A note on youtube-dl

[Doug]

On 10/1/2012 1:44 PM, Mike Wright wrote:
> 10/01/2012 02:26 PM, Doug wrote:
>> On 10/1/2012 5:04 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
>>> On 30/09/12 11:22, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi folks! :-)
>>>>
>>>> Just a small note... I just tried and found out that the youtube-dl
>>>> doesn't
>>>> work anymore. Reading the youtube-dl FAQ page, it says that YouTube 
>>>> has
>>>> changed the protocol again (since September 2012) and that we should
>>>> update
>>>> the script to the latest version.
>>>
>>> Never had a problem with:
>>> http://www.downloadhelper.net/
>>>
>>> hth other ff users
>> I went to the link to download the downloadhelper, but I couldn't find a
>> download
>> button anywhere, and I don't want some fink software messing with my
>> registry
>> or trying to sell me something I don't want or need.  Where can I go to
>> just
>> download the downloadhelper AND NOTHING ELSE?
>>
>> --doug
>
> In Firefox select Tools->Add-ons and enter "downloadhelper" into the 
> search box.  I've had luck with "Video DownloadHelper 4.9.10".
>
I tried the first..  Right now, I'm in Windows XP Pro. What happened is 
a little circle going around in the middle of a window, "loading"
for the program. I put in the second, but the little search circle was 
still going around from the first, and won't stop, so I don't know if
"loading" otherwise.
--doug