Reviews for Ant Video Downloader
Ant Video Downloader by ANT
Review by Firefox user 14141866
Rated 4 out of 5
by Firefox user 14141866, 3 years agoUPDATE 2: It is definitely re-occuring every couple of reboots for me. It is very evident at browser start. It is likely there is some database issue or history issue with the recent version that is instantly fixed if you just wipe and reset.
UPDATE: The problem occured again a few days after reinstall. Repeated steps and now on Build 4.1.2 Build 2 (Jan 11 2022) to see if the problem occurs again but it is working fine again. ffprobe.exe was not the cause of the high system resource useage, it was just firefox.exe according to Process Explorer.
Like everyone, I had a problem with this addon recently causing browser wide issues.
I can't even access the addon menu to remove it either. I disabled it for a few days and then fixed it today.
Follow these steps as explained by the dev and it should reset it for you back to working condition:
1) Uninstall addon from extensions.
2) Reinstall addon.
3) Click on the ANT icon in the toolbar, select "settings" link.
4) In the ANT's settings tab, go to "Reset".
5) Click "Wipe Out and Reset".
6) Restart browser, reinstall the native AVD app if necessary.
I hope the devs in the future can do more testing to prevent legacy extension data from a previous version from crippling the entire browser.
Cheers and thanks for the addon.
UPDATE: The problem occured again a few days after reinstall. Repeated steps and now on Build 4.1.2 Build 2 (Jan 11 2022) to see if the problem occurs again but it is working fine again. ffprobe.exe was not the cause of the high system resource useage, it was just firefox.exe according to Process Explorer.
Like everyone, I had a problem with this addon recently causing browser wide issues.
I can't even access the addon menu to remove it either. I disabled it for a few days and then fixed it today.
Follow these steps as explained by the dev and it should reset it for you back to working condition:
1) Uninstall addon from extensions.
2) Reinstall addon.
3) Click on the ANT icon in the toolbar, select "settings" link.
4) In the ANT's settings tab, go to "Reset".
5) Click "Wipe Out and Reset".
6) Restart browser, reinstall the native AVD app if necessary.
I hope the devs in the future can do more testing to prevent legacy extension data from a previous version from crippling the entire browser.
Cheers and thanks for the addon.
Developer response
posted 3 years agoOther people reported today that even when their issue is resolved, in a few hours it may get back again.
If you encounter the issue with RAM usage again, check if there is a child process called ffprobe.exe running and consuming CPU and virtual memory.
Don't use default task manager for reviewing process, use Process Explorer from Microsoft (former Systinternals):
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer
It provides a much better view of system processes.
If you see ffprobe.exe hanging under firefox.exe and consuming resources, kill it and then go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Ant.com\Ant Video downloader and delete ffprobe.exe
You will have MPEG-DASH protocol disabled in AVD but there will be no more RAM issues.
If you encounter the issue with RAM usage again, check if there is a child process called ffprobe.exe running and consuming CPU and virtual memory.
Don't use default task manager for reviewing process, use Process Explorer from Microsoft (former Systinternals):
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer
It provides a much better view of system processes.
If you see ffprobe.exe hanging under firefox.exe and consuming resources, kill it and then go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Ant.com\Ant Video downloader and delete ffprobe.exe
You will have MPEG-DASH protocol disabled in AVD but there will be no more RAM issues.
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- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 13857576, a month agoSo ..it has come to this huh ...
As a user of this extension for about 10 years ...a couple of years ago (2021) when they did the update to the new interface style etc. I immediately warned people to not use it.
Its bad, breaks everything, I reverted back to the last oldest version before that very update ... and I am still using that very version (4.9.2) right now.
I find that it still works good and better then any later version ever could.
I see things havent exactly gotten better since the last time I checked in here.
I also see some people asking for the native app but can't find any. I still have it.
mediafire.com/file/3pzb6vrwhsg6ahr/AVD_4.9.2.rar/file
This rar includes the original 4.9.2 addon installation files for Firefox and the matching native app.
For those interested;
Uninstall any current version of the addon and native app.
Simply extract the .rar
Drag the fx.xpi file into firefox, and it should pop up asking to install
Install the native app if you want
But in Firefox, disable Auto updates on this extension, it just ruins it.
In case you were going to want to try .... I can not guarantee that this specific native app version works with a later browser addon version either. It might just start crying about how that's not up to date. I am not gonna go through the trouble of testing it, I just don't care enough. There are other browser addons to begin with as well.
Now if I could only get Mozilla to stop making stupid changes nobody asked for to begin with as they have done in the past few years ... we'd all be happy campers. - Rated 2 out of 5by SzymonL, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by J.H., a month ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18783735, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18659735, a month ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Rafaelis, 2 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 12286457, 2 months agoElsewhere on this page, the developer has announced this extension is discontinued:
"Sorry to announce but Ant Video downloader is discontinued and will no longer be updated. Support is closed." - Rated 1 out of 5by Ebacci, 2 months agoIt requires you to install a shady desktop program for it to work. What's the point of installing a web extension then...
- Rated 1 out of 5by Rg, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18649033, 2 months agoI give it 5 stars because I tried it against another download app with the same features but the latter did not give me a very good result. I see that in both apps, the video is downloaded in segments, but in the latter the contrast between audio and video is very noticeable. On the other hand, in this one it gives a better result, but even so there is a small cut in the image at certain moments of the video. I have downloaded a 20-minute video in both apps, this one has a better performance but visualizing the result, I still think it needs to be fine-tuned a bit more.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17618953, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by komintorn, 2 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18739392, 2 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Lord_Stoffel, 2 months agoDas Addon funktioniert nicht mehr und lädt auch keine Videos mehr herunter.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18714559, 3 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18718259, 3 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18676204, 4 months agoUseless, You Tube/Google no longer alows downloading, even where it's perfectly legal, under jurisdiction.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18664650, 4 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Me, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Adi, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Adamant777, 4 months agoIt works but a step by step tutorial on how to use it is completely needed. Even on the Ant Video Downloader official website they can do a good tutorial (a detailed one) they should do one.
How to use it?: You have to use Firefox (won't work on Librewolf), install the AVD native app on windows and then install the addon Ant Video Downloader on Firefox. Then go to settings of the addon and allow sending data to the native app cookies on privacy settings. After all that, open or refresh the website with the video and now you can find the video info in the addon icon, select the resolution and download it.