Rated 3 out of 5 stars

by Paul Leger on April 23, 2009 · permalink

I prefer this to Video Download Helper, because NetVideoHunter is less bloated. However, it needs improvement still:

1. The video list should be placeable at the bottom. I have 1024x768 resolution and the video names get cut off -- or I have to reduce video to very small size to see the video names in full.

2. I miss entry in Tools menu and optional toolbar button. Entry in tools menu because I use video download only very rare. So for me it's good to keep that hidden from toolbar and statusbar unless I really need it frequently.

3. I miss a download queue feature, so that selected media on the list can be downloaded with a single click, that is to say put on the queue of the download manager.

4. HQ videos on Youtube are not listed by default. You have to click the HQ button at bottom of Youtube videos and then NetVideoHunter will recognize it and increase its counter in the status bar.

5. HQ videos in the list are not distinguishable from videos with the same name that are non-HQ. So you can only find out by having a guess. Maybe it would be nice to see file sizes before download. That would be the best hint to choose what's the HQ version.

6. Would like to be disable the video player functionality in the options, thus saving ressources when not needed.

Apart from those issues, it's a nice addon. Thank you.