The "Download" entry will download the video, without converting, to a directory of your choice, as an *.flv video file. I've found that I get better and more consistent results loading the video into Avidemux, and performing the conversion there. I've found this function, which relies on ffmpeg to do the conversion, to behave erratically at times. "Download & Convert", the first menu item is supposed to download and then convert the video file into a format that you have predefined. Fortunately, this limitation is easily circumvented by a number of solutions.įilename of video element, displaying choices in the context menuĪs you can see from the above screen shot that I took while visiting the YouTube site, clicking on the "down arrow" next to the animated icon in my status bar highlights the video file I just played, along with a context menu that pops up providing choices for what to do with the video. Presumably, this is an attempt to impose some form of DRM (Digital Rights Management) on the videos, to prevent users from pilfering the video content. One of the "drawbacks" to the use of Flash for playback, for the common user, is that it doesn't allow users to save copies of the videos, without some assistance from another application. However, its widespread adoption may be a few years out yet, since the powers-that-be are still hammering out and jockeying for position over which video format to use and the "rights" to use certain video codecs. A newer, better way is on the horizon, with embedded video being a part of the HTML5 specification. Currently, the most prevalent video format used to present those videos is the *.flv format, which requires Adobe Flash Player to render the content.
It's doubtful that there is anyone on the planet who uses the internet that doesn't know about video sharing sites, such as YouTube and Vimeo, to only name two. Firefox Add-on: Video DownloadHelper by Paul Arnote (parnote)
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