Graboid Video for Windows

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Trial version
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Key Details of Graboid Video

Find and play Internet video.
Last updated on February 26, 2016
Virus scan status:
Clean (it’s extremely likely that this software program is clean)

Editors’ Review

Download.com staffFebruary 26, 2016

Graboid Video grabs video online from a variety of intermediary sites, including high-quality and HD videos. It doesn't host or share video; instead, it searches for the titles you want to watch and shows you what's available, both exact and near matches. You can preview or play the videos (using the included VLC Media Player) or flag them for later. You can filter searches and sort videos by category, too, and add tags that other users can see. Graboid Video is shareware that's free to try, including a free account, though the trial limits downloads to 2GB and no HD content.

Graboid Video's installer includes VLC Media Player, though if (like us) you already have it, you can skip that step. Graboid's user interface is about par for the course in appearance, with a prominent search box and tabbed features: Videos, Downloads, Flagged, News, Account, Help, Messages, and Preferences -- all clear and to the point. The program opened with the latest downloads displayed, including some popular movies. Graboid doesn't display the sites it searches. Plenty of free videos are available from sites like the Moving Image Archive, but some sites host videos shared by unauthorized users. We're certainly not interested in downloading copyrighted material, and the trial limits what's available, so we entered a search for an old, dark movie. After previewing the content, we clicked Download. Graboid downloaded and saved our video, indicating "you have this" with a green icon when it finished. We had no trouble figuring out Graboid, but a good help file is available, too.

We opened the default destination folder and clicked our finished download, which played normally in VLC. That clearly demonstrated Graboid's capabilities, and we have no problem in recommending the program based on its performance, even with the trial limitations. But we recommend using Graboid Video with care since it not only downloads potentially copyrighted material by also adult content (as indicated on the sidebar menu). Graboid's not responsible for what others host or what you download since it's mostly a download manager, just one optimized for finding online video downloads.

Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of Graboid Video 3.26.

Graboid Video for Windows

By Fusenet
Trial version
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Used Graboid Video for Windows? Share your experience and help other users.

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GENERAL

Release: November 27, 2014

Latest update: February 26, 2016

Version: 5.2.1.0

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows XP
Windows 10
Windows 7
Windows Vista

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 205,637

Downloads Last Week: 3

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177 User Votes

How to Uninstall Graboid!!
certifydgoon8June 30, 2017
Pros
Pre-Cambrian Life form, Hermaphrodites , Dirt Dragon.
Cons
Cannot Fly Unless Evolved into Ass-Blaster. Tends to not know the difference between lunch and toy cars.
Summary
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GRABOID IS BULL$HIT
kcomstJanuary 8, 2015
Pros
This service does not work. The only pro I can think of is that as far as I can tell, they did not plant any viruses, adware or spyware on my system. It uninstalled as quickly as it installed and appears to be complete.
Cons
Suffice it to say that this like many other "free" services is not really free. After waiting for hours to download a video that was stuck at 96%, I tried starting over. Then Graboid tells me I've exceeded my limit and will need to upgrade. The folder containing the video I tried to download just says "partial" and there is nothing in it. Even if I was willing to pay for the service, I would not trust that an upgrade would make it work any better.
Summary
Good riddance Graboid. Thanks for nothing.
Graboid - All that glitters is not gold...
Mogwai101March 26, 2014
Pros
Quick download, great assortment of movies and up-to-date releases, great quality available.
Cons
Absolutely crap technical service. Kept queuing movies but not unpacking or downloading. Attached itself to the OutFox.tv 'virus' which is insidious and hard to shake. Updated to new 5.11 version and had nothing but trouble, emailed and was given a link to older version but no joy either. Response to my 2nd query was 'you aren't co-operating, we're trying to help you'...nice. Have ceased my membership. Can't download, can't get an answer...why pay for no service?
Summary
Initially I thought Graboid was great...however the issues with viruses, non-download and crap, even rude back-up has me ceasing my membership.
Worked fine for me, no malware installed.
wiredpinzNovember 21, 2013
Pros
Was able to install the software without problems. Created a free account. Downloaded a movie. Played it. This particular movie file was an .avi file, and I needed to also find and download a foreign-parts-only subtitle file. It was an English-language movie with some Japanese-language parts that needed English-language subtitles. I did some reading of some how-to articles on subtitle files. Discovered that I had to be sure the subtitle file had the same filename as the movie file. Or to make the filename was the same. Different extension though. It had to be in the same folder as the movie file.
Cons
No problems other than having to learn how to deal with subtitles.
Summary
Graboid ROCKS!!
radiopipesOctober 8, 2013
Pros
Super hard to find content is here! Full classic TV series. HD Blu-Ray rips. Movies before they hit stores. Thousands of new entries daily.
Cons
The new Graboid Beta has some issues. On demand player hardly ever works. Their search algorithm could use some work (be literal when searching).
Summary
I see that a lot of newbies have had troubles and whine like newborns...but for the rest of us who can use a computer and not just whack at the keyboard like a chimp...enjoy Graboid and continue to sing its praises. I recommend the "unlimited bandwidth" for $19.99 a month...worth every penny! Oh...and you'll need a few 3TB hard drives. Graboid coupled with VLC rocks my big screen!
Installed Wajam
lwh77December 12, 2012
Pros
I hear it is great...
Cons
Don't want stuff installed without my knowledge
Summary
I did not get far with this installation, I didn't appreciate Wajam installing automatically.
uprade on first click
brissmithNovember 12, 2012
Pros
I'll take everyone elses words on the pros
Cons
First title I clicked "you need to upgrade your account and guess what it's no longer free. Other sites can do a download service for the same price.
Summary
Other sites can do a download service for the same price. It peeves me when they say free but their not
My go-to site for video content!
Autumn2959October 16, 2012
Pros
Easy to use and tons of content, where other sites fail miserably.
Cons
I'll get back to you on that...
Summary
No need to go ANYWHERE ELSE!!!
Great and easy to use
xena42581October 13, 2012
Pros
You can stream and download anytime
Cons
Only one that I can think of, sometimes u will get a bad quality download so when u go watch it either u cant see it at all or it was just recorded really bad
Summary
Graboid contains good content
siphamandlazwaneOctober 11, 2012
Pros
Quality videos overall Variety of content Up-to-date content
Cons
The it takes to download The size of the videos
Summary
The downloading time could improve if the files could be compressed

Developer’s Description

Find and play Internet video.

Graboid is your ultimate online video companion. It is an application that searches the internet for the videos you want and makes it simple for you to get and watch them, all in one easy-to-use app. Graboid finds you the newest videos faster than anyone else, so you'll always be able to say you saw it first. Mobile version available on the Graboid homepage.