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Is there a decent youtube downloader?

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helmut85:
Remember Laura Nyro.

cmpm:
If a Firefox plugin does not work or doesn't do what you want it to,
uninstall it or disable it.
Having multiple download managers in Firefox will be trouble, no doubt.

I think you need to more familiar with Firefox to determine it's usefulness.

NetVideoHunter Video Downloader for FF

Has "best available" option, but doesn't seem to be updated frequently enough (people on the respective mozilla page say it didn't download the majority of YT videos for many months; or then has problems with newer FF versions?
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Frequent updates or lack of them don't bother me if it works.
The comments are reliable to a point, that point being overall ratings and tips for operations.
And my own experience with the add-on.

I hope you find something that works for you.

helmut85:
Remember Laura Nyro.

tomos:
I dont know what the competition is like but I use clipconverter (http://www.clipconverter.cc/addon/ or www.clipconverter.cc) for the occasional download with FF and am quite happy with it. It offers addons for:

Install <strong>Firefox Addon</strong>
Install Firefox Addon
(Click 'Allow' at the top bar)

Install <strong>Chrome Addon</strong>
Install Chrome Addon
(See below how to install)

Install <strong>Safari Addon</strong>
Install Safari Addon
(Click 'Open' and 'Install')

Install <strong>Opera Addon</strong>
Install Opera Addon
(Click 'OK' and 'Install')

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4wd:
Something for you to play with: FirefoxPortable.7z (Right-click->Save as...) (NLA)

Just extract and run the FirefoxPortable.exe, all I've done is:

* made sure it's always in Private Browsing mode, (all history/cache/cookies/cake/etc is cleared on exit),
* made sure disc cache is disabled, (it uses 50MB of RAM as cache),
* added BYTubeD and DTA! and configured them.
You might get a couple of tabs open asking if you want to install the Java Quick Starter and Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant - your choice as to what you do but No is preferable.

So, in theory, it'll only ever use about 65MB of disc space for the executable folder plus whatever you download into wherever you download it.

To uninstall: Delete the folder.

It also has a nice homepage. :)

BTW, concerning your "lost space" problem, check for the following folders:
C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Mozilla
C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla

If you don't have Firefox, (and possibly SeaMonkey), installed then you may safely delete those two folders.

FirefoxPortable will create them again when run, (FirefoxPortable only puts a few small files in them unlike a full Firefox installation), and delete them when it exits.

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