) you want to download. Default is Aggregate audio and video, which implies using the converter but you can change it to choose audio or video only.
Version 6.2.0
Released December 27, 2016 752.7 KiB
Works with Firefox 36.0 and later
Video DownloadHelper detects and captures more videos !
A number of YouTube videos are streamed not only in ADP mode (audio and video in separate streams) but each of those streams in DASH mode (plenty of small segments that need download and rework to create a playable media). Previously, Video DownloadHelper ignored those videos, causing a No media found message to be displayed. With version 6.2.0, you are now offered to download those videos in several quality variants.
HLS-streamed videos have been supported since version 5.5.0 but some servers use encryption on those streams, causing Video DownloadHelper to generate a useless 48 bytes file. This new version supports encrypted HLS.
Important fixes
A number of users complained about not having audio when playing HLS videos using Windows Media Player. This is now fixed and you don't have to use alternative players to hear those videos.
In some cases, HLS captures lead to a file containing only audio. This was due to a bug that has been fixed in this version.
Users with very poor networking conditions like an Internet connection going up and down had a hard time downloading videos, particularly big ones. The new version fixes an issue with chunked downloads not using retries properly, and add a configurable delay between retries.
Version 6.2.0 also fixes an issue with pages containing many videos (like a video-oriented tumblr page). If requesting some downloads and scrolling down to make new videos to be detected, you could lose control of the downloads.
Other fixes and improvements
Clearing errors now have immediate effect on toolbar icon badge
Fixed bug where in some cases the wrong language could be used in the add-on interface
Fixed screen region capture when e10s is enabled
Prevented text selection in main panel. In some conditions, it could be difficult to unselect.
Fixed minor layout issue in download progress bars
Fixed image gallery capture when in e10s mode
Fixed HTML warnings in settings page
Added Russian and Swedish locales
Moved to Angular 1.5.9 to better security
Version 6.1.1a4
Released October 6, 2016 735.2 kB
Works with Firefox 36.0 and later
This version fixes a bug where when on a Mac or Linux, ffmpeg is used instead of libav, the add-on mis-detects the converter to not supporting the VP9. As a result, some YouTube are not detected while they are available.
Version 6.1.0
Released September 15, 2016 717.9 kB
Works with Firefox 36.0 and later
This version handles specifically a few very popular web sites (Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr) in order to display in the add-on download list better titles and/or thumbnails. It is now easier to identify which video to pick if several of them have been detected in the page.
Several fixes and locale updates have been included in the release.
Source code released under Custom License What's this?
Version 6.0.1a4
Released September 10, 2016 572.8 kB
Works with Firefox 36.0 and later
Improved video identification in the list with more accurate thumbnail and/or title, particularly on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr
Fixed unsafe cpow call when e10s enabled
Fixed Twitter video capture when e10s enabled
Source code released under Custom License What's this?
Version 6.0.1a3
Released September 9, 2016 572.4 kB
Works with Firefox 36.0 and later
Improved video identification in the list with more accurate thumbnail and/or title, particularly on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr
Source code released under Custom License What's this?
Version 6.0.1a2
Released September 9, 2016 570.6 kB
Works with Firefox 36.0 and later
Improved video identification in the list with more accurate thumbnail and/or title, particularly on Facebook and Tumblr
Source code released under Custom License What's this?
Version 6.0.1a1
Released September 5, 2016 710.3 kB
Works with Firefox 36.0 and later
Fixed smart-naming to allow obfuscated file names and headers/url-based naming
Updated locales
Source code released under Custom License What's this?
Version 6.0.0
Released August 1, 2016 710.3 kB
Works with Firefox 36.0 and later
Improved main panel user interface
Version 5.6.1a1
Released May 16, 2016 698.8 kB
Works with Firefox 36.0 and later
This development version fixes an annoying bug that prevents some sites using F4F streaming to play the video in the page.
Version 5.6.0
Released May 7, 2016 698.1 kB
Works with Firefox 36.0 and later
Better YouTube support with aggregating mixed VP9 video with Opus audio to Matroska MKV file.
Note this may require updating the Windows converter.
With the new Masked download feature, you can ensure no downloaded video will touch your disk without
being encrypted. Learn more about the Masked Download feature.
You can now use the multi-formats video player that comes with the converter thanks to the new Play action.
Better F4F capture support: you can now choose between several quality variants when available on the server.
Version 5.5.0
Released April 4, 2016 673.7 kB
Works with Firefox 36.0 and later
On March 24th, YouTube made some changes causing Video DownloadHelper not to recognize some videos when logged in. We provided a fix for that within 24 hours under the form of a beta version of the add-on. This 5.5.0 release brings those changes to everyone.
Videos streamed over the chunked protocols HLS (MPEG-TS/MP2T, on sites like Dailymotion and many live streaming sites) and DASH (M4F used on sites like Vimeo) can now be downloaded without the need for the converter. Previous 5.4.x versions had a basic support for those streams, but it was inconvenient (you had to keep the video running) and the converter had to be used to finalize the download to a proper video file. This new version even offer in most cases the choice between several quality variants.
The old list of supported sites (which were not maintained anymore) is back to life. All the listed 1000+ video web sites are alive and are DownloadHelper-compatible. New sites are added weekly. Those lists are hosted on the downloadhelper.net website and no longer managed by the addon.
