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Programs that grab videos from Web sites such as YouTube aren't a dime a dozen--they're a dime for 200 dozen. Most of them aren't that good, either, which makes Ashampoo's freeware ClipFinder such a breath of fresh air in the video-grabbing game.
ClipFinder sports an atypical interface that's simple to navigate. The main window holds a series of long filmstrips. Each of the 14 strips represents a video site, which are searchable either individually or globally. Unfortunately, you can't add new portals, but the ones available include all the major video sites: YouTube, Yahoo, iFilm, and Veoh. Results appear as frames in the strip. Horizontal navigation scrolls through videos, but if you only want to look at YouTube, for example, you can clear the others and look at only the relevant YouTube videos. Mouse over a frame to load it in miniature window. Double-clicking loads it in a child window. The child window has standard control buttons as well as Download, Add, and Copy URL, but there's no easy way to watch in full screen mode. All three worked flawlessly. Clicking Add puts the video in your My Videos panel, for keeping favorites organized, and adding Flash videos from their hard drives.
ClipFinder notably can not upload, the ads for other Ashampoo products are only mildly irritating and full access requires completing the free registration. ClipFinder does so much right. It's such an effortless package to use, that it should be near the top of everybody's video-grabbing programs. If you've got a favorite Flash video downloader, let us know about it in the comments.
Publisher's Description
From Ashampoo:
Find and immediately download videos from YouTube, VideU, and MyVideo at the click of a mouse. After the picture and music files, now its time for the videos. Online portals like YouTube.com, MyVideo.de, and VideU.de have long since become cult, they collect many funny and creative short videos. In the office and of course also in your everyday life in the meantime it is considered to be chic to call up the video portals for a short break and to start a couple of films to relax or for your own enjoyment. The problem is that the offer of available videos has exploded so much in the past months that it is hardly possible to directly find the best contributions on an interesting topic. People who are in to the funny Star Wars parodies, the best animal films or quite seriously intended company presentations definitely need help with their orientation.
Version 1.38 fixes some bugs which occurred while working with Youtube.
What's new in this version: Version 1.37 is a bug fixing release.
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All versions:
3.9 starsout of 318 votes
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Current version:
3.8 starsout of 20 votes
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"Very good"
Version: Ashampoo ClipFinder 1.38
Pros
Most everything is good but
Cons
when nothing new is to be found it starts over and over again with the same clips. Once 5 clips started 120 times.
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"Definitely the best viewer availabe"
Version: Ashampoo ClipFinder 1.38
Pros
The best for free.
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"Nice program"
Version: Ashampoo ClipFinder 1.38
Pros
I can pick and choose which clips are available. Good variety
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"very good software"
Version: Ashampoo ClipFinder 1.38
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"GOT ME ADDICTED TO VIDEOS"
Version: Ashampoo ClipFinder 1.38
Pros
I haven't been much of a video watcher but I installed clipfinder because it was free and I like ashampoo products. As usuall for ashampoo software it has a crisp clean UI . It makes video searching easy. You can enter a keyword in the top search box and it will display videos from about 15 different video sites simultaneously in the program. You cant beat the price!
Cons
No Cons
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"Ashampoo is a fraud it took my money and didn't send the software"
Version: Ashampoo ClipFinder 1.38
Pros
On April 30 I downloaded a trial version of Ashampoo in which they praised the advantages of purchasing the full version. Unfortunately, trusting the honesty of that offer I purchased two licenses of the full version software with my VISA credit card which have already charged my account with the cost of the software and I have not received anything yet. At this point all I have is a soon to expire trial version of the software. What do you think my opinion may be? (Ref #1939085)
Cons
On April 30 I downloaded a trial version of Ashampoo in which they praised the advantages of purchasing the full version. Unfortunately, trusting the honesty of that offer I purchased two licenses of the full version software with my VISA credit card which have already charged my account with the cost of the software and I have not received anything yet. At this point all I have is a soon to expire trial version of the software. What do you think my opinion may be? (Ref #1939085
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"a"
Version: Ashampoo ClipFinder 1.38
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"very good indeed"
Version: Ashampoo ClipFinder 1.38
Pros
so easy to use and FREE
if there is one better out there please tell me
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"Great program"
Version: Ashampoo ClipFinder 1.38
Pros
The ease of use, the range of programs available either to watch or download is remarkable. I would rate it at four and a half.
Cons
Some selections are a little blurry if enlargement too great but compared with others this is a minor quibble. Many of the smaller frames are excellent
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"Very good"
Version: Ashampoo ClipFinder 1.38
Pros
Best download player with preview.
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