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If you generally skip to the back of a review to read the results, we'll save you the trouble and state up front that aTube Catcher is the YouTube downloader to get. Not just because it's one of the few free and non-ad-supported tools of its kind, though that ought to be enough because it means it's not ad-linked and can download videos from lots of other Web sites, too, including Google, Dailymotion, Yahoo, Comedy Central, Spike, and many others. But aTube Catcher is actually a video toolkit packing many free tools such as DVD/Blu-Ray/CD Creator, DA DVD Ripper, Video & Audio Crop Tool, Queue Manager, Screen Record, Audio Recorder, and others. Some are built in while others require free downloads but integrate fully with aTube Catcher. This program also creates animated GIFs, Audio CDs, ringtones, and MP3s. It captures video streams, converts and merges videos, and erases rewriteable disks, too.
Neat, clean, and compact sums up aTube Catcher's dialog-size user interface, which opens on the Normal mode tab. This is the program's main tool, its video downloader. It's a lot like the others, with some notable (and welcome) exceptions, such as the Enable YouTube HD check box. Better yet, an Output Profile drop-down list offers dozens of different devices and formats, everything from AVI to Zune. It also offers No Conversion, NTSC and PAL TV formats, animated GIF, HD, and lots of other interesting choices. The other tabs access the program's other capable, no-nonsense tools: Stream Catcher, Screen Record, Video Converter, and more. As if that weren't enough, clicking the Tools menu revealed still more utilities as well as the General Settings, Cache, Language, and YouTube options. Add a Video Search Tool and MP3 Downloader to the tool list, incidentally.
Does it seem like aTube Catcher offers a bit too much? Nonsense! Just click Help on the toolbar. This program has one of the longest Help menus we've seen, including the Web-based Manual that opened as soon as our installation completed, as well as links to download codecs, WinpCap, and an Encoder Version. If you skipped to the end, we'll say it again: just get it.
Publisher's Description
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Download videos from web sites like YouTube, and YouTube (HD), Xtube, Dailymotion, Megavideo, Google, Yahoo!, Metacafe, Spike, Megarotic , Pornotube, Yahoo!, MTV, Comedycentral, Globo, RTVE. Download Videos from thousands of Web Sites like YouTube. YouTube HighDefinition 1080p, 720p, and 480p support. Download and Merge videos. Turbo Mode, upto 600% faster than other YouTube Downloaders. Integrated Audio & Video Converter. DVD, VCD and Audio CD Burning support. Audio Recorder mode, to capture Audio from any input to MP3, WAV, WMA. Profiles Editor, to create and share custom encoding output profiles. IE Cache Browser, search FLV's and SWF's on Internet Explorer's cache. Video Search Tool, thousands of videos in just seconds (adult content sources supported). Stream Catcher Mode, to capture any video directly from the network interface. MP3 Downloader, to search more than 150,000,000 millions of mp3's from social sites. URL Monitor helps to you monitor your web browser windows to get the links. Create GIF's with your downloaded videos. Clip board monitor, helps to keep a history of links from your clipboard. Batch download support. Downloads List, to manage and download multiple videos at the same time. Create playable home DVD's with your downloaded videos in just a single click. YouTube/Megavideo Login support to download private and original files. Screen Recording support, capture any area of your screen, so you can capture video presentations, video conferences from messenger, games and more.. Video Joiner to merge your existent files. Create high quality Audio CD's capable with any player, just drag your video/audio files to aTube . Burn DVD/CD ISO/MDS images previously created with aTube or with any software. Create Ring Tones for your mobile phone. Multi-Language Interface. Built-in protocols HTTP, HTTPS, MMS, RTMP, (more protocols in progress). Optimized for multicore processors and low memory usage. Formats supported WMV, MP4, MPG1, MPG2, 3GP, 3G2, AVI, DIVX, XVID, MP3, MOV, FLV, WAV, WMA, GIF, IPOD, IPOD TOUCH, PSP, FLAC, OGG, MP2, VOB. 100% Freeware. Frequent updates to add more features.
What's new in this version: Version 2.2.519 adds Vevo support.
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All versions:
3.6 starsout of 139 votes
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Current version:
3.6 starsout of 39 votes
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"AWSOME!! It works great! Get it!"
Version: aTube Catcher 2.2.519
Pros
-reliable
-good quality
-other bonuses
-FREE!Cons
- a tad slow (large videos)
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"Does the job... But reconfigures browser without asking"
Version: aTube Catcher 2.2.519
Pros
It does what is says. Extracts streamed videos and converts them to any format you select.
Cons
It installs so much junk, without giving you any opt-outs! Ask toolbar, quickstores, resets your homepage and your search provider to ask.com...
Summary
Don't install this program. It functions exactly the way it should, but you'll have to clean up the mess it leaves in your browsers afterwards.
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"Horrible - junkware, will not uninstall"
Version: aTube Catcher 2.2.519
Pros
does the job.
Cons
i completed the update downloaded and installed. turns out it changed my home page and installed the ASK toolbar. during installation it offered the Google toolbar which i didn't check so it would not be installed now i cannot remove the ask toolbar.
Summary
If your antivirus software can catch the 'catcher' then fine. but if you feel violated and your computer isnt safe as it installed the ask toolbar which it shouldnt have, do not download. norton 360 said it was safe.... yeah right.
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"Contains MALWARE!!"
Version: aTube Catcher 2.2.519
Pros
NONE!!!!!!
Cons
MALWARE!!!!!!
Summary
Download.com disappoints me
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"I de-installed it"
Version: aTube Catcher 2.2.519
Pros
Seemed like it could do the job
Cons
I did not trust the program
Summary
I wanted to capture a video from a news station and it did not do the job
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"Great Great"
Version: aTube Catcher 2.2.519
Pros
I love it easy, convenient, it strongly recommend it
Cons
nothing I love it all
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"awesome software"
Version: aTube Catcher 2.2.519
Pros
FREE, easy to use, does alot of stuff,
Cons
Haven't yet gotten any problem with this software
Summary
better to have this than separate software to do different stuff..
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"A great resource"
Version: aTube Catcher 2.2.519
Pros
Easy to use
Cons
I have not researched the details of the program.
Summary
I love it!
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"Fun program, does what it says, and then some."
Version: aTube Catcher 2.2.519
Pros
It does capture sound and video from your screen, can be used to search and download mp3s, works great for youtube videos, etc...I highly recommend downloading this and just playing around to see what it does. It's simple to use.
Cons
When I did a screen capture, the quality was okay, but not fantastic...better than I'd expect for a free product though. Also, the burning aspect doesn't allow files to be re-arranged in terms of tracks, so I likely won't use it.
Summary
This is a really great program...since you can capture any sound or motions on your screen It could also be used to create demos on how to use software, etc., in addition to all of the other functionality. The ability to search out mp3s is neat as well. Highly recommend.
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"Crashes does not capture all videos on web page"
Version: aTube Catcher 2.2.519
Pros
None free good interface
Cons
doew NOT capture all videos off a web page
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