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Fast Video Download


Last update: Version 1.5



This is archive homepage of Fast Video Download Firefox extension.
Since 18 March 2008 extension belongs to Applian company.

Many people have fun watching videoclips posted to concerned servers like Google Video. These sites provide a Macromedia Flash-powered interface but never offer a direct links to source video file. But some files may be removed from server for various reasons.

Nevertheless all of these sites usually write some part of URLs in web-pages themselves. So, any web-developer or cracker can find some way to compile a correct direct URL and download desired file.

In Summer 2006 I found a VideoDownloader site which was offering an automated download service supporting large range of video-hosting servers. Later its creator released same-named extension for Firefox. It's a really nice tool, but unfortunately the extension needs to open a pop-up window to send URL to VD.N server and proceed it with inside algorithm. Moreover, the files in a save dialog have identical name and extension like "download_video.php". I'm not sure that it's an ultimate quality of service.
In august I tried to create my first own extension (Google Video Downloader) to test another way to grab desired URL. As i see, some people find it quite useful.
Finally I managed to develop the improved downloader supporting two more servers. Many time has left... Today, FVD is useful and powerful ever-updating videograbber that steadily growing up in popularity.
Fast Video Download designed to save a video file from total of 10 video-hosting servers:
(Actual on March 2008)
AG.ru, Angry Alien, badjojo.com, break.com, bubblare.dk, Current.com, Daily Motion, hi5.com, metacafe.com, Google Video, My Space, mult.ru, putfile.com, Streetfire, vidiac.com and You Tube.


Just in one click on the status-bar icon you'll open the regular "Save As" dialog with already placed video title and extension. No pop-ups and remote servers. Also, extension able to collect all multimedia links from ordinal web-pages.

Processing of embedded YouTube video objects: Special download link will appear above every embedded YouTube Flash-Player posted on common pages such as blogs and web-boards with HTML input support.

At last, FVD supports DownThemAll and FlashGot: You can turn on interaction with your desired download manager in preferences.


Versions history


1.5 (02.03.2007) - 17 sites support is completely updated and checked. Added support for Firefox 3.
1.3.1.4 (06th September 2007) - Recovered support of 10 sites. (Read More)
1.3.1.3 (06th September 2007) — Youtube support recovered.
1.3.1.2 (06th June 2007) — Here we are again! AG.ru support and lot of locales added. (read details)
1.3.1> (29th November 2006) — Toolbar button, iFilm, RMB, Localization improvement (read details)
1.3.0.1 (25th November 2006) — One little bug fixed.
1.3 (24th November 2006) — HI5, MetaCafe & embedded YouTube objects processor (read details).
1.2.2.3 (22th November 2006) — Added support for News.NTV.ru, CollegeHumor.com, Danerd.com.
1.2.2.2 (21th November 2006) — Bubblare.dk support added, minor message bug fixed.
1.2.2.1 (19th November 2006) — Daily Motion process engine updated.
1.2.2 (2th November 2006) — Another YouTube-bug fixed ("-" characters in Query String "t" parameter).
1.2.1 (1th November 2006) — The Youtube-bug fixed, URL-collector added, Support of 13 new sites added. New preferences is available
1.2 (30th October 2006) — A couple of bugs fixed, the "Get Video" inscription replaced by icon, multilangual support added (current languages: ru, en), added support for 5 new servers.
1.1.1 (25th October 2006) — Possibility to download .avi files from Google Video added
1.1 (25th October 2006) — DownThemAll support added. User can enable this function via Preferences.
1.0 (20th October 2006) — First release




Это архивная домашняя страница моего расширения Fast Video Download для браузера Firefox.
Расширение с 18.03.2007 принадлежит компании Applian.