A long-time request from users with a low quality network connection: automatic download retries. If the download fails in a recoverable way, the add-on tries to resume the download from where it stops. The number of retries before giving up is configurable.
Add-on settings are now managed from with a tab and no longer an add-on panel.
The DownloadHelper icon is now usable from the Firefox options panel.
An option has been added to switch to the tab owning a particular video entry in the panel.
Video entries with long titles can now have the ellipsis (…) at right, left or display over several lines, based on the settings).
Fixes from previous 5.4.2 version:
Fixed filename overwriting on simultaneous captures
Fixed YouTube ADP variants that could generate aggregation errors
Fixed gallery downloads with spaces in file names
Fixed canceling download from Firefox manager cancels entry download in add-on
Fixed wrong video window ownership when popup is launched at video start
Fixed download list showing chunks on YouTube when smartnaming default was set to header/url or obfuscated
Version 5.4.2
Released October 16, 2015 623.2 kB
Works with Firefox 36.0 and later
fix for Dailymotion change on October 11th
added zh-TW (traditional Chinese) locale
Version 5.4.1
Released August 10, 2015 613.9 kB
Works with Firefox 36.0 and later
Version 5.3.1
Released May 25, 2015 576.3 kB
Works with Firefox 36.0 and later
Source code released under Custom License What's this?
Version 5.3.0
Released May 6, 2015 576.2 kB
Works with Firefox 36.0 and later
Video DownloadHelper 5.3.0 introduces a new capture method we call Screen Capture, or SCRAP in some UI places, which consists of taking snapshots of a browser window region at high-frequency, and encode them on the fly, using the converter, to create a video file.
This capture method is used in two new features:
Browsing session capture: an easy way to make web sites demo videos. The add-on captures the visible part of a browser window and optionally, is able to highlight the mouse.
Applet capture: the add-on analyzes the loaded page to detect Flash and video regions big enough to be considered as capturable content and creates new entries in the detected hits list. Passing the mouse over those entries highlights the related region in the page so you know what you are about to capture.
Other minor fixes and additions:
optionally use browser's default download directory instead of VDH specific one
optionally display VDH controls from the Tools menu
optionally allows prefixing gallery captured files with incremental number
MP2T capture can now be configured from the settings
conversion output profiles can now be configured from the settings
if converter is not installed, place ADP variants detected from the network at the bottom of the list
Version 5.2.0
Released April 19, 2015 548.3 kB
Works with Firefox 36.0 and later
This version brings a number of new features and fixes:
MP2T Streaming capture: record some chunked streamed videos
Twitter Periscope Auto-recorder: auto-capture Periscope live streams
Toolbar button modes: main toolbar button in now optional
Optional main panel compact display mode
Improved smartnaming including obfuscated file names
New localizations
e10s compatible
Many fixes
Version 5.1.2
Released March 31, 2015 500.9 kB
Works with Firefox 36.0 and later
Version 5.0.1
Released March 11, 2015 410.6 kB
Works with Firefox 36
Video DownloadHelper 5 is a completely rewrite of version 4.9.24.
It fixes the problem 4.9.24 had with downloading since Firefox 36, provide an entirely new user interface, many more video variants, ..
Version 4.9.24
Released September 5, 2014 779.7 kB
Works with Firefox 3.6 and later, SeaMonkey 2.0 and later
Fixed broken network method detection when running on Firefox 32
Version 4.9.23
Released August 8, 2014 779.5 kB
Works with Firefox 3.6 and later, SeaMonkey 2.0 and later
Fixed Youtube videos not being detected starting August 7th
Version 4.9.22
Released March 24, 2014 779.4 KB
Works with Firefox 3.6 and later, SeaMonkey 2.0 and later
Fixed unresponsive toolbar button in Australis (new Firefox 29 beta user interface)
Fixed a number of issues with YouTube
Version 4.9.21
Released August 13, 2013 778.0 KB
Works with Firefox 3.0 and later, SeaMonkey 2.0 and later
Improved YouTube support (bug #536, bug #554)
Improved DailyMotion support (bug #546)
Source code released under Custom License What's this?
Version 4.9.17
Released July 17, 2013 776.4 KB
Works with Firefox 3.0 and later, SeaMonkey 2.0 and later
Fixed bug #536: some Youtube videos download as empty file.
Fixed bug #546: Dailymotion videos do not download anymore.
Version 4.9.15
Released May 28, 2013 774.6 KB
Works with Firefox 3.0 and later, SeaMonkey 2.0 and later
Fixed bug #518: some Youtube features (liking, commenting, ..), unavailable when VDH is enabled, since May 25th.
Fixed bug #525: default toolbar icon location.
Version 4.9.14
Released February 22, 2013 774.6 KB
Works with Firefox 3.0 and later, SeaMonkey 2.0 and later
Fixed bug #496: Downloads do not show in Firefox Downloads dialog. This is particularly an issue since Firefox 19.
Added video file size prior to download in entry tooltip as per bug #474. This does not work for YouTube and DailyMotion specific capture methods.
