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Why can't I download from youtube with firefox but I can if use IE?

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Wallis57
Wallis57
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Within IE if I rightclick on a video, I can download a video from you tube. That facility non existent within firefox. How do I enable downloading?

URL of affected sites

http://yuotube.com

Within IE if I rightclick on a video, I can download a video from you tube. That facility non existent within firefox. How do I enable downloading? == URL of affected sites == http://yuotube.com

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owl_order
owl_order
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Youtube does not usually offer users an option to download their videos. Chances are you have a plugin installed (possibly accidentally) in your IE, thus allowing you to do this.

You can download Youtube videos by installing addons such as Ant.com Video Downloader to Firefox.

TXGuy
TXGuy
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Try Video Download Helper extension for Firefox:

Add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006/ Home page: http://www.downloadhelper.net/ Documentation: http://www.downloadhelper.net/documentation.php