What is the "Video Downloader" extension and how does it work?

This extension is meant to ease user access to the video content. The idea is to automatically detect dynamically added video elements and append a download button next to them on the supported websites. The user can request downloading of the video content to the local disk by pressing the button. The extension fetches the resource and displays the progress. When it is fully fetched, the file is transferred to the disk from memory. At this moment, this extension keeps video chunks in the memory and writes them to the disk after all chunks are grabbed.

What's new in this version?

Please check the Logs section.

When I press the download button, sometimes the extension opens the resource in a browser tab instead of downloading it. Why does this happen?

If the progress is not starting, it means that an error occurred during the video downloading. You can right-click somewhere on the webpage and press the "Inspect" button, then switch to the Console tab to see the complete log of the error. Usually, the error is either network instability that occurred during the resource downloading, or the resource has a CORS header. In this case, the browser does not allow the extension to fetch it. In some rare cases, the error is due to the extension not being able to guess the filename.

Where does the extension store the video downloaded videos? Can I ask it to save in a custom directory?

The extension uses the default download directory of your browser to save the downloaded files. Choosing a custom directory depends on your browser settings. Some browsers display the save dialog, and some others don't!