Firefox is an extremely versatile browser, thanks to its Addons. It enables you to do almost anything you need within the browser. One of things that most users would like to do is to download and save videos on their local hard drive from online video sharing sites.
Thousands of videos get uploaded to video sites like YouTube, Vimeo, Megavideo and others. There are a number of addons to download videos from these websites, so that you could watch them even when you are offline.Best Firefox Addons for Downloading Videos From
YouTube and Other Online Video Sites:
Here we have listed the most popular and the highly rated addons to download and save videos from YouTube and other video sites on your computers. They are not listed in any particular order. You can use one or more addons you like, depending upon the features you like.1) 1-Click YouTube Video Download – Download YouTube in a single click
This is an easy YouTube Video Downloader – If all you need is a simple, intuitive, and non-intrusive add-on to Download YouTube Videos, this is the add-on for you.
Whenever you’re on a video page in YouTube, you’ll see the links to directly download the video to your hard-drive. This addon adds small links below the YouTube video you are viewing to download in various formats like MP4 HD (High Definition), MP4 High-Quality and FLV and 3GP.
2) Download YouTube videos+ – Download Videos From YouTube And Others
YouTube Videos + has both toolbar and browser button options to let you easily download videos from most tube sites. It also includes a Bing Search, Microsoft powered translate, StumbleUpon & Facebook buttons.
If you don’t like any of the buttons in the toolbar you can remove them from addon preferences. If you don’t like an extra toolbar, you can just remove the entire toolbar and use just the browser button, which would appear to the left of the address bar.
3) NetVideoHunter Video Downloader – Download Videos From Almost Any Online Video Site
With this add-on, you can easily download videos and music from almost any video-sharing site. For example from: YouTube, MySpace Music, Google Video, Metacafe, Dailymotion, Break, Putfile, etc
Before download you can preview videos and music in a built-in media player. It has full screen and video smoothing capabilities, so you can enjoy videos in full screen with better quality even if the website’s own player don’t have this features.
The other cool feature about this addon is that if you are on an Online Music site, It lists the songs present on the webpage for download.
4) Flash Video Downloader – Download Videos form over 200 Video Websites
Flash Video Downloader helps you to download flash video (.flv) from YouTube, Dailymotion, Break.com and other 200+ video sharing websites in one click. You can download, mp4 (iPod), avi and other media formats.
The button for this addon can be present in the status bar as well as next to the address bar in Firefox. You can choose where to display it in the Flash Video Download Options. This addon also displays the option for converting videos, which takes you to a page that shows the FVD Suite software.
It’s an Open Source desktop program that lets you download any video you need by using the url of the video. You can then convert it into audio or a different video format. Its simple and effective.
5) Bulk YouTube Video Downloader – Download YouTube Playlists In Bulk
There are times when you need to download multiple videos from YouTube, maybe even the whole playlist. As its name suggests, BYTubeD is a Bulk YouTube video Downloader. It can be used to download all/selected YouTube videos on any page which has some links to YouTube videos, by clicking the BYTubeD menu item in the Tools menu or in the context menu.
This addon is very effective in batch download of YouTube videos. The only minor issue with this addon is that it downloads all the selected videos simultaneously. So if you have a slower internet connection, I would suggest downloading a few videos at a time.
6) Keep Tube – Download Videos from All Major Online Video Sites
Keep-Tube is a versatile YouTube Video Downloader. You can start the download via the button below the YouTube video you are watching or the button shown in the status bar, or even just by selecting the option in the right-click context menu in Firefox.
When you click the download button the addon takes you to a new page where it processes the video for a couple of minutes and provides you options to download it in High Quality or Normal Quality as well in Flv, 3GP or Mpg or any other available format.
The addon page has links to page where it has listed all sites from which it can download the videos. It covers almost all major online video websites. It’s very easy to use and gets the job done fast.
7) Complete YouTube Saver – Save Entire YouTube Page With Video
This Firefox addon is one of a kind. If sometimes you need the YouTube Video comments section for reference, or maybe there are a few good pointers or tips in comments section, this is the perfect addon for you. It’s not only downloads the YouTube Video for you, but also saves comments to a designated folder.
You can access it via a button next to the address bar or in the Right-Click context menu of Firefox. It works with various other YouTube Download Addons like – Video DownloadHelper, Easy YouTube Video Downloader, 1-Click YouTube Video Download and Fast YouTube Download – all of them are included in this post.
8.) Ant.com Video Downloader – Save Video From Any Online Video Website
With the Ant.com Video Downloader, you can download video from YouTube or any other streaming site. Rare are the sites you will not be able to download from. They have integrated a flash video player too, so that you can play your files immediately.
