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safest and best youtube downloader?

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markmith
markmith
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i used to use 'ytd' youtube downloader (greentree applications) paid 'pro' version, which worked great, but i recently discovered it was filling me up with junk. it has some kind of "spigot" or .exe thing , anyway, no good. someone recommended "freerapid", but now i dont know what to trust. i just want to be able to download lectures and talks etc from youtube and vimeo, but want fast SAFE and capacity to do multiple files at once. any help appreciated thnaks mark

i used to use 'ytd' youtube downloader (greentree applications) paid 'pro' version, which worked great, but i recently discovered it was filling me up with junk. it has some kind of "spigot" or .exe thing , anyway, no good. someone recommended "freerapid", but now i dont know what to trust. i just want to be able to download lectures and talks etc from youtube and vimeo, but want fast SAFE and capacity to do multiple files at once. any help appreciated thnaks mark

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FredMcD
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Go to the Mozilla Add-ons Web Page {web link} (There’s a lot of good stuff here) and search for download.

There are also external download managers available.

I also use programs from http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/

markmith
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thanks for your thoughts fred. naturally i have looked through the mozilla add-ons, but im not sure how to know which ones i can trust cheers

FredMcD
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Pick one and try it. If you don't like it, try another. The Videosoft programs run independent from Firefox.