Version 4.9.13
Released January 8, 2013 774.4 KB
Works with Firefox 3.0 and later, SeaMonkey 2.0 and later
Fixed bug #477: DailyMotion support
Fixed DailyMotion URLs to capture entire video instead of chunks
Added direct access to DailyMotion quality variants (as for YouTube)
Added support for the new Firefox window-based privacy feature: bug #819378¨
Version 4.9.12
Released November 21, 2012 771.7 KB
Works with Firefox 3.0 and later, SeaMonkey 2.0 and later
Added MP3 192kbps as a default output format in the converter.
Fixed bug #470: add-on not acting to download requests when configuration parameter 'Extended download menu' was unset.
Fixed bug #467: added support for avconv converter (Linux/Mac only).
Fixed bug #471: not working on Firefox Autora and nightly in some situations.
Fixed bug #438: gallery capture fails to recognize media urls ending with extra-spaces.
Version 4.9.11
Released October 31, 2012 771.3 KB
Works with Firefox 3.0 and later, SeaMonkey 2.0 and later
Added MP3 192kbps as a default output format in the converter.
Video DownloadHelper now works again on Firefox Autora and nightly.
Fixed a memory leak creating zombie compartments when visiting a page containing a downloadable gallery inside an iframe.
Fixed double-pass video conversion.
Updated locales.
Version 4.9.10
Released September 15, 2012 771.1 KB
Works with Firefox 3.0 and later, SeaMonkey 2.0 and later
After some changes in YouTube on September 14th, Video DownloadHelper was not able to download any video from this site, except the WEBM version while using the YouTube HTML5 mode. This is fixed in this addon version.
After some changes in YouTube on August 6th, a number of users reported that all downloads were failing. This was caused by a a Youtube-generated cookie. The workaround consisting of clearing the cookies before downloading was not very convenient. This addon version takes care of that issue.
Earlier this year, some other changes at YouTube caused the FLV videos downloaded through the 'network' method to have a fixed 1.7MB size and being unplayable. This is now taken care of.
Version 4.9.9
Released March 29, 2012 764.9 KB
Works with Firefox 3.0 - 13.*, SeaMonkey 2.0 - 2.10.*
Fixed bug #405: Unnecessary console message.
Fixed bug #731906: Add-on causes zombie compartments.
Made add-on compatible up to Aurora (Firefox 13).
Version 4.9.8
Released December 17, 2011 764.9 KB
Added YouTube WebM formats as per bug #398 request: To enable those formats, go to DownloadHelper preferences, section Capture, tab YouTube. For each variant you want to have available, select the corresponding entry in the list and click Enable.
Fixed bug #381: No in-page widget in YouTube https pages.
Fixed bug #393: History window does not sort items.
Fixed bug #384: Cannot change size threshold detection.
Fixed bug #401: SmartNamer console error message.
Made add-on compatible up to Aurora (Firefox 10).
Added Hebrew and Lithuanian locales and major update for the 27 others.
Version 4.9.7
Released November 10, 2011 683.0 KB
Fixed bug #385: Firefox 8.0 broke the video conversion feature.
Fixed bug #386: Firefox 8.0 broke the direct screen capture feature.
Fixed bug #381: Cannot download videos when accessing YouTube in https.
Updated Japanese locale.
Version 4.9.6
Released October 26, 2011 682.0 KB
Fixed bug #309: Memory leak when closing a tab.
Fixed bug #375: QuickDownload and SmartNaming not working on iframe-based embedded videos.
Fixed bug #370: Updating the list of supported file extensions requires a restart of the browser.
Updated compatibility up to Firefox 9.
Updated locales
Version 4.9.5 August 12, 2011 681.0 KB
On August 3rd, YouTube modified their pages, making DownloadHelper fail to recognize alternative quality variants of the currently playing video. Version 4.9.5 fixes that problem.
Updated locales.
Version 4.9.4 July 25, 2011 681.0 KB
Fixed bug #361: Using the social share feature produces an error.
Fixed bug #355: Link license validation not working anymore.
Fixed bug #359: Download counters should be optional.
Fixed bug #360: Not compatible with Firefox 7.
Fixed bug #358: Download counters may disappear.
Implemented bug #354: Notify user about failed YouTube downloads because of cookies being disabled in Firefox.
Implemented bug #356: Allow users to change the file extension prior to downloading.
Version 4.9.3 June 19, 2011 671.7 KB
Fixed missing toolbar dropmarker arrow in some cases
Fixed broken SmartNaming definition
Version 4.9.1 June 16, 2011 671.7 KB
Fixed bug #335: Toolbar icon does not activate.
Fixed bug #337: Wrong key mapping.
Version 4.9 June 12, 2011 670.7 KB
Introduced new capture method as a beta feature: direct screen capture. This makes Video DownloadHelper compatible with any site displaying videos with a flash player. Check details here, http://www.downloadhelper.net/screen-capture.php
Improved contribution of the add-on the browser startup time.
Fixed bug #332: Cannot add IP addresses to the black list.
Fixed bug #328: When renamed, downloaded file looses its file extension.
Fixed bug #322: Javascript error in dhCore.
Version 4.8.6 March 28, 2011 620.5 KB
Fixed bug #303: Change at YouTube:
cannot download some high-quality videos anymore.
Fixed bug #304: Using Firefox 4, the converter process crashes
on Windows when not registered.
