* Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au> [01-28-18 00:21]:
On 26/01/18 12:52, Dave Howorth wrote:
I'm trying to use video download helper without much success.
There is an icon in the toolbar and when I go to the test page https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDm8zTlP-mw as suggested by https://www.downloadhelper.net/howto#how-to-verify-video-downloadhelper-is-w... and click on the icon, a list of videos pops up. If I choose one and select download, VDH opens a window with a title and X inside the window but no other content. There's nothing related to VDH in the browser console that I can see though I'm not sure what I'm looking at or for. There seem to be no videos downloaded anywhere.
The VDH support method appears to be a google group - I don't have a google account and don't intend to get one.
I'm on leap 42.3, FF is the standard 52.5.3, VDH tells me it is 7.1.0 (and FF says no updates are available). I have apparently at some point installed net.downloadhelper.coapp-1.1.0-1_amd64.tar.gz (my PC has an Intel processor but there doesn't seem to be a corresponding tar) and I must have run setup-linux-user.sh because my .mozilla directory contains the appropriate json file. But VDH settings, in the 'Verifying Companion App…' section, has a grey 'Recheck' button and a blue 'Install Companion App' button, whatever that means.
Any suggestions are welcome.
Whether or not Video Downloadhelper 'works' for you depends on the version of FF you are using.
For the current FF in 42.3 you need to install an earlier version of VDH.
Go to Get Addons and lookup VDH -- it author explains why VDH may not work for you and which version you need.
(The situation with Addons is even worse when it comes to the version of FF which is in TW :-(.)
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