Последнее обновление: Версия 1.5



Очень многие прикалываются по видеороликам размещёным на сответствующих хостингах типа Google Video. Сайты предоставляют Flash-интерфейс для просмотра самих роликов, но ни один из них не размещает прямую ссылку на исходный файл. Но ведь файлы по тем или иным причинам могут быть удалены с сервера, а бывает обидно. Однако, все эти сайты обычно помещают в исходном коде страниц кусочки идентификационных кодов, поэтому продвинутый веб-разработчик или крекер всегда найдёт способ собрать правильную прямую ссылку на понравившийся файл и сохранить его.

Летом 2006 года VideoDownloader, на котором предоставлялась возможность скачать файлы с немалого числа подобных серверов. Позже создатели представили одноименное расширение для Firefox, которое предоставляло те же возможности прямо в браузере. Увы, расширение использует всплывающие окна с которых посылает URL серверу, на котором они и обрабатываются закрытым способом. Кроме того, при сохранении имена и расширения файлов имеют один и тот же вид типа "download_video.php". Я не думаю, что это верх совершенства.

В августе я попробовал сделать своё первое расширение для Firefox (Google Video Downloader), дабы протестировать свой собственный способ выковыривания нужного URL прямо из HTML-кода. Как я вижу, кое-кому понравилось.

20 октября 2006 я выделил немного времени и написал улучшенный вариант с поддержкой You Tube и My Space. С тех пор прошло уже немало времени, и на сегодня, это удобный и мощный видеограббер, который постоянно обновляется и популярность которого неуклонно растёт.
Fast Video Download предназначен для сохранения оригинального видео-файла с 17 серверов:

AG.ru, Angry Alien, badjojo.com, break.com, bubblare.dk, Current.com, Daily Motion, hi5.com, metacafe.com, Google Video, My Space, mult.ru, putfile.com, Streetfire, vidiac.com и You Tube.

По одному щелчку мышью по пиктограмме на полосе статуса открывается стандартный диалог сохранения файла с проставленным именем файла и расширением. И никаких всплывающих окон и левых серверов. Кроме того, расширение может собрать все имеющиеся на обычных страницах ссылки на мультимедиа-файлы.

Обработка встроенных объектов YouTube в постах: Под любым встроенным Ю-Тьюбовским проигрывателем на страницах навроде ЖЖ, других блогов и форумов с поддержкой ввода HTML тегов, будет появляться ссылка "Загрузить видео!", при нажатии на которую осуществляется AJAX-запрос и видео сохраняется так же, как будто на "родной" странице YouTube.com была нажата иконка расширения.

Взаимодействие с DownThemAll и FlashGot: В окне настроек можно включить режим взаимодействия с предпочитаемым менеджером загрузок. В этом случае вместо диалога сохранения будет открываться диалог соответствующего менеджера.



История версий


1.5 (02.03.2007) - Полностью обновлена и проверена поддержка 17 сайтов, добавлена поддержка Firefox 3.0 (Подробнее)
1.3.1.4 (06.09.2007) - Обновлена поддержка 10 сайтов (Подробнее)
1.3.1.3 (06.09.2007) — Обновлена поддержка YouTube
1.3.1.2 (06.06.2007) — Мы снова с вами. Добавлена поддержка AG.ru и множество новых локалей (подробнее)
1.3.1 (29.11.2006) — Тулбар, iFilm, ПКМ, новые локали (подробнее)
1.3.0.1 (25.11.2006) — Исправлен один мелкий баг.
1.3 (24.11.2006) — HI5, MetaCafe и обработчик встроенных YouTube-ин (подробнее).
1.2.2.3 (22.11.2006) — Добавлена поддержка серверов News.NTV.ru, CollegeHumor.com, Danerd.com.
1.2.2.2 (21.11.2006) — Добавлена поддержка Bubblare.dk, исправлен незначительный баг в сообщениях.
1.2.2.1 (19.11.2006) — Обновлен механизм обработки Daily Motion.
1.2.2 (02.11.2006) — Исправлена ещё одна ошибка с YouTube (символы "-" в параметре строки запроса "t").
1.2.1 (01.11.2006) — Исправлена ошибка с YouTube, добавлен сборщик ссылок, добавлено 13 новых сайтов. Доступны новые настройки.
1.2 (30.10.2006) — Исправлена пара ошибок, надпись "Get Video" заменена на пиктограмму, добавлена мультиязычная поддержка (текущие языки: ru, en), добавлена поддержка 5-ти серверов.
1.1.1 (25.10.2006) — Добавлена возможность сохранять с Google Video файлы .avi
1.1 (25.10.2006) — Добавлена поддержка DownThemAll. Пользователи могут включить эту функцию через настройки расширения.
1.0 (20.10.2006) — Первый выпуск


