Here’s one reason why Firefox (FF) is my favorite web-browser – the Add-ons. Add-ons supplement or enhance the original software they are added to and FF has got so many add-ons for all kinds of stuffs. Few days ago my friend wanted to download videos from YouTube. Well, this was very strange. Why did I never think of that before? I mean I use YouTube so often and there are so many cool videos there but never did I though of downloading the videos from there. Well, as usual I tried to Google my way out but the list was just too long and I wasn’t in the mood to try them all out. The better option I thought was to look for FF add-on that does what I wanted; means download the videos from sites and I found few so many add-ons too. The one I found easy was Fast Video Download 1.6 (FDV) which download video files from popular sites like YouTube, Dailymotion, Break.com and more for complete free of charge. With just ONE click on the status-bar or custom toolbar icon, FVD immediately opens a "Save As" dialog with the video title and extension in place. FVD is able to pick any multimedia links from embeded objects and links on ordinary pages. If there's only one link, the standard dialog opens immediately. Otherwise, links are listed in a pop-up window.
Some known issues:
- Sometimes Firefox can't start download itself (in Downloads window) until page with videoplayer is open or video isn't loaded completely. It can be both restrictions of browser and server.
- FVD can't get video from embedded YouTube player if original video page requires logon to be viewed (erotic or similar videos). You just need to go to original page and get video from there.
- From version 1.3.1.4 FVD Can't get video from certain sites if any flash-blocker enabled. FVD needs inner flash variables for work.
- It incompatible with McAffee Site Advisor.
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