If you click on the link above (the fourth bullet-point option below Key Features) the webpage comes up RED in WOT (Firefox) - so it fails the website safety check. They have one clean site that is OK while their other site comes up as being a v poor place for surfing safety - not a good sign. I'll avoid this one.

Struan  –  13 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+45)

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It's handy to download videos if just to watch using your own software rather than the streaming software the site provides. But there's so much out there that works for YouTube, including a lot of Mozilla plug-ins, that a separate program isn't necessary. I tend to favor NetVideoHunter although it doesn't allow for the multiple formats. For those using IE it appears to be a useful program but those using Mozilla have other choices.

Although this program appears to be designed to work outside of a browser and allow searching through it's own search engine. However, it's list is limited to 1000 entries so one has to have some idea of what they're looking for first. There are also many multi-part videos on YouTube but this program doesn't appear to find other segments. In both cases using the browser is often easier.

This program will work for YouTube and those sites that allow stream recording. It's those non-YouTube sites that are difficult to work with and for what people want a stream recorder. In those cases a screen recorder is about the only thing that works.

It should also be noted that the program lists porn sites so those with kids need to be careful. Some way to disable or block these sites would be useful.

Patrick McNamara  –  13 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+28)

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Hi! I have downloaded this to my Windows 7 32 computer and it seems to have installed and be working ok, however, I am unable to change the save to directories. Unless I have missed some vital piece of information, we are given the option to change the save to download destination and the save to converted files destination. I am unable to save a new destination, the installed ones will not change even after I have clicked on save new destination folder. Would appreciate any help. Thanks to all the companies who allow us to dl their sw for free, and BIG thanks to GAOTD, great job!
Elhe90 in Sweden.

elhe90  –  13 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+26)

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YouTube Downloader Suite is an interesting app -- it seems to virtualize .NET & VB rather than install what it needs to Windows, though I've no idea how well or if it works when .NET isn't installed in the 1st place. For YouTube downloads it seems to me a bit of overkill -- too much app for too simple a task -- but that's me. Surf away from YouTube & how well [or if] it works was hit & miss this morning. Going to a news site that wasn't on the supported site list, I loaded a page with Flash video in ie8, copy/pasting the url into YouTube Downloader Suite -- when I clicked the download button it opened another ie8 window to the same page, then caught every video clip as it loaded, with a pop-up asking if I wanted to add the clip to the download list. I also fired up Video Cache View [free from nirsoft.net] to keep an eye on things... as ie8 downloaded the playing video stream, YouTube Downloader Suite saved its copy. I chose this site because video saved from there was problematic, not playing or converting in many apps [e.g. VLC] -- the YDS-saved copy was smaller than the original [ie8 cached] download [43 vs. 116 MB], though MediaInfo data was identical, & it played well in VLC etc. But neither the YDS converter nor the player would work with it -- according to their site some video has to be re-recorded as it plays, but in this case case I couldn't get any of that to work. Next I tried a site that was on the supported list, Spike TV, expecting things to work better -- I was wrong... Going to the page with playing video clips [not program episodes] I copied/pasted the url into YDS as before, but the only clips it offered to save were the short adverts, not the title clips themselves, & then most of the time even downloading the adverts failed. It's usually hard to say much about a video converter using 30 second clips, but the adverts were the only downloads that would work, so I tried them -- the tests [partially] failed...

The adverts were in a generic AVC/.mp4 format, sized like the title video at 640x360. Using a generic Xvid avi output format profile, the YDS result plays in VLC with the wrong aspect ratio [it's obvious -- Shatner looked thin again :-) ] & crashes Windows Media Player v.12. I ran the same sources through Videowave [Roxio Creator 2011], matching the YDS output file specs (per MediaInfo), & the result played everywhere with correct aspect, so the problem's not this rig, Win7 &/or video apps/codecs etc. installed.

Installation is painless -- YouTube Downloader Suite adds 3 folders & an uninstall key to the registry [registration data stored in the registry after running Activate.exe is the only thing keeping today's GOTD from being portable]. The main Apowersoft folder holds 58 files, 16 folders, & takes up ~53 MB -- the Apowersoft folder under User\ app or Application Data holds 53 files, 3 folders, taking up ~230 KB -- the default output folder, (My) Documents\ YouTube Downloader Suite is initially empty.

IMHO as a GOTD YouTube Downloader Suite is worth holding onto -- for the cost of some disk space & a couple of registry keys you get something that *may* work when others fail. If it works better than [the many] alternatives on a favorite site with difficult video, you might use it as your primary video downloading app, but for the most part prior GOTD video downloaders IMHO seemed easier. As far as conversion goes I'm a bit leery... an avi file crashing wmplayer isn't a huge deal, unless it's [the *Extremely* common] Xvid. That's one bug that'll hopefully get squashed pronto [Xvid is built into YDS -- it's not in the folder as separate files, & YDS encodes to Xvid without Xvid being installed to Windows -- so it's unfortunately more than copying in a newer Xvid .dll etc.]. At any rate potential video compatibility problems are I think something to be concerned about unless you're absolutely certain that the video will only ever be played [not edited/converted] on your gear, assuming of course that there it plays fine in your usual player. It'd be a different story if GOTD hadn't provided us with so many video converters capable of handling Flash [.flv] video.

mike  –  13 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+26)

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y'know, i know i sound cynical, but it's so obvious when the dev's friends are posting. their english isn't so great. their comments are poorly written, and they're always fluffy and soft. you're used to reading honest, detailed posts that ask relevant questions or deal w/the app's limitations, and then you step in something totally out of context and fanboy, like, "wow, i am sure glad my friend told me to get this. it is the best program ever. come and try it!" please curb the starry-eyed enthusiasm and let the forum be about improving the software. for one, here's my idea: devs, please tell your people not to post to the GOTD forum, looks bad for you.

mateus  –  13 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+15)

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