Вы хотите выразить особую благодарность? Я так и понял, что у нас это никому не нужно.
Если бы хотя-бы каждый сотый пользователь посылал мне один-единственный доллар, я бы имел в неделю 500 долларов. К сожалению, я голодал около года.



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[info]penguin_arctic
2006-10-21 06:21 am UTC (link)
хех, ща подкорректирую :)

Very much people нельзя писать. Исправь на Many people.
Второе предложение:
"These sites provide a Macromedia Flash-powered interface but never offer direct links to source video file." - вот так.
Третье предложение:
But some files may be removed from server for different reasons.
В следующем предложении оба артикля "а" надо убрать (я вообще не понимаю такое к ним пристрастие с твоей стороны).
Дальше действительно косячно. Исправляю:
A few months ago I found a VideoDownloader site which was offering an automated download service supporting large range of video-hosting servers.
Следующее предложение нормальное. Дальше:
It's a really nice tool, but unfortunately the extension needs to open a pop-up window to send URL to VD.N server and proceed it with inside algorithm. Moreover, the files in a save dialog have identical name and extension like "download_video.php". I'm not sure that it's an ultimate quality of service.
In august I tried to create my first own extension (Google Video Downloader) to test another way to grab desired URL. As i see, some people find it quite useful.
Finally I managed to develop the improved downloader supporting two more servers.

Fast Video Download, released 21 October 2006 designed to save desired .flv file from one video-hosting page of the following: Google Video, You Tube and My Space.

... I promise to add support of other popular servers in near future.

Кажись усе %)))

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[info]rpocc
2006-10-21 09:37 am UTC (link)
о, сенкс. Кажется я удалил очень много букв "а" ;D

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FVD Errors In Error Console - (Anonymous), 2007-11-04 11:16 pm UTC
GREAT JOB
(Anonymous)
2006-10-28 06:29 pm UTC (link)
Hallo Man !!!MY NAME IS ALPHONSE AND I'M FROM MEXICO, I'VE JUST DOWNLOAD YOUR TOOL, SEEMS TO BE VERY FUNCTIONAL AND FAST, I'VE USED AND MANAGED A COUPLE OF TOOLS BEFORE BUT THIS ONE IS BETTER THAN THE OTHERS. FASTER, AND LIGHTER, JUST KEEP 'ON WORKING AND THANX FOR THIS ONE !!! I'LL BE IN TOUCH FOR UPDATES, AS WELL AS I HAVE ALREADY BOOKMARKED YOUR PAGE... SEE YOU !!!

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Re: GREAT JOB
(Anonymous)
2007-10-05 09:53 pm UTC (link)
This no longer works. i click and see that the status bar says "looking for..., transferring data, read, etc." but absolutely nothing else happens

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(Anonymous)
2006-10-31 10:04 am UTC (link)
Very usefull!!!!
But it is possible to support also this italian site: http://video.libero.it/ ?

Anyway Thank You
damjang

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[info]rpocc
2006-10-31 12:38 pm UTC (link)
ok. It will be suported in version following after 1.2. I'm already found, how video.libero.it works and going to add more supported sites and some new cool features.

