Used to be ok, now it doesn't work and they still ask money

Used to be good addon

Exlence

I found this extension and used on Win10 with Firefox and was helpful. I am satisfied !

I'm deeply disappointed with the developers decision to charge $30.50 for a premium wrapper for ffmpeg. So I am leaving this review to help others understand what you are actually buying for $30.50 (or the subscription fee).

To be fair to the Developer: Paul and his team built a very polished Link Sniffer and a nice UI. They also updated the 'Companion App' to handle HLS streams smoothly. For a non-technical user, this convenience has some value.

The 'Red Pill' Reality: However, the 'engine' doing the heavy lifting (downloading & converting) is still just FFmpeg, which is free, open-source software built by volunteers. You are essentially paying $30 for a dashboard that drives a free car.

Why $4.99 is the fair price: You are paying for the convenience of not using a command line. That is worth a cup of coffee ($5), not the price of a full AAA game ($30).

How to do it yourself for free (The steps they don't want you to know): If you have 5 minutes, you can replicate this 'Premium' functionality for $0:

Option A (Web-based & Clean): Use cobalt[dot]tools. Unlike other sites, it has NO ads and NO trackers. (Pro Tip: Smart users run uBlock Origin anyway, which makes the free web safer than many paid apps).

Option B (Power User):

Install 'The Stream Detector' (Firefox addon) to sniff the links just like this extension does.

Click it -> select 'Copy yt-dlp command'.

Paste that into your terminal with yt-dlp (free open source).

Verdict: Great UI, but the 'magic' is free elsewhere. Save your money unless you are allergic to keyboards.

It's with a heavy heart, I've updated my 2 year - 5 star review by changing it to a 1 star. 😞

Yeah, absolutely no one wants videos with watermarks added.

In order to actually be used, requires another program to be downloaded.

Feliz tarde! O Video DownloadHelper me ajuda muito nos estudos, me permite rever os vídeos com tranquilidade. Gratidão. Parabéns! Namastê

Works very well and fast. Using since 2020. 2024 Even better.

Works on almost every website flawlessly.

Video DownloadHelper is a great add-on that allows me to reliably download the content I need in one place.

simple and free

scam... it simply doesn't work unless you install an companion app on your computer, stay away form it