Downloadhelper empty files

Read times. Curt Supporting Member Joined in Posts: 7, I think the problem began with version 23, but it may be just a little older. Works fine here: Pale Moon Then just re-enable DownloadHelper and see if it's OK. It so far seems I must take the hard walk, testing them. There really are times when I want fewer extensions List of Extensions. Yes, I have been experiencing this issue. Always seems to occur if attempting to download a Vevo video.

Also occurs at other times, as well. I just assumed that Youtube did something recently to prevent people from saving the videos and they haven't finished fully rolling it out, yet. I never thought it could be an issue with DownloadHelper, itself. Just before you posted, I was thinking, "are they all originally from Vevo? Maybe Vevo is the sinner? I will remember to make a note about this the next time I go video hunting. I've managed to solve part of the problem, but not the problem itself.

This one DownloadHelper will grap, even if it originates from Vevo. The page you are looking for is not available in your region. Easy enough! Moreover, If an Apple device like iPad is chosen, and the option "Export to iTunes" has been checked, the converted video will be added to iTunes library automatically so you're able to sync to your Apple device conveniently with iTunes.

Personally, I humbly recommend you to use Google Chrome for faster browsing experience. By default, Firefox will update your addons automatically. But this might cause compatibility issues. If the addon works well, why update it? So if DownloadHelper doesn't work, re-install it to an older version might work. Differently, if your Firefox version is too old, DownloadHelper might also not work.

My suggestion is using the latest Firefox. Here comes the program. How to disable the auto-addon-update feature of Firefox? Actually, Firefox use Addon Manager to manage your addons. Sometimes, you might find out DownloadHelper doesn't download MP4 video. I have to say, this is not the problem of DownloadHelper.

DownloadHelper just downloads what's provided. No reason, just do it and DownloadHelper not working issues might be fixed automatically. Good luck! Sometimes DownloadHelper Not Working issue comes up in new versions of Firefox, and when you try to download a video the window immediately closes and your file ends up never being downloaded.

You might try to clear the cache and delete your cookies but this doesn't fix the DownloadHelper Not Working issue. Solution: The easiest way to get rid of this on your Firefox browser is to reinstall Firefox. The root cause of this lies in the Firefox version that you have and if re-installation doesn't help remove the current version and replace it with an older version.

The download process shows but the data downloaded is "0 bytes" for any type of video. Solution: To solve DownloadHelper Not Working issue when it comes to downloading YouTube videos, first try to close or reload the webpage. Downloadhelper is only officially available as a Firefox add-on but users have been able to port-it-over to other browsers so one might experience DownloadHelper Not Working issues on those browsers.

Solution: The solution for this is to just stick to using Firefox for downloads this way you wont get any issues. Some video sites don't support Mp4 videos so trying to download videos that aren't in Mp4 format might bring up the problem.

Solution: This easiest work around for this is to find an alternative downloader that supports other video formats or just stick to sites that have MP4 support.

Sometimes when you try a video from the VEVO the download bar shows an empty file and the File size says "File not found". Downloadhelper will then fetch other video versions offered by YouTube.

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