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(no subject) - [info]ttrtt, 2007-09-02 01:56 pm UTC
FlashGot
[info]stainlessstill
2006-11-07 02:20 pm UTC (link)
1. В описании заявлено что FVD совместим с FlashGot... В чем заключается эта совместимость? Как задействовать FlashGot? Ничего кроме окна "Save as..." не появляется...
2. Например, на сайте YouTube жмешь иконку FVD - появляется "Save as...". Отменяешь. Жмешь опять, появляется "Sorry, can't find required data"... Жмем "Ok". Жмем опять - Save as... и так по кругу. Через раз появляется то одно, то другое.

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Re: FlashGot
[info]rpocc
2006-11-07 02:36 pm UTC (link)
Надо просто залезть в настройки расширения, раздел "Download managers" и отметить "Put links into FlashGot". Отличия проявятся :)

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Re: FlashGot - [info]stainlessstill, 2006-11-07 02:57 pm UTC
Re: FlashGot - [info]rpocc, 2006-11-07 03:42 pm UTC
Re: FlashGot - [info]ttrtt, 2007-09-02 01:57 pm UTC
Support for bubblare.dk ?
(Anonymous)
2006-11-19 12:44 pm UTC (link)
Is it possible to add support for http://www.bubblare.dk ?

Thanks :)

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Re: Support for bubblare.dk ?
[info]rpocc
2006-11-21 06:45 pm UTC (link)
Done!

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Re: Support for bubblare.dk ? - (Anonymous), 2006-12-03 08:18 pm UTC
Feature Request
(Anonymous)
2006-11-26 01:17 pm UTC (link)
Is it possible to also have a toolbar button? I use Firefox in full-screen mode, and I can't click the FVD status bar button while in full-screen mode (its hidden). I just need a buton to place next to the back and forward button next to the url bar. Thank you for making this great extension.

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Re: Feature Request
[info]rpocc
2006-11-26 08:22 pm UTC (link)
Hm. It's interesting idea. I'll think about it.

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Toolbar Button
(Anonymous)
2006-11-28 02:46 am UTC (link)
A lot quicker and generally smarter than VideoDownloader, but I'd also like a toolbar button.

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Re: Toolbar Button
[info]rpocc
2006-11-28 10:37 pm UTC (link)
Done.

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Great extension, but fix the options!
(Anonymous)
2006-11-29 10:11 pm UTC (link)
Yep, it's handier than VideoDownloader, but the options menu is a bit weird:
http://img6.picsplace.to/img6/23/options.png

Ignore my funky colour scheme, but those scrollbars could dissapear, dunno if it's a resolution thing, I'm on 1280x1024.

Thanks, great work! :)

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Open Source
(Anonymous)
2006-12-02 03:05 pm UTC (link)
Would you be interested in making your source-code open source, or perhaps selling it?

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Re: Open Source
[info]rpocc
2006-12-02 08:27 pm UTC (link)
Certainly, i don't mean to sell the extension itself to anybody. But i need to select a congenial distribution license for source code. It is nice if someone will make even better extension with open engine (I don't mean any project like videodownloader.net in this instance) or standalone application and mention me in credits. But I wouldn't mind a money and couldn't be happy if my code expended many time will be used in some proprietary or incomings-oriented project or will be patented (Possibly someone did it already.) without any reward or %%. Unfortunately I'm too weak in English right now to write my own license.

You can contact me to ICQ 341492294 if you're interested yourself in use FVD's source code whole or partly.

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Re: Open Source - (Anonymous), 2007-10-28 09:55 am UTC
Re: Open Source - [info]rpocc, 2007-10-28 10:09 am UTC
.AVI Google Video will not re-play !?
(Anonymous)
2006-12-21 02:10 pm UTC (link)
I saved all the Lynne&Tessa videos from Google Video as .avi, but 'RealPlayer 10.5 Plus' and 'Windows Media Player 9' will not play them! WHY?? Setting is "Try do download .avi from Google Video". The files are 20-30 MB. Extension is 1.3.1.1. (curt at webspeed dk)

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Re: .AVI Google Video will not re-play !?
[info]rpocc
2006-12-21 02:24 pm UTC (link)
Probably you should install KLite Codec Pack with Media Player Classic. Windows Media Player can't play certain type of avi-files.