Updated Korean locale
Version 4.8.4 March 11, 2011 622.6 KB
* Fixed bug #266: Conversion fails to launch in Firefox 4. The bug was reopened after a change in Firefox 4.0b12.
* Fixed bug #300: Cannot extract video formats from some YouTube pages.
* Fixed bug #293: Console error on social share feature usage.
* Fixed bug #286: Undesired gap at the right of the toolbar icon.
* Fixed bug #216: YouTube 4096p format renamed to 4K.
Version 4.8.3 February 12, 2011 621.6 KB
Fixed bug #266: Video Converter fails to launch in Firefox 4.
Fixed bug #187: Conversion does not support file with non-ascii characters in the path (fix only available on Firefox 4).
Fixed bug #290: Cannot download anything if the black list is empty.
Fixed bug #292: YouTube in-page widget does not display on Firefox 4.
Fixed bug #280: File name formatting error when numerical entity is encountered.
Fixed bug #278: Download helper doesn't keep download location in private mode.
Fixed bug #245: Quick download notification readability.
Version 4.8.2 January 7, 2011 606 KB
* Added SocialShare, a new Video DownloadHelper service to share a video page over a number of social services: Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon, Buzz, Digg, Del.icio.us, ..The former Twitter service, which was broken since the last change in the Twitter API, has been removed from the add-on, closing bug #237
* On December 1st, changes on YouTube made the &fmt=18 trick obsolete for getting the standard MP4 version. 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.
* Added new default conversion configuration for Samsung Galaxy Tab
* Fixed bug #250: Icon layout Issue - bar deformation.
* Fixed bug #254: Better file name management when using with FlashGot.
* Fixed bug #247: Gallery capture: Files with spaces in the name get saved with %20 instead of a space.
* Fixed bug #258: On Linux, menu popups do not close when clicking the video entry.
* Added sv-SE (Swedish) locale.
* Removed minor errors appearing in the console.
* Minor layout fixes
Version 4.8.1 October 14, 2010557 KB
Fixed bug #226: Broken in Firefox 4.0 beta 2.
Fixed bug #218: On some YouTube videos, available HQ formats were not detected.
Fixed bug #246: Toolbar icon displayed incorrectly after removing it from the toolbar.
Fixed bug #245: More readable quick download notifications.
Fixed bug #234: Quick download key not working anymore.
Fixed bug #225: Lossless conversion support.
Fixed bug #227: Preserve CJK filenames not working.
Version 4.8 July 26, 2010
On July 21st-22nd, some changes on YouTube servers broke the capability to download any specific quality variant of the video being watched.
We immediately worked at finding a solution and adapt to the new system. We are now happy to release this 4.8 version, but this implied changes in the way DownloadHelper works, that you must be aware of.
Format HQ18, corresponding to standard quality MP4 format, is no longer directly available. However, you can still download this format by reloading the entire YouTube page adding &fmt=18 to the page URL address. 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 .mp4 in the download menu. 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.
Version 4.7.4 July 12, 2010 584 KB
* Fixed bug #180: Downloadhelper Menu no longer displays HQ18/22/35/37 on YouTube.
* Fixed bug #196: Descriptive labels for YouTube HQ versions in download menu. You can define the prefix you want to be displayed in the addon preferences, section Capture, tab YouTube.
* Fixed bug #188: SmartNaming menu is now integrated into the DownloadHelper system menu, hence can be accessed from toolbar/statusbar icon right click and Tools menus. In the context menu, the SmartNaming option does not appear at the top level anymore, but under the DownloadHelper entry.
* Fixed bug #205: Video title and DownloadHelper icon mostly clipped in YouTube.
* Fixed bug #176: When setting the icon click action to Open download menu, the toolbar icon and its dropmarker (the little triangle) are now a single clickable widget.
* Fixed bug #177: If the icon click action is set to Open download menu and the download list is empty (gray icon), clicking on the icon does not open an empty menupopup anymore.
* Fixed bug #185: You now have the capability to perform a regular download (through the Save File dialog) when clicking on the icon.
* Fixed bug #182: DownloadHelper can now perform link (bulk) captures from YouTube subscription pages.
* Fixed bug #125: Fixed youtube HQ resolutions displayed in the preferences.
* Fixed bug #189: Smart naming option to use webpage title as default.
* Fixed bug #213: ' shown on some videos.
* Fixed bug #211: Added support for new youtube hq38 (aka 4096p, aka 4k). Fixed hq34 and hq35 showing as mono instead of stereo.
* Fixed bug #210: Made compatible with Firefox 4.0b1.
* Defined better quality for default conversion format (WMV for Windows Media Player).
* Added Romanian locale.
* Updated other locales
Version 4.7.3 — April 15, 2010 — 564 KB
* Fixed bug #159: Donwload from YouTube by right button menu not working anymore.
* Fixed bug #148: Donwloads from YouTube sometimes generate empty files.
* Fixed bug #165: Can't watch video in history window in Firefox 3.6 and later.
* Fixed bug #160 (1): SmartName advanced section lacks a shortcut to specify the page title as file name.
* Fixed bug #160 (2): SmartName cuts off begining (instead of end) of long file names.
* Implemented feature request #35: Clicking on the toolbar icon should open the menu. 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 3.0 and later.
