- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: October 16, 2008
- Total Downloads: 710,954
- Downloads last week: 3,024
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 301 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
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, Veoh, Google Video, sevenload, Dailymotion, MySpace, MyVideo, ClipFish, and many more at the click of a mouse! After the picture and music files, now its time for the videos. Online portals like YouTube, Veoh, Google Video and sevenload 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 1.49 optimizes Flash support and fixes some portal bugs.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.48 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews of Ashampoo ClipFinder 1.49
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 301 votes
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Version: Ashampoo ClipFinder 1.49
Pros: FREE, fast, smart, well-supported, does exactly what it says it does. I started with an early version of this software and now I own many of their products - each works flawlessly, I recommend Ashampoo to everyone who wants programs that WORK.
Cons: There are no cons.
Summary: Top-of-the-line in free video viewers/downloaders. Completely recommend it.
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Version: Ashampoo ClipFinder 1.49
"This is great for finding video clips very quickly!"
Pros: Fast, easy to use, does what it advertises, lots of fun seeing what the search will find!
Cons: Basically, like all Ashampoo products, its name needs an overhaul! the names need to be jazzier, more "catchy". BUT that's just a suggestion, not a complaint! :o) The software is just great, and hassle-free.
Summary: Easy to install, great price, runs perfectly w/o any glitches, fun to use, intuitive, straightforward interface, beautiful graphics used in the software design. Easy-to-understand, you never have to use the help function, if you do, then it easily... read more >>
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Version: Ashampoo ClipFinder 1.49
Pros: 4-stars says it all!!
Cons: only time will tell . . . right now it's great!
Summary: 4-stars, no program is perfect!
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Ashampoo ClipFinder 1.49
Pros: ITīS AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM
Cons: ITīS AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM
Summary: SOMETIMES I RECEIVE THE MESSAGE OF ERROR, BECAUSE IīM DOWNLOADING 12 OR MORE FILES.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Ashampoo ClipFinder 1.49
Pros: easy,precise
Cons: nothing i can think of
Summary: it does what is says on the packet,if there's a clip your after, clipfinder will find it.
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