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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows Server 2008, Windows NT, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: June 23, 2009
- Total Downloads: 3,344,694
- Downloads last week: 17,006
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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, Polish, Czech, Slovak and Japanese.
Version 0.83 fixes problems with YouTube titles and DailyMotion videos.
What's new in this version:
- Fixed problems with YouTube titles - Fixed problem with DailyMotion videos - Added support for HD videos - added support for ESPN
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User reviews of VDownloader 0.83
- Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 116 votes
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Version: VDownloader 0.83
"Amazingly Easy and Powerful."
Pros: Does what it is designed to do, and does it in several different, useful ways. I've downloaded lots of these types of programs, and this one is the gold standard (for freeware).
Cons: No browser add-on to automatically capture video URLs, but does integrate a browser into the program. This may actually be a pro for some.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: VDownloader 0.83
"Excellent product for teachers"
Pros: Allows teachers to use media that they find at home. Many schools block YouTube and Daily Motion. VDownloader allows me to enrich my lessons with valid media and realia. The program lets me save videos to my iPod touch!
Cons: I haven't found any!
Summary: Love it! An amazing tool for all users!
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: VDownloader 0.83
"Does what it's supposed to do"
Pros: Efficiently does what it's supposed to do.
Automatically pastes into the VDownloader address window whatever you copy to the clipboardCons: The last version installed a toolbar, even though I unchecked that option.
Summary: VDownloader does what it's supposed to do, and the author keeps it current.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: VDownloader 0.83
Pros: the quickness of downloading it.
Cons: it just doesn't work for me.
Summary: I'm sure this product could be great if it just worked for me.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: VDownloader 0.83
"Simple to use. Does it v.well. I was happy to donate"
Pros: Simply very good
Cons: zilch, nada, zero.
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