- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows Server 2008, Windows 3.x, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: January 04, 2009
- Total Downloads: 3,443,969
- Downloads last week: 13,331
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 116 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on February 23, 2009
Despite the lack of user guidance, this video-file downloader is easy to set up and use. VDownloader's interface is on the plain side and no Help file is offered, but it shouldn't take most users long to get the hang of downloading videos from their favorite sites.
The interface contains four large icons: Download, Search, Browser, and Settings. By default, VDownloader is set to monitor the clipboard when it's running, so as soon as we copied the link to a video, the program responded and asked us for Save As information. It's a small thing, but some programs don't allow you to choose a file name up front and it can be hard (without opening each file) to know what video you've downloaded if the file name is auto-assigned. The download began immediately after choosing the file name and location. You also can change this setting and manually paste a video link in to the URL field, but we preferred the time-saving clipboard monitoring step. VDownloader also lets you select the format you want to save video files in, another nice touch. Options include AVI, MP3, iPhone/iPod compatibility, and the original format.
The free program includes two useful extras. The first is the Search capability, which allows you to enter a video name and simultaneously search YouTube, Daily Motion, Google, and Yahoo Video. You can uncheck any of the four sites, but you aren't allowed to add any extras. The second extra is a built-in browser, which doesn't have any of the niceties you'll find in Firefox or Internet Explorer, but does include more than 20 bookmarks to video sites and a quick Download Video button for when you find a file you want to save. We recommend this free, easy-to-use video file downloader for any user.
Publisher's description
From Enrique Puertas :Search for videos in sites like YouTube, DailyMotion, Yahoo, Megaupload, or Google at the same time. You can watch, download, or save videos with just one click. Its embedded meta search engine makes VDownloader different from other download managers. It searches at the same time in the most popular video sites so you will easily find the video you were looking for. Another strong point is the amount of different output formats: It can download and save videos in: AVI, MPG, MP4, iPhone - iPod, PSP, 3GP for mobile phones, DVD - VCD, MP3 (extracting audio from videos). VDownloader is also a powerful video converter with multilingual support (English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Italian.
Version 0.77 adds support for more video sites.
What's new in this version:
Added support for more video sites. Output format is now also available in Search Window.
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User reviews of VDownloader 0.77
- Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 116 votes
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Version: VDownloader 0.77
Pros: Search + Surf + Watch Videos. . . . Keep the ones you like
Cons: Seems to Slow down My system some, But I still use it.
Summary: Filled My I-Pod & S3 with cool videos in no time
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Version: VDownloader 0.77
"Wonderful app fullfills a great need for my purposes."
Pros: Fast no nonsence easy to use. I love the "encode video option" which addresses the files on my hard drive. Intuitive.
Cons: No manual.
Summary: Bottom line is for a person not well versed in computor apps such as myself, will find its ease of use and how quickly it completes its task beneficial in retrival of videos without constant supervision. This helps especially for research requireing... read more >>
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: VDownloader 0.77
Pros: Simple interface
Cons: Downloaded video quality is poor. Junk
Summary: Very easy principle of pasting url of video into program and downloading. However, the downloaded video quality is very poor, worse than the quality of watching it on the Youtube site! This is not so perceivable in small window, but is obvious when ... read more >>
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Version: VDownloader 0.77
"it's good for download many things to youtube"
Pros: it's good for download many things to youtube
Cons: I can't download avery thing I needed
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Version: VDownloader 0.77
"The best I tried... So,I keep it"
Pros: It a true "Suiss Knife" .
Cons: I LIKE IT.
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