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Robert in CA writes:
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Paul didn't think there were anything good
out there that worked or if it did it came
with adware.

(So you _are_ talking of capturing video from websites, not from a VHS
tape or similar. It'd probably save time when Paul or I [or anyone else]
ask you "do you mean this or that", you were to answer which you mean as
the first line of your post. I think a lot of the W10 upgrade thread,
for example, would have gone more smoothly if you'd answered
clarification questions earlier. Observation made not for the sake of
criticism, but in the interests of helping us all move forward.)

It seems to have a high review rating but I

(And say what "it" is. I _think_ you mean, in this case, DownloadHelper.
But I'm not sure!)

checked the reviews and seems some people
have a problem with it.

I checked up and this is an add-on to FF is
this free or something I have to pay for? How

If you _are_ talking about DownloadHelper, it is available as an add-on
to Firefox, Chrome, and I think some other browsers. There are free and
paid versions (well there are for modern Chrome, and were for old
Firefox - I don't use modern Firefox, but I expect it is the same
there). In modern Chrome, the free version sometimes won't let you use
it - I'm not sure if only at maximum resolution or at all - more than
once in 90 or 120 minutes. On the version that worked with my old
Firefox, the paid version would do format conversion on the fly and
various other utilities; I never bought that as I have other
format-conversion utilities, and VLC plays most formats anyway, and I
have lots of disc space for the moment so just keep what comes (I don't
download a lot of complete movies, in fact I think I only have about 5).

does the video get stored? Within DownloadHelper
itself or can I select my HD?

No, it gets stored on the HD. In my old Firefox, I always get the usual
where-shall-I-put-it dialog - I have FF set to ask me that for downloads
anyway, and don't know if DLH picked that up or has its own setting; in
Chrome, I've found where it puts it rather hard to control (but that
could just be me), but it is definitely stored on the disc, not within
DLH in some way.

The command-line youtube-dl, if used plain, stores the saved video file
in the folder your command window is running in; you can specify
otherwise, but that involves using more parameters. I just have a
temporary folder - with a copy of youtube-dl.exe (it's less than 8M) in
it - and just use "command window here", then use it, and move the
result afterwards. So it's: encounter a webpage with a video I want to
save on it; copy the URL (address); go to temp folder; "command window
here"; type youtube-dl followed by a space; paste (ctrl-space, E, P).
That's all there is to it, and is easier to do than describe. The "go to
temp folder" stage means I'll have explorer open there already, so
moving (and renaming first, often) the video file is ready-easy.

Thanks,
Robert

John
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