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Flash Video Downloader 2.1.3

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What's New

Version 2.1.3:

Restored normal behavior to the close button in the main window; it will now hide the window when clicked
Corrected website URL listed in the About box to the new website URL
No longer prints out the flash video's actual URL to the console (this was accidently left in the program)
Updated Help Book

Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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Flash Video Downlo... User Discussion (Write a Review)

ver. 2.x:

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Kyani reviewed on 13 Nov 2011

Tried to download the video from this site http://bigcountryhomepage.com/search-fulltext?nxd_id=220321 but didn't work.

[Version 2.1.3]

-1

distorui reviewed on 07 Nov 2011

intresting, with filsh or http://getvids.de its work too

[Version 2.1.3]

Mozman reviewed on 05 Nov 2011

I had one purpose only for this software, this: http://www.myspace.com/cypresshill/videos/video/57684132

What can I say, it failed, result: 1 star rating.

[Version 2.1.3]

Duncan Adams reviewed on 31 Aug 2011

This thing works great ! I needed to download Camtasia Vids could not get it done .... this program WORKED LIKE A CHARM .

[Version 2.1.3]

JJJ_III reviewed on 23 Aug 2011

Didn't work for me.
URL-http://www.hulu.com/watch/53460/saturday-night-live-la-policia-mexicana
Error msg: Failed - The page does not contain a flash video.

[Version 2.1.3]

1 Reply

Tesseract Software (developer) replied on 27 Sep 2011

FVD uses a generalized way of finding the videos so I can't guarantee that it will work on every site; the flip side to this is that it doesn't have to be specifically designed to work on each site. Hulu is one of the sites that it doesn't work with; additionally, Hulu's videos are copyrighted so you shouldn't be downloading them anyways.

komentra reviewed on 26 Jan 2011

Did not work on any of the sites I tried it on [tv.com, imdb.com]. I could hear the advertisement playing in the background but afterwards it would just fail.

[Version 2.1.3]

Zignice reviewed on 04 Jan 2011

Would be better if the program can sense what video is playing. There is a windows program that can do this. Saves the trouble of finding the right url of streaming video that pops up in a new window. I could not get this to download on a lot of pages.

[Version 2.1.3]

1 Reply

Tesseract Software (developer) replied on 27 Sep 2011

FVD is designed for batch downloading of videos (e.g. you have 20 videos you want to download so you leave it running while you go do something else). While you obviously can use it to download just a single video, and many people do, being able to sense the current video isn't relevant to batch downloading. Also, being able to sense the current video would require a browser plugin/extension and there are many of these designed for that purpose.

Also, if you email me the URLs that didn't work, I can try to figure out why its not working. But keep in mind that FVD will not work with every website.

-1

olescha reviewed on 28 Dec 2010

well, this ist too not bad http://www.getvids.de

[Version 2.1.3]

Leka commented on 22 Oct 2010

It doesnt download the videos from the site I am on. I am taking a online course that has videos. I am hoping to copy them and review on my computer and avoid the delays from buffering...Is that possible the videos are locked? What can I do?

[Version 2.1.3]

1 Reply

Tesseract Software (developer) replied on 27 Sep 2011

If you email me the URLs I can look into why their not working with FVD.

-3

Livinia commented on 08 Aug 2010

I like this program , but i guess it'd be better if it supported more websites
I use a program called [Sharing Max], it supports extra sites , download from youtube & facebook
It has a cool interface too http://www.audioshareware.com

[Version 2.1.3]

1 Reply

Tesseract Software (developer) replied on 08 Nov 2010

Please don't advertise for a competing product on the page for my program; especially when that program isn't even available on Macs (its Windows only)...

-20

Gregmlr had trouble on 02 Nov 2009

I am using Mac OS X "Snow Leopard" 10.6.1 and have an issue that causes my mouse pointer to disappear when I'm running FVD 2.1.3. This is a sporadic incident and is resolved by closing FVD. Sometimes the my arrow will reappear own its own, only to disappear again.