* Fixed bug #169: Cannot download videos when on Firefox 1.5.
Version 4.7.2 — March 20, 2010 — 582 KB
Fixed bug #144: Loosing download directory settings.
Version 4.7.1 — March 6, 2010 — 582 KB
* Implemented a workaround to solve a major issue on YouTube when using a firewall - by the way, don't use Kaspersky !. This closes bug #5 and bug #133. The symptoms were videos taking minutes to start loading or some YouTube pages showing Don't know how to handle application.octet-stream message.
* Fixed bug #118: Quick download notification is not displayed at the right time.
* Fixed bug #129: DownloadHelper needs to honor the private browsing settings when showing the Save As dialog.
* Fixed bug #39: SmartName context menu broken layout on Vista.
* Fixed bug #124: Status bar widget not being displayed if toolbar not set in popup.
* Fixed bug #116: Can't resize download queue window on Mac.
* Fixed bug #84: Same video downloaded twice using YouTube link download feature.
* Fixed bug #114: Downloadhelper fails to pick up Video download title when download is from YouTube Channel page.
* Fixed bug #117: Comment displayed when SmartNaming is disabled.
* Fixed bug #122: Embedded widget does not appear in new youtube pages.
* Fixed bug #132: When using FlashGot, console spammed with canHandle() messages, CPU thrashes.
* Updated locales
Version 4.7 — January 15, 2010 — 561 KB
* Implemented multiple simultaneous downloads: Up to now, you had to choose between downloading files one by one (the default), or start a download as soon as it was requested, which could badly affect your bandwidth when visiting other pages. 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.
* Implemented bug #38: Requesting a quick download should display a notification
* Fixed (reopened) bug #6: Cannot save files containing the backslash character in the name
* Fixed bug #106: SmartName error in console
* Fixed bug #86: When added to black list, corresponding should be removed immediately from the download menu
* Fixed bug #113: If smartname provides a too big description, Firefox hangs in tweet this video
* Made compatible with Songbird 1.4.1 to 1.6a.
* Updated locales.
Version 4.6.5 — November 19, 2009 — 555 KB
* Fixed bug #71: Handle new YouTube high-quality format HQ37 (1920x1080). Note that to be recognized, this format must be enabled in the DownloadHelper preferences, section Capture, tab YouTube.
* Fixed bug #47: Some YouTube pages loosing possible capture because of late frame load in YouTube ads.
* Fixed bug #55: Network capture fails if file name contains a colon.
* Fixed bug #58: Download failure when YouTube video has a colon in the title.
* Fixed bug #49: Gallery download deletes an existing folder.
* Fixed bug #50: Downloadhelper fails to pick up video download title when download is from Channel page.
* Fixed bug #41: Striking color for adult sites list. Adult sites names are now shown in red.
* Made compatible with Seamonkey 2.0.
* Added Sinhala (Sri Lanka) locale.
* Updated other locales.
Version 4.6.4 — October 7, 2009 — 542 KB
From 4.6.2 to 4.6.3:
* Added the capability to perform a Quick Download operation of the currently viewed media when clicking on the icon (either in the toolbar or the statusbar). The default is still to display the supported sites list and can be changed from the preferences.
* Added alert message when failing to create the output file.
* Added .mp4 in the list of possible extensions when defining a conversion rule.
* Added Arabic locale.
* Fixed bug #28: Media capture method could lockup Firefox for a while if the page contains too many links. The number of links to be handled is now 50 by default and can be changed from the preferences.
* Fixed bug #16: Smart naming not working in the history.
* Fixed bug #33: Smart naming not working for gallery capture.
* Fixed bug #8: Supported sites dialog opens collapsed after Customize toolbars has been used.
* Fixed bug #26: Download a YouTube video containing the character ' caused the download to fail on Windows. Also fixed similar issue with character.
From 4.6.3 to 4.6.4:
* Passwords for Twitter and MP3Tunes features are now stored in the login manager and not in the preferences anymore.
Version 4.6.2 — August 18, 2009 — 536 KB
Updated YouTube capture method to cope with August 17th change at YouTube.
Version 4.6.1 — August 14, 2009 — 536 KB
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IMPORTANT: Since today (August 13th), a change in YouTube servers has made DownloadHelper unable to detect and capture files other than standard FLV, in particular MP4 format cannot be retrieved. 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.mozilla.org to complain about this problem, this would be counter-productive.
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UPDATE ON THE YOUTUBE ISSUE (August 14th): we released a fix for the YouTube bug that is currently being reviewed by addons.mozilla.org admins. Until it goes public, you can get this new version from http://www.downloadhelper.net/install-beta.php?version=4.6.1
You can report on this new version at http://www.downloadhelper.net/support.php
* Updated the YouTube capture method that was no longer working due to a change in YouTube pages.
* Fixed bug introduced with the SmartNaming feature where YouTube high-quality format (like [HQ18] was no longer displayed in the menus.
* Fixed bug with SmartNaming causing the context menu entry SmartNaming still appearing while the feature was disabled.
* Added Danish and Slovenian locales.
* Updated other locales.
