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Sothink Web Video Downloader for Firefox Supports Firefox 8 and is Ready for Firefox 9 Beta!

Brenda — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:03:45 +0000

Sothink Web Video Downloader for Firefox 6.5 is released! It supports Firefox 8 now and is ready for V9 beta! As known, the extension is compatible with Win 7/Vista/XP, Mac (X86/PPC), and Linux as well. So please upgrade your Firefox and test the latest version of Video Downloader for a try.

The very free flv downloader has been already verified by Firefox 9 beta, and please check the official message from Firefox below:

“Good news! Our automated tests did not detect any compatibility issues with your add-on Sothink Web Video Downloader for Firefox and Firefox 9.*. We’ve updated your add-on’s compatibility to work with Firefox 9.* so that our Aurora users can begin using it.

We encourage you to view the results of the compatibility test, as some compatibility issues may have been detected but without enough certainty to declare the add-on incompatible: https://addons.mozilla.org/developers/addon/sothink-web-video-downloader/validation-result/83208

This compatibility bump is server-side and we did not modify your add-on package in any way. If you wish or need to revert this change, just go to your add-on edit page on addons.mozilla.org, select the Status & Versions page, then the version, and change its maxVersion compatibility back to its previous value.”

Just enjoy our web video downloader for firefox freely! P.S. you can also try the video downlaoder stand-alone version, which can capture and download videos in many browsers.

How to Download Music from YouTube Video Before Sunset?

mirrorking — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:13:32 +0000

Have you watched the romantic movie Before Sunset? I love it so much! And I always play the guitar part again and again. If I can download the music A Waltz for a Night (Julie Delpy) of that part and put it into my iPod, that will be great.

Actually I realized it! Here is my video tutorial with voice about how to download music from YouTube video, which of course took Before Sunset as my example:)

Click here to view the embedded video.

If you like it, please share with your friends.

More interesting How-to videos are available at SothinkMedia YouTube Channel.

Download Videos with Sothink Web Video Downloader for Firefox in Firefox8 Beta!

sarah — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:25:58 +0000

While many Firefox users are still working with version 7, Mozilla has made a beta version of Firefox 8 available. After Mozilla’s test, the latest Sothink Web Video Downloader for Firefox 6.4 is perfectly compatible with Firefox 8. If you are a beta user of Firefox 8, you can still capture and download online videos under Windows, Linux, Mac OS X (x86), or Mac OS X (PPC) with Sothink Web Video Downloader for Firefox 6.4.

As a free intelligent Firefox extension, Sothink Web Video Downloader for Firefox is simple for you to fast capture and download various formats of web videos, including FLV, AVI, WMV, MP4, RM, RMVB, MOV, H.264, MKV, ASF, etc. What’s more, it also supports saving videos from all popular video sites such as YouTube, Facebook, Google, etc.

However, if you want to download online videos from all video sites with any web browser like IE, Firefox, Maxthon and save to all popular formats MP4, AVI, WMV, MP3 and all popular portables, web video downloader stand-alone version will be a good choice.

Or if you are a loyal YouTube fans, a one-step YouTube Downloader and Converter will be helpful for enjoying YouTube Videos with popular portables or PC offline. We recommend getting Sothink Free YouTube Downloader from CNET Download site. It is a totally free and easy to use YouTube Downloader and Converter. PS: More information about YouTube Downloader is available at: http://www.sothinkmedia.com/youtube-downloader/free/

The Fastest Way to Download YouTube Videos

sarah — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:31:18 +0000

Do you want to download and convert YouTube videos rapidly? The following video tutorial will show you a direct and free way.

Click here to view the embedded video.

More interesting How-to videos are available at SothinkMedia YouTube Channel.

4 Reasons Why You Fail to Download Online Videos

Brenda — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:58:29 +0000

With the high-technology development of the computer, multimedia and communication, video playing online has become much smoothly. Gradually, more and more people prefer to watching videos online and downloading these videos directly. Now there are many video download tools available on the Internet, and the operation steps for most tools are quite easy and convenient, which really help us a lot. However, from time to time, people may find some online videos not be downloaded or even detected by the downloader software. How does it happen? Here let’s analyze the cause of the failure.

Generally, that one fails to download online videos is mainly caused by 4 factors: Internet connection, download tool, video and website.

1. Internet Connection

If your Internet connection has something wrong, it will result in the failure of online video download, so please check your net connection and make sure all work well firstly.