I know the latest version of FVD was released months before Snow Leopard, I am mostly curious to see if anyone else is having the same issue.

[Version 2.1.3]

2 Replies

+47

Scrivens replied on 08 Nov 2009

Yep, same thing with 10.6.1. Very annoying as it takes a while for the cursor to be restored.

Tesseract Software (developer) replied on 11 Nov 2009

I don't have Snow Leopard yet, and I have been unable to reproduce the problem on Leopard. However, I looked around on the internet, and it seems that there is a bug in the version of Flash which ships with Snow Leopard that can cause your mouse to disappear. They specifically mention this happening with Photoshop and with Safari. Because FVD2 uses WebKit (Safari) and Flash, I am guessing that this is the cause of the problem. The solution that they give is to upgrade to the latest version of Flash. You can get it here: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer

Please let me know if this works.

petrsc had trouble on 24 Jan 2008

Whenever launched Flash Video Downloader 2.0 causes immediate shut down of my computer. MackBook Pro, OS 10.5.1.

Any ideas how to deal with this?

[Version 2.0]

6 Replies

Tesseract Software (developer) replied on 24 Jan 2008

I have a MacBook Pro with OS 10.5.1 and I can't duplicate your issue. When it immediately shuts down, do you mean the computer all of a sudden is off, or do you mean that the OS does the shutdown procedure?

You could try downloading Flash Video Downloader 2 again and installing it again. Perhaps it somehow got corrupted.

petrsc commented on 24 Jan 2008

Yes it shuts down all of a sudden. No warning just shut down. It does in both modes - battery and power. I will uninstall the current version, download it and install again. See what happens. :-)

Otherwise it's great app!

+136

wolfeatsworld replied on 25 Jan 2008

Exact same thing happend to me on my 24" iMac !!

Weirdest thing I ever saw! (I'm running 10.4.10)

I tried it 5 times in a row-and it did the same thing!

+47

scrivens commented on 25 Jan 2008

Go into Preferences and turn off "Shut Down When Finished" .

Tesseract Software (developer) replied on 25 Jan 2008

Scrivens tip from the previous reply is for if your computer is shutting down after you finish downloading video(s). From what I understand, its shutting down when you start the application?

For now, we can try a workaround (which will also help me to figure out what is happening).
1. Open a program such as TextEdit and create a new document
2. Write some text (anything) in the document but don't save it
3. Open Flash Video Downloader 2. If it tries to shut down the computer the proper way, TextEdit should ask you if you want to save the document before you quit.
4. Click the cancel button and OS X should tell you that the shutdown was interrupted.

Does that happen? Or does it shutdown anyways?

I'm not sure what could be causing Flash Video Downloader 2 to shutdown your computer on startup, it can only do it when finishing a download, and it uses an applescript command which can be interrupted as described above.

You can use the above as a workaround, if it works. If not, please do the following
1. Open Flash Video Downloader 2 (which will shutdown the computer if you're having this issue).
2. Turn the computer back on and open the Console application ( It's in the Applications/Utilities folder)
3. Click show Log List and a list of logs will be shown on the left side of the window (it may already be there)
4. Select All Messages
5. Then go to File->Save A Copy As...
6. Save a copy of your all messages log (its a .log file) somewhere (e.g. your desktop)
7. Please attach that .log file to an email and send it to tesseractsoftware[at]gmail.com (do NOT post it in this reply on macupdate)

This will hopefully allow me to see any messages that came up from Flash Video Downloader 2, your computer, or some other application before it shuts down. It will give me more insight into what is happening right before your computer shuts down.

I hope that we can figure this out.

petrsc commented on 25 Jan 2008

yes, open text edit document asks to save the document. if I click CANCEL the apple info dialog appears: "the application text edit canceled the shut down". if there are no open documents like this it shuts down without asking.

I haven't tried the FVD with the "quit after download is finished" check box off. I will try and tell you if it helped.