Version 4.6 — July 16, 2009 — 507 KB
* Added the capability to tweet a video over Twitter. If you don't know yet about Twitter, it is a micro-blogging service that has become outstandingly popular for the past few months. Learn more here: http://www.downloadhelper.net/twitter.php
* Added default Smart Naming database (importing the latest database from DownloadHelper preferences, section Capture, tab Smart Naming is still a good idea)
* Fixed compatibility of the Smart Naming feature with some menu redrawing extensions like CuteMenus.
* Fixed Smart Naming feature for file names when the video title is too long.
* Fixed minor issues
Version 4.5 — June 29, 2009 — 487 KB
* Here is an improvement that has been requested by many users for a long time: getting a meaningful default file name instead of just a serie of digits that you get from most sites. Details about the Smart Naming feature are there: http://www.downloadhelper.net/smartname.php
* Filtered out some special characters in file names when using the Capture from YouTube link(s) method
* Updated locales
Version 4.4.1 — May 15, 2009 — 464 KB
* Fixed broken gallery capture.
* Fixed YouTube widget menu: the menu attached to the widget was misplaced, due to a bug in Gecko (Firefox layout engine), revealed by a change in YouTube page structure. This was causing the Quick Download service to be started immediately instead of giving the menu choice.
* Fixed exception in converter path setting (this could occur on non-Windows platforms only).
* Updated locales.
Version 4.4 — May 11, 2009 — 464 KB
* Extended download menu: when you move the mouse over the videos in the download menu, you can see a sub-menu giving direct access to all possible actions you can take on this media (Download, Download & Convert, Copy url to clipboard, ..). 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.
* The History feature now also tracks MP4 files, not only FLV.
* Added Czech locale.
Version 4.3 — April 9, 2009 — 463 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.6a1pre
- added black list feature to ignore notifications from videos from some sites (e.g. advertisement videos)
- added 'search videos' feature in extension system menu
- several minor UI improvement
Version 4.2 — March 2, 2009 — 442 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.6a1pre
* All known YouTube high quality formats are now handled.
* MP3Tunes services, such as sending a video directly to your mobile phone, are fully integrated with the capability to upload the audio track and/or the full video.
* Added mobile phone 3GP pre-defined conversion format. Click here to add this format to your list of configurations.
* Fixed 'Media' sub-menu disappearing suddenly in the Tools and context menus.
* Added Russian locale.
* Several minor fixes.
Version 4.1 — February 8, 2009 — 423 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.6a1pre
* New drop-down menu widget integrated into YouTube pages to give instant access to available services.
* New pre-defined video conversion MOV format for QuickTime.
* Fixed display of the preferences dialog on Firefox 2.0
* Integrated MP3Tunes services (send to mobile phone, to private locker). The feature is still in beta and must be enabled from the preferences.
* Added Bulgarian locale.
* Several minor fixes.
Version 4.0.2 — January 20, 2009 — 397 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.6a1pre
* Fixed broken preferences dialog on MacOSX.
* Fixed downloading files from history.
* Fixed saving YouTube videos with unicode characters in the name.
* Fixed saving from YouTube links with video name containing a slash.
* Fixed issue that could cause context menu to misbehave: dictionaries disappearing, Paste command no longer being shown, ..
* It is now possible to download from YouTube page links when in 'Subscriptions' page
* Removed error messages in error console.
* Updated locales.
Version 4.0.1 — January 14, 2009 — 390 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.1b2
Fixes issue with pt-BR (Brazilian Portuguese) and pl-PL (Polish) locales.
Version 4.0 — January 5, 2009 — 390 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.1b2
* Complete rewrite of the DownloadHelper core engine to allow new detection methods (like RTMP in a next version) and new services to be applied to detected media (like sending the audio track of a video directly to your mobile phone in the next version).
* Holding the CTRL key while clicking on an entry in the menu gives access to all available services.
* Services can be directly accessed with configurable accelerator keys.
* Extension preferences have been entirely redesigned for an easier configuration.
* Smaller footprint of the watermark when converting videos while unregistered.
* Entries in the download menu corresponding to a media from the currently displayed page now appear in bold.
* New pre-defined video conversion format for Zune (only appears on new DownloadHelper installs, on existing extension setup, check the conversion configurations page to add this format).
* Several minor bugs fixed.
Version 3.5.1 — November 25, 2008 — 318 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.1b2
* Fixed a remaining bug that could prevent downloading from YouTube.
* Updated locales.
Version 3.5 — November 21, 2008 — 318 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.1b2pre
* Added a safe mode to enforce child protection. When you switch DownloadHelper to this mode, it becomes impossible to access explicit content sites from either the extension or our web site.
* Added a pre-defined mode for converting to iPhone. This mode is directly accessible for new installations, otherwise you can load the iPhone mode from page http://www.downloadhelper.net/conversion-configs.php .
* Fixed a bug introduced in 3.4 causing in some cases YouTube downloads to save 0 bytes files.
* Fixed an issue causing some videos to be missed when using YouTube bulk downloads from selected links.
* Removed some error console warnings displayed when in 'strict' mode.
* Updated/fixed some locales
Version 3.4 — November 4, 2008 — 304 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.1b2pre
* When in a YouTube page, if the video has a high-quality version, a new entry (HQ) is automatically shown in the download menu to get directly this video version.