2. Download Tool

To download online videos, of course you need to install a video download tool in your computer first. If you fail to download the online video, but neither video nor website itself causes the problem, you had better carefully check the downloader software you are using. Firstly, please check whether your video downloader supports the formats of the video that you want to download; next, ask the following 3 questions to you yourself: have you installed the program correctly? Is the program set correctly? Do you use the tool correctly? If all above does not help, we suggest you ask the software’s customer service for further help.

3. Video

Usually, the online videos are divided into two kinds: streaming media and non-streaming media.

Most video download tools are able to capture and download non-streaming online videos, so if your tool cannot detect the online video, please check whether it is a streaming video or not.

From Wikipedia: Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a streaming provider. The name refers to the delivery method of the medium rather than to the medium itself. The distinction is usually applied to media that are distributed over telecommunications networks, as most other delivery systems are either inherently streaming (e.g., radio, television) or inherently non-streaming (e.g., books, video cassettes, audio CDs). The verb ‘to stream’ is also derived from this term, meaning to deliver media in this manner. Internet television is a commonly streamed medium.

In addition, if the video is encrypted, no matter what kind of the video it is, it certainly cannot be downloaded.

4. Website

As known, it is the server that ensures the website running (here it refers to the server on which the website is based), thus, if a website is based on the streaming media server, the online videos on the website cannot be captured and downloaded as usual.

To be more concrete, take sothink web video downloader for example, if a video file is of non-streaming media format but locates in a streaming media website, the very video downloader cannot detect it, so it cannot be downloaded by the software. However, as for the streaming video on the non-streaming media website, the program is capable of downloading it actually.

In conclusion, the tool, Internet, video and website are the important parts need to be paid much attention when you download online videos. Do remember: get to know the properties of the videos and websites, find to use a good video downloader tool, and make sure the Internet is connected. At last, hope above can help you and just enjoy the wonderful Internet life.

How to Download HTML5 Video from Internet? (2)

Brenda — Wed, 11 May 2011 06:12:21 +0000

From the last blog about the introduction of HTML5 video, you may become familiar to the new standard way to display video online. And we want to let you know the way to download html5 video from Internet this time.

Famous video sites support HTML5 Player

As HTML5 video is becoming popular, many media websites are ready for it. At present, Youtube, Vimeo and other famous video sharing site have already supported html5 player (examples are listed in the picture below). Not only can you play and watch those html videos online, but you can also download them to your computer as your collection.

How to download html5 video?

So, how to download html5 video? As you know, Sothink Web Video Downloader supports downloading all popular video formats such as FLV, AVI, WMV, ASF, MOV, MP4, M4V, 3GP, RM, RMVB, MKV, and Flash SWF, however, you may not notice that it is also a html5 video downloader, which means the program supports detecting and capturing html5 video automatically, too.

To download html5 video, please launch Sothink Web Video Downloader first; next, open the browser to play the html5 video online; and then the video will be detected by Sothink Web Video Downloader automatically with a pop-up notification; at last, what you need to do is click OK and follow the instruction to download the video to your computer.

Please check the tutorial below about downloading youtube video as a reference:
http://www.sothinkmedia.com/guide/download-youtube.htm

P.S. If you are interested in youtube downloader, you can also test it for a check.

How to Download HTML5 Video from Internet? (1)

Brenda — Tue, 10 May 2011 07:45:18 +0000

Currently, html5 video is more and more used in websites, and we can say that html5 video is the future of the web. The latest version of Sothink Web Video Downloader, which is also a html5 video downloader, can easily capture and download the html5 video online.

Introduction

What is html5 video? Please check the expatiation from Wikipedia as follows:

HTML5 video is an element introduced in the HTML5 draft specification for the purpose of playing videos or movies, partially replacing the object element. See more >>

The Trend of HTML5

At present, Adobe Flash Player is widely used to embed video on web sites such as YouTube, since many web browsers have Adobe’s Flash Player pre-installed (with exceptions such as the browsers on the Apple iPhone and iPad and on Android 2.1 or less). Therefore, HTML5 video is intended by its creators to become the new standard way to show video online, with html5 video, those Apple and other mobile users can view the online videos directly. Now, more and more websites have supported or plan to support html5 video.The picture below is about the media websites’ plan for supporting html5 video:

From above, it is easy to see that html5 is the trend of online videos in future, and if you want to get those html5 videos, Sothink Web Video Downloader can help you, as to the operation details, please wait for “How to Download HTML5 Video from Internet? (2)”.

