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I am regularily using to download video, to watch them later when in transit. The best part of this plugin is that it reliably detect any video or audio on the page, and allow the downloading of it.But I am now searching for a alternative, because they are pushing harder and harder to install their 'ConvertHelper' (FFMpeg rebranded), which I don't trust at all, is now 'neccessary' to download video that were easily downloadable without some month ago, and is a paying, closed source product. (And let's not talk about the ethics of selling a open source product)I know there is a lot of 'Youtube downloader' addons for firefox, but I also grab video that are on independent site, and as such need the plugin to detect automatically the source.A Firefox add on is prefered, but I am open to reputable / open source executable on Windows. I had the same thoughts quite a while ago.i 'switched' to because i used it anyway from time to time for mass downloading and integration with my external download manager:it is not perfect but detects videos pretty well and is better than most of the other 'special' addons. Further it is free AND open source software from the same developers of NoScript. So no nasty additional software/downloader/converter or advertisement.Edit 2018-11-14:Unfortunately, FlashGot.if you want a external tool or on it based tools/GUIs are the way to go.it is a command-line program written in python - therefore platform independent, free and open source.

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In the prior version of Downloadhelper and Converthelper the process was pretty self explanatory and easy to use. The drop down boxes asked what you wanted to convert the video to and then it downloaded and then a dos box popped open and converted it to the desired video format. For me this was wmv. ConvertHelper 3.0 is an application by the software company DownloadHelper. Frequently, users choose to remove this program. Sometimes this can be difficult because doing this by hand takes some experience regarding removing Windows programs manually.