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www.yuvutu.com
(Anonymous)
2007-01-04 08:37 am UTC (link)
Could you provide support for www.yuvutu.com please?

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(Anonymous)
2007-01-16 05:21 pm UTC (link)
Very Good!

Unfortunately, it doesn't get embedded video from metacafe. For example: Invalid video URL.


The Hole - video powered by Metacafe (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/227383/pooh_bear/)

It gets pooh_bear.swf, which isn't the actual video.

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(Anonymous)
2007-01-16 05:26 pm UTC (link)
Damn, it tried to process the HTML tags!

Try again:
{embed src="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/227383/pooh_bear.swf" width="400" height="345" wmode="transparent" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"}{/embed}{br/}{font size="1"}

{a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/227383/pooh_bear/"}The Hole - video powered by Metacafe{/a}{/font}

It gets pooh_bear.swf, which isn't the actual video.

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get_video
(Anonymous)
2007-01-19 02:28 pm UTC (link)
Hi there. I think it's a great idea, but after downloading a 7mb video from YouTube.com, the file was named after "get_video" without any kind of extension. How do I open this file?
I suppose the video IS in there, but I don't know which program to use. I tried some flash players, Internet Explorer, renaming to .mpg but nothing works. What do I do?
Thanks.

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Re: get_video
[info]rpocc
2007-01-19 02:49 pm UTC (link)
Still i don't know what kind of video-hosting you use, i can't suggest you exact extension blindly. But in most cases, extension is ".flv" and you should use special application to open it: FLVPlayer. It is famous program which can be easy found via Google. Well, if you save file from YouTube ("get_video.php"), the right extension definitely is ".flv".

Hint: You can save video-file with proper name and extension while you turned off any download managers integration via extension's options. Unfortunately, that kind of naming files is a restriction of download managers' program architecture and i can't override it myself. :)
Please inform me detailed if i not quite right about "YouTube->DownThemAll"
Kindest regards.

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Re: get_video - (Anonymous), 2007-08-01 11:51 pm UTC
Wow!
(Anonymous)
2007-01-22 04:32 am UTC (link)
What an absolutely fantastic mozilla addon. Thank you! People with enthusiasm like yours really keep mozilla strong.

Thank you again, when I have some dosh lying around I will donate to your site.

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Seems to be a bug!
(Anonymous)
2007-02-02 05:52 pm UTC (link)
On YouTube and other sites first time you click the download video icon in firefox it says cant find required info but the next time you click it, works fine.Did a farther check and it seems that it does it every other time you click the icon.Something must be wrong in the code. If it does it lets you download it the second time and every other time there must be a problem.Anyway if you can fix that it would be great, but its not to big of a deal.

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Re: Seems to be a bug!
(Anonymous)
2007-10-15 12:56 am UTC (link)
This also happen to me a lot.

1. You have to click twice to download a file
2. If you stream more than one video it doen't work well

:(

..:: TDP ::..


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Make icon change color?
(Anonymous)
2007-02-02 06:01 pm UTC (link)
Could you make the icon change color when on a page with embedded video, You could just dull the color when no video present and normal when not or something like that. Another great option would be for it to ask if you want to use flashgot or not everytime as an option in the option menu. I like it to ask me because sometimes i may want to use it and other times i may not. as of now i got to go in and check or uncheck flashgot in the option menu every time.