P.S. If you need to download youtube video, the youtube downloader is also a good tool that may help a lot.

Web Video Downloader and SWF Catcher for Firefox 4

Gracie — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 04:46:44 +0000

Mozilla Firefox 4 released its final version on March 22, 2011, just a few days ago. We have many reasons to recommend it, say, its refreshing and lean interface, Firefox Sync system, tab grouping – Panorama, and more. But what most Firefox user likes is for its huge application/add-on collection.

Here I am happy to introduce you three Sothink products with full support for all Firefox Version — Firefox 2.0 to 3.6, and Firefox 4:

Web Video Downloader — All-in-one Video Downloader Converter – It’s very useful stand-alone video downloader software. It works to download any online video from various web browsers: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Maxthon, etc. And most importantly, save them to any popular video audio formats, making them playable on all kinds of media player and portables in one-step.
Web Video Downloader for Firefox — Free Firefox Video Downloader – It’s a free Firefox add-on. After installation, user could download any playing video on Firefox, like YouTube, ESPN video, Revver, MySpace video, Google video, MSN video and more. It is super-light and extremely easy to use Free Firefox Video Downloader.
SWF Catcher for Firefox — Free Firefox Flash Downloader — Sothink Flash Downloader for Firefox, a handy and useful Firefox plug-in for Flash save/Flash download, enables you to capture and save Flash SWF from web.

Also Recommend Related Software:

Free YouTube Downloader | Free YouTube Converter

Explore a more beautiful web – IE9 with Sothink Software

Gracie — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:58:33 +0000

Sothink products have been tested to apply to newly released IE9. To be specifically, are Sothink Web Video Downloader and Sothink SWF Catcher for IE.

Sothink Web Video Downloader works to download playing video on any web browser like IE, Firefox, Maxthon (don’t support Chrome now) and save to all popular formats MP4, AVI, WMV, MP3 and all popular portables.
Sothink SWF Catcher for IE is a free and useful extension to Internet Explorer that enables you to save multiple Flash based charts, presentations, e-cards, games and Flash movies at the same time. The small size allows embedding it into IE by just adding a new small button. With only a few clicks you can capture and store all your favorite Flash files easily. As branded by Microsoft Internet Explorer 9, to explore a more beautiful web, that’s also Sothink pursues for.

More about IE 9

Moments ago, kicked off by a hipstertastic soiree at the SXSW convention, the final build of Internet Explorer 9 was made publicly available. You can now download it from the Beauty of the Web site. Till now, users respond well to this benchmark web browser of IE. Don’t wait to have a try!

Quick Update of Web Video Downloader for Firefox 4 Beta 9

Gracie — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:23:41 +0000

To keep compatible with the new beta version of Firefox 4, we announced a quick update of Web Video Downloader for Firefox Extension 6.1, which has fully support for Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta 9. User could either install the new version of Web Video Downloader for Firefox 6.1 or “check update” to upgrade this extension if you’ve already in use.

Free YouTube Downloader is an useful Free Firefox Extension which works to download any online video from YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, Revver, MSN, Google and etc. It packs a Free FLV Player to allow user to play downloaded FLV video on PC. Well, if you want to transfer FLV video to portables, there are two ways. One is to try stand-alone YouTube Downloader, which supports to download YouTube video directly in MP4, WMV, MKV, MOV, AVI for any devices. Or you could turn to YouTube Conveter to convert FLV to any desired formats as your will.

Download Free Firefox 4 Video Downloader today, you also earn a Free FLV Player!

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Most Popular Firefox 4 Video Downloader

Gracie — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 07:20:00 +0000

Mozilla has released Firefox 4 beta 8 a month ago. We are not sure when Mozilla will launch the final version, but we bet it would be good according to what we saw in last eight versions. It has great improvement from both performance and usability, such as brand new interface, manageable group tabs, synchronized settings, new add-ons manager, high-definition video capability and multi-touch support. Plus with Panorama, privacy protection, crash protection, Firefox 4 will bring a much better and secure web browsing experience. Admit it or not, Firefox might be a little lagged behind by Google Chrome or Webkit, and maybe it’s time for Firefox to gain it territory back by the release of Firefox 4. Don’t forget it’s still got edge on its giant extension library and same large user base.

Web Video Downloader for Firefox is one popular free add-on for Firefox. To follow up, Sothink Web Video Downloader for Firefox upgrades to Sothink Web Video Downloader for Firefox 6.0, which offers full support for newly released Firefox 4. Sothink Web