Description
Best Video Downloader Extension. Downloads most popular media types from any website.
Extension Rankings
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Ranking Summary
Overall Rank
Extension Rank
"Video Player" Keyword
"Video Downloader Extension" Keyword
"Downloader" Keyword
"Download" Keyword
Featured Rank
Review Summary
Users praise Video Downloader PLUS for its wide website support, speed, and free usage, considering it better than many alternatives. However, common issues include failure to work on popular sites like YouTube and Hotstar, problems downloading larger videos causing restarts, inability to download reels or private videos, and partial downloads without audio. Permission requirements also concern some users. While some find it useful and reliable, others report frequent failures and disappointing performance.
Pros
- Supports downloading videos from a variety of websites including Facebook, MSN, Amazon.ca, and some random websites
- Fast and works better than several similar extensions
- Free to use
- Recognizes more videos compared to other alternatives on the Chrome Web Store
Cons
- Does not work on certain sites like Hotstar and YouTube due to policy or technical restrictions
- Fails to download large videos over 56 MB, often restarting the download
- Does not download reels or private videos as advertised
- Often downloads only partial videos (e.g., only 15 seconds) without audio
- Requires many permissions which raises privacy concerns
Permissions
This extension can:
- tabs
- scripting
- webRequest
- unlimitedStorage
- management
- downloads
- storage
This extension can access:
- http://*/*
- https://*/*
- <all_urls>
Additional Information
6.5.5
July 27, 2024
0.27 MB
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