Video DownloadHelper
Download Videos from the Web
What is Video DownloadHelper?
Video DownloadHelper is a popular Edge add-on by Aclap. This add-on has 565,025 weekly active users, a good user rating of 4.20, and is most similar to Touch VPN - Secure and unlimited VPN proxy and Awesome Screenshot and Screen Recorder. The latest version, 7.6.5.0, was updated 4 months ago.
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Summary
Video DownloadHelper is the most complete tool for extracting videos and image files from websites and saving them to your hard drive. Just surf the web as you normally do. When DownloadHelper detects embedded videos it can access for download, the toolbar icon highlights and a simple menu allows you to download files by simply clicking an item. For instance, if you go to a YouTube page, you'll be able to download the video directly on your file system. It also works with most other popular video sites like DailyMotion, Facebook, Periscope, Vimeo, Twitch, Liveleak, Vine, UStream, Fox, Bloomberg, RAI, France 2-3, Break, Metacafe, and thousands of others. Video DownloadHelper supports several types of streamings, making the add-on unique among Video downloaders: HTTP, HLS, DASH, … Besides downloading, Video DownloadHelper is also capable of making file conversions (i.e. change audio and video formats) and aggregation (combining separate audio and video into a single file). This is an upgrade feature that helps pay for the free stuff (we need to eat too). You are not compelled to use conversion for downloading videos from websites, and you can avoid picking variants marked as ADP to avoid the need for aggregation. Important: for most cool features, the Video DownloadHelper extension requires the installation of a free and open source background application we call the Companion App or 'coapp'. The extension will guide you through the very simple coapp install then you won't have to worry about it ever. Details on the companion app project are here:https://github.com/mi-g/vdhcoapp
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Risk impact
Video DownloadHelper requires a lot of risky permissions and is not safe to use. Avoid installing this add-on unless you absolutely trust this publisher.
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Risk likelihood
Video DownloadHelper has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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