Every time a downloadable video is detected on the page, the “Download” button of the toolbar will become clickable, enabling you to download the video stream and store it in .flv format on your hard drive. If more than one video is downloadable on the page, you will have the possibility to choose which one you want. All downloaded videos can be played at once using the Player button; It opens directly in your Firefox a video player, and list all the videos that are ready to watch.
This addon might look fishy, but It has been verified by Norton to be safe. Anyway, I would advice to use it only if other addons don’t work for you.
9) YouTube Download – Download YouTube Video in 1 easy step
This addon puts a Download button next to the Subscribe button just above the YouTube Video. Its straightforward and easy to use. The button looks like it’s a part of YouTube Website.
When you click on it, you get the option to save video in the desired format. Click on the button, it opens the folder where to save the video, and click save. Easy and straightforward. If works on the YouTube Video Search Results pages as well. If a YouTube video is embedded in an external webpage, you can download it from there too.
10) Media Converter – Convert Video to Desired format on the fly
There are plenty other video downloaders out there but none of them is able to directly convert the video. This is a video downloader and video converter in one simple extension. So this addon will help you to download your favorite web videos and provide it in the necessary file format for your mobile device. Supports all major Online Video sharing websites.
After installing this addon a new icon will be added to your Firefox toolbar. It is located right next to the address bar and the google search box.
It also provides advanced options like selecting the resolution of the video as well as selecting the audio and video codec.
This addon has certain limitations. You can only use this to convert 5 videos in a single day. For more than 5 videos you need the premium membership, but I think 5 videos may be sufficient for the average user.
This is one of the newest addons in this category. I tried using it and it works like a charm.
It does what it says and downloads any video in just one click. If you don’t care about format or conversion or other things, and just want to download the video, 1 Click Video Downloader is the best option for you.
The 1 Click Video Downloader addon Button is located in status bar. When you click on it it shows you the videos that are currently open or were played before since the browser was opened. Just select the one you would like to download and click on the download icon in the list.
12) Download YouTube Videos as MP4 and Flv – Shown Only On YouTube Pages
This extension adds direct links to download YouTube videos as MP4 and FLV. Unlike other extensions, it does not add any buttons or toolbars to your browser. It has a simple interface and it downloads videos directly from YouTube.
As seen in image above, the addon shows displays a download button just below the video. When you click on it – you see the various formats and resolutions in which the present video can be downloaded. Select the one you need – Higher the resolution, bigger the size of the video.
13) Flash Catch – Catch That Flash Video
Just as the name suggest Flash Catch, detects and displays a list of Flash videos in your browser. It shows the last 10 videos played in the browser and you can download any one from that list.
This is just as effective as most other addons, however, this comes in 2 versions – a regular free version which can download pretty much any video you want, and a pro version which is used to download huge files, like entire movies. I’m really not a big fan of addons that provide Pro versions.
If you just need to download a video file of 20-30 mins or somewhat more, this would work well. The button stays on top right corner of the windows and is non-intrusive. When a new video is detected it flashed a couple of times. Click on any video shown in the list and it will download it for you.
14) Easy YouTube Video Downloader – Easily Download YouTube Videos
Easiest Youtube video downloader ever, single click non-intrusive direct download buttons for FLV, 3GP, MP3, MP4, 720p HD and 1080p Full-HD qualities.
Some new features in this addon :
- Now Video-title is used as the file-name.
- HD download link visible only when high-definition version is available.
- Supports all new 1080p FULL-HD video downloading
- Latest v 3.X works with new YouTube layout
15) Flash Got – The Grand Daddy of all Flash Downloaders
This is the first ever Firefox addon I used for downloading a flash file, cant remember whether it was a video or other flash component. FlashGot addon has it all. It can download one link, selected links or all the links of a page together at the maximum speed with a single click, using Firefox’s own or reliable external download managers. The new “FlashGot Media” command grabs video and audio clips while they’re playing, too.
It just doesn’t download flash but every other kind of file.
FlashGot has a new feature that lets you build Video galleries – maybe a series of related video, that you would like to keep together for later viewing.
This addon is for a novice as well as advanced user. You can use to download videos or build galleries – it all depends on your comfort level wit the addon. Very reliable with a set of very powerful features.
Conclusion:
Online Flash video sites are a rage today and they are just going to keep growing. In case you don’t want to load a video over and over for viewing, these tools can help you download videos from almost any online video sharing website.
I find it especially useful for viewing a Guitar Lesson video from point A to point B over and over till I achieve perfection in that lesson, something I can’t do in online video sites.
Hey thanks for sharing these information. These are really useful. You share some good information for videos download.
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