* When using the YouTube bulk download (select a set of links to YouTube pages, right click, choose Download video(s) from YouTube link(s)), the high-quality version of the videos are downloaded if available.
* Default video conversion format is for Windows Media Player.
* Fixed minor bugs (conversion configuration handler and license auto-registering).
Version 3.3 — October 2, 2008 — 301 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0.*
* Video conversion configurations can now be named, shared and installed in a simple click.
* Scanning pages to discover media links has been optimized for better performances on slow computers / large pages.
* Sizes in the preferences dialog has been fixed
* Service prompting now does not pause the download workflow
* Updated pt-BR locale
Version 3.2.2 — September 11, 2008 — 291 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0.*
* New conversion configurations have been added: regular MPEG and WMV
* Video conversion to iPod has been fixed
* The height of the DownloadHelper icon in the status bar has been fixed
* Vietnamese locale added
* This version of DownloadHelper is now compatible with Songbird 0.7.0
Version 3.2 — July 22, 2008 — 281 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0.*
* The DownloadHelper icon can now be displayed in the status bar (check parameter 'Show in status bar' in the extension preferences)
* It is now possible to setup a minimum file size to prevent some false hits (setup parameter Trigger minimum size in the preferences)
* Default Quick download key (to capture the media currently playing) is now CTRL+ALT+Q (former CTRL+ALT+D was used by another function)
* Quick download and Open download folder keys are now configurable from extension preferences
* Fixed issue on a few sites where FLV files went through the conversion rule list
* Added Songbird 0.7pre compatibility
* Fixed German locale
Version 3.1.1 — July 8, 2008 — 277 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0.*
* Added notification on conversion job termination (Firefox 3 only)
* Added quick download feature: CTRL+SHIFT+D when a video is playing in the current browser page
* Added open download folder feature: CTRL+SHIFT+O to open the download folder
* Updated German and Chinese locales
* Fixed bug making Firefox crash when the converter queue window was open while a conversion was in progress
* Fixed multi-passes conversion
* Fixed toolbar icon height when in Use small icons toolbar mode
* Fixed encoding error on conversion rule names
* Fixed storage folder having non-ascii characters
* Fixed download from history
* Fixed AJAX page display
Version 3.1 — June 24, 2008 — 268 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0.*
* Added Video Conversion feature (see details)
* CTRL+SHIFT+click on the entry in the download menu bypasses the File Saving dialog
* Icon default location in toolbar is now at the left of the URL bar (to prevent bug #403959)
* Fixed several minor bugs
Version 3.0.4 — May 9, 2008 — 202 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0.*
* Fixed issue with downloading videos from YouTube resulting into an empty file or a 345 bytes file decribing a bad access. 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.
* Updated Portuguese locale
* Fixed about dialog in Finnish locale
Version 3.0.3 — March 11, 2008 — 202 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0.*
* Storing media files to cache is now forced, making DownloadHelper compatible with more sites
* Fixed cache access
* Compatibility with Firefox 3.0b4
* Updated fi-FI locales
Version 3.0.2 — March 1, 2008 — 202 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0b3
* Fixed issue with MediaLink method (gallery capture) sometimes not detecting links
* Fixed problem with cache, causing some sites to be incompatible with DH
* Fixed download count reporting on Firefox 3.0
* Updated de-DE, nl-NL and zh-CN locales
Version 3.0.1 — February 26, 2008 — 201 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0b3
Version 3.0 introduces major architectural changes into DownloadHelper that will allow new exciting features in the next releases. However, the interface remains the same for the older features.
* The FLV videos you start viewing can now be remembered. 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'. Please note that the History is currently limited to FLV videos
* The number of duplicate entries in the download menu has seriously been reduced
* Fixed capture of MP3 galleries
* Fixed memory leaks when closing popups
experimental
Version 3.0 — February 26, 2008 — 201 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0b3
Version 3.0 introduces major architectural changes into DownloadHelper that will allow new exciting features in the next releases. However, the interface remains the same for the older features.
* The FLV videos you start viewing can now be remembered. 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'. Please note that the History is currently limited to FLV videos
* The number of duplicate entries in the download menu has seriously been reduced
* Fixed capture of MP3 galleries
* Fixed memory leaks when closing popups
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Version 2.6.1 — January 23, 2008 — 188 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0b2
* Fixed issue with file names using non-latin characters
* Fixed compatibility issue with FlashGot 0.7.5
* Updated Turkish locale
Version 2.6 — January 10, 2008 — 188 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0b2
* You can now monitor the download queue and delete requested downloads before they start. To use this feature, right-click on the DownloadHelper icon and use the 'Download Queue' entry in the menu.
* Files detected using the MediaResp method now can get a better default name.
* Support for Firefox 3.0b2
Version 2.5.3 — December 8, 2007 — 178 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0b1
Fixed a bug that causes Firefox to freeze when opening the extension preferences. This happens on some configurations only.
Version 2.5.2 — December 6, 2007 — 178 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0b1
* The MediaLink method can now be disabled from the extension preferences. 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'.
* Updated description for MediaWeight method.
Version 2.5.1 — November 22, 2007 — 177 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0b1
* This version can now install on Firefox 3.0b1, as requested by many users.