+35

Jocatra had trouble on 18 Mar 2007

Works here but DON'T remember the Settings ("Download Location" and "Beep When Finished"). Always I open the application the settings are empty.
Please, fix it. Congrats and thank you. ;)

[Version 1.3]

2 Replies

Tesseract Software (developer) replied on 18 Mar 2007

The settings are not designed to be saved, so there is nothing to fix. You always wouldn't want those settings to save; for example, if you told the computer to shut down when finished, you probably don't want that to happen everytime and you might forget to uncheck it. There are only a few options anyways so it only takes about 2 seconds to fill out.

+35

Jocatra replied on 18 Mar 2007

Sorry but I don't agree with your view point and so am trashing the application. Thank you for attention and good luck.

+27

M-Rick had trouble on 17 Mar 2007

Can't get it to work it never download the URL ...

[Version 1.3]

3 Replies

Tesseract Software (developer) replied on 17 Mar 2007

If you could tell me what the URL you tried was, I could help you.

+27

M-Rick replied on 17 Mar 2007

For exemple this one

http://www.kewego.fr/video/iLyROoaftYZx.html

Tesseract Software (developer) replied on 17 Mar 2007

kewego.fr is not a supported website. Flash Video Downloader queries the website videodownloader.net to figure out where to get the file to download. So, if videodownloader.net cannot download the file (which on their website they don't list kewego.fr as being supported) then Flash Video Downloader cannot download the file. I suggest that you email videodownloader.net and ask them to add support for kewego.fr

nsgm had trouble on 16 Mar 2007

i don't understand why i can't even install this app. it keeps saying that this app failed to mount. what's wrong?

[Version 1.2]

cirrus .. had trouble on 15 Mar 2007

Didn't download anything for me too.
It said it did, but the file was nowhere to be found.

[Version 1.0]

yogsototh had trouble on 15 Mar 2007

just didn't download anything for me...

[Version 1.0]

+105

neonblue2 had trouble on 15 Mar 2007

I get an AppleScript error of type -10660 whenever I launch the app

[Version 1.0]

+21

Fotodivr rated on 15 Oct 2011

[Version 2.1.3]

E2ndo rated on 03 Jul 2011

[Version 2.1.3]

-6

TripHHH rated on 21 Jun 2011

[Version 2.1.3]

Stephen57 rated on 16 Jun 2011

[Version 2.1.3]

-1

Ted46 rated on 03 Dec 2010

[Version 2.1.3]

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Type:Internet : Internet Utilities

License:Free

Date:20 Jul 2009

Platform:PPC / Intel

Price:Free

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Flash Video Downloader is an application which allows you to easily batch download and save streaming flash videos from just about any website with streaming flash videos as long as the videos are set to autoplay (that is, they start playing when the page loads). Examples of sites are youtube.com, video.google.com, and dailymotion.com, but just about any website will work. Instead of sifting through the html code of the webpage to find the flash video, Flash Video Downloader 2 actually checks where the video is coming from and download it, which will ensure that it will still work even if the page has changed. It can even download videos that require you to login to the website and videos from websites that first play an advertisement. Flash Video Downloader 2 can also download up to 5 videos at a time in order to significantly improve the overall download time.

Features:

Automatically checks for the newest version
Downloads the video files (.flv) for you so you don't have to deal with complicated "flash video downloading websites" or firefox extensions anymore
Will continue working even if a flash video site changes its coding because it actually checks where the videos is instead of relying on sifting through html code
Downloads up to 5 videos simultaneously to significantly speed up the overall process
Can download videos that require you to login to the website first
Able to download videos that first play an advertisement before the actual video
Allows many videos to be downloaded in a batch process, leaving you free to go do something else while Flash Video Downloader takes care of your videos for you
Shows the progress of each video as well as the overall process
Has optional Growl Support to easily notify you of the current progress
Can shut down the computer and/or beep when its finished
It's Free!

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