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Could you provide support for GetRight please?
(Anonymous)
2007-02-06 07:52 pm UTC (link)
Could you provide support for GetRight please?
http://pro.getright.com/

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Re: Could you provide support for GetRight please?
[info]rpocc
2007-02-06 08:02 pm UTC (link)
OK, I'll do it in the undefined future, but now i'm busy with other stuff. Actually, some processing methods are already become out of date (see that rough comments) and i need to update site processing in primary order.
At least, FVD can still work with DTA and FlashGot and download stuff from YouTube. :)

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AnimeEpisodes-Doesn't work anymore!!!!
(Anonymous)
2007-02-07 10:59 am UTC (link)
hello,

This extension worked great!!...but recently...it won't download videos from Animeepisodes anymore....why? why? why?....please help....

thanx

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Re: AnimeEpisodes-Doesn't work anymore!!!!
[info]rpocc
2007-02-07 11:09 am UTC (link)
Thank you for report. I think, AnimeEpisodes developers just changed something. I'll Consider this issue at next update. Meanwhile you can use any HTTP-sniffer (for example, Live HTTP Headers) to get files anyway.

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(Anonymous)
2007-02-08 05:59 pm UTC (link)
Уважаемый автор расширения! Прошу добавить поддержку замечательного ресурса trava.kiev.ua. Очень веселый сайт с прикольными роликами.

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Seamonkey support
(Anonymous)
2007-02-14 10:23 am UTC (link)
А нельзя ли добавить поддержку Mozilla (Seamonkey) ?

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Re: Seamonkey support
[info]rpocc
2007-02-14 10:34 am UTC (link)
Вообще, пока не планировалось, т.к. я банально не знаю всяких тонкостей SeaMonkey и спецификации на изготовление расширений для него. Может быть, в будущем, когда я опять примусь вплотную за расширение, что-то сделать попробую.

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Re: Seamonkey support - (Anonymous), 2007-02-14 11:43 am UTC
Re: Seamonkey support - [info]rpocc, 2007-02-14 11:48 am UTC
Re: Seamonkey support - (Anonymous), 2007-02-14 12:24 pm UTC
v 1.3.1
(Anonymous)
2007-02-23 07:08 am UTC (link)
Use it with flashgot. same as videodownloader. filename is get video every time I download from you tube. have to rename and add ext

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Re: v 1.3.1
[info]rpocc
2007-02-23 11:23 am UTC (link)
Unfortunately, that kind of naming files is a restriction of download managers' program architecture and i can't override it myself. :)

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Yet another site addition request :-)
(Anonymous)
2007-03-02 09:23 pm UTC (link)
Hi !
Great extension, could you please add support for secret.tv ?
Thank you for this Xtension.

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Re: Yet another site addition request :-)
(Anonymous)
2007-03-15 06:41 pm UTC (link)
nevermind, the UNPLUG plugin does the job :-))
maybe your extension will follow that direction !?

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Re: Yet another site addition request :-) - [info]rpocc, 2007-03-16 12:48 pm UTC
Re: Yet another site addition request :-) - (Anonymous), 2007-03-16 08:28 pm UTC
Nice Extension
[info]tibbittz
2007-03-06 12:01 am UTC (link)
It would be even better if I could get it to download from this site:

http://video.style.com/ifr_main.jsp?nsid=d-39b7fdd5:1112450c2e3:-252a&rf=bm&fr_story=3a58c442674109dec9a306e6b4511b8750312968&st=1173139234406&mp=FLV&cpf=false&fvn=9&fr=030307_084942_4b0d1cdbx11119fcb82fx7a85&rdm=559021.552722039

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Re: Nice Extension
[info]rpocc
2007-03-06 08:25 am UTC (link)
Thanks. I'll find it up, but not soon, sorry.

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Preferences window broken
(Anonymous)
2007-03-06 12:30 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for a good extension!
But on my Mac running Mac OS 10.2.8 and the latest Firefox, Fast Video Download's Preferences window doesn't work at all for versions after 1.3.0.2.
It would be great if this could be fixed!

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Re: Preferences window broken
(Anonymous)
2007-03-06 11:46 pm UTC (link)
I have the same problem with latest firefox and windows xp with the latest version of the extension.

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Re: Preferences window broken - (Anonymous), 2007-09-28 11:59 am UTC
Great thing!
(Anonymous)
2007-03-08 04:39 pm UTC (link)
Great thing!
Is it possible to add support for http://www.myvideo.de ?

Thanks!

Rainer

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