* Fixed bug where capturing YouTube videos from their page links did not work on localized versions of YouTube (de.youtube.com, fr.youtube.com, ..).
* Updated pt-BR and pl-PL locales.
Version 2.5 — November 9, 2007 — 177 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a2
* Added a new method, called MediaWeight, for detecting video and audio media. It is based on the size of the loaded files, assuming that a video is much bigger than a HTML, javascript, CSS or image documents. 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 .flv but not always). You will probably have to change the file extension in the Save file dialog.
* The Supported sites window that shows up when you click on the icon can now be resized, as several users reported issues with this window being stucked to a tiny size.
* The Plugin method is now disabled by default as it was giving too many false hits in the download menu. 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.
Version 2.4.5 — October 17, 2007 — 174 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a2
* Added a new sortable column in the list of supported sites. The 'Content interest' rating is based on the average time spent by users on listed video sites (as collected from www.downloadhelper.net). This gives a very relevant indication of the quality and richness of the site's content.
* Fixed potential issue with file names using special characters
* Fixed bug with default download directory always created in the user's home directory
Version 2.4.3 — September 24, 2007 — 174 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a2
* Fixed a bug causing DownloadHelper to stop working when the current storage directory becomes unwritable. In this case, the default storage directory is automatically used.
* Fixed Italian translation
* Fixed broken About dialog in German locale
* Fixed download file permissions on Unix systems
Version 2.4.2 — September 7, 2007 — 173 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a2
* Fixed a bug that prevented getting the home directory on some WinXP platforms. As the result of this issue, clicking an entry in the download menu did not do anything (Thanks Nick Fisherrman).
* Fixed Finnish translation
Version 2.4.1 — August 26, 2007 — 173 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a2
* Fixed YouTube access by video name and by link, following YouTube changes on August 23rd
* MediaResp now accepts audio/xxx mime-types
* Fixed Polish translation
Version 2.4 — August 21, 2007 — 173 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a2
* Files are now taken from the browser cache when available
* Added support for www.megavideo.com
* Added capability to disable the download count cookie from the preferences
* Added .divx as mediareq file extension by default. 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.
* Fix for working on country-specific versions of YouTube
Version 2.3.4 — August 1, 2007 — 173 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a2
Fixed a bug affecting MediaResp method on some sites, in particular YouTube
Version 2.3.3 — July 24, 2007 — 173 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a2
* Adaptation to YouTube new interface
* Now works with www.megarotic.com
* File length auto-limitation now set to 64 characters instead of 32
* Fixed truncated file name extension on long file names
* Cookie export of download counts
* Fixed Turkish locale
* Added Finnish locale
* Added Traditional Chinese locale
* Added Korean locale
Version 2.3.2 — June 26, 2007 — 161 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a2
- fixed permission of downloaded files
- fixed issue with very long file names (www.imeem.com)
- fixed issue preventing some windows to open when using some themes (like Metal Lion Vista)
Version 2.3.1 — June 11, 2007 — 161 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a2
- Fixed German locale
- Fixed support for www.break.com
Version 2.3 — June 6, 2007 — 161 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a2
* Added a new method for capturing videos based on viewer plugin recognition: works with Windows Media Player, Quicktime and Realmedia plugins.
* Added the capability to only the media file's URL to the clipboard. Try CTRL+click on the menu entry. The URL can then be copied to an external download manager with CTRL+V.
* Added support for non-ascii characters in YouTube file names (check preferences).
* Added locale for Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Slovak and Turkish
Version 2.2.1 — March 26, 2007 — 137 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a2
* Fixed corrupted about dialog for es-ES, it-IT, pt-BR, de-DE and nl-NL locales
* Fixed error message happening sometimes when closing browser
Version 2.2 — March 23, 2007 — 137 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5b1 – 3.0a2
* Added filter for adult sites
* Added locale for German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch
* Adding download menu into context menu is optional
* Added support for mp3 files by default
* Workaround for gallery sites that prevent hotlinking
* Fixed memory leaks
* Fixed crash on some Linux configurations
* Fixed initial site list sorting
Version 2.1 — March 23, 2007 — 137 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5b1 – 3.0a2
* Added filter for adult sites
* Added locale for German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch
* Adding download menu into context menu is optional
* Added support for mp3 files by default
* Workaround for gallery sites that prevent hotlinking
* Fixed memory leaks
* Fixed crash on some Linux configurations
* Fixed initial site list sorting
Version 2.0 — February 4, 2007 — 118 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a2
- Version 2.0 introduces community review of supported sites. Users can now rate and comment sources, directly from the extension. To do so, click on the DownloadHelper icon.
Version 1.96 — December 24, 2006 — 156 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0a2
- download requests now appear in 'Save as' dialog
- welcome/update pages display in new tab
- remove potential issue on button clicked
- support for firefox 3.0a2
Version 1.95 — December 12, 2006 — 155 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 2.0.0.*
- Fix bug where file being downloaded appeared in the download menu
- Fix empty storage directory
- Improved graphics
- Several minor fixes

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Review by AVR2 on Dec 18, 2013 Version: 4.9.21 OS: MacOSX Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 1/10 Value for money: 4/10 Overall: 5/10

Review by V1de0Luvr on Jul 3, 2013 Version: 4.9.15 OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 1/10