Video Downloading Add-On For Firefox

For those of us, who really wanted to download videos from youtube or youtube-like sites, it was always searching for some good video capturing software or searching the torrents. But popular web browser Firefox had an excellent add-on for this purpose. The name of the Add-On is Video DownloadHelper. The Add-On actually takes a few seconds of downloading and then restart Firefox, and you are ready to rock.

After installing the Add-On, it creates an icon at the left side of the address bar. The icon consists of three different coloured balls (Red, Yellow and Blue). Whenever you are playing a video in Firefox, DownloadHelper detects it and the icon animates and an drop down arrow is visible between the address bar and the DownloadHelper icon. Upon clicking the arrow, options for downloading the video shows up. Selecting the desired type reveals an explorer windows to save the video on the hard drive. What’s more, before download you can convert those videos to another format too. It also extends it’s capturing abilities to photo slides and streaming audio.

Look at the photo below to locate the icon in the Firefox window.

Here are some details of the Add-On:

Name: DownloadHelper

Latest Version: 4.9.7

Developed by: mig.

For more info click here.

But there is one suggestion. If you can afford download ‘Internet Download Manager’, it’s the best for downloading streaming media and also supports bandwidth optimization. To know more keep watching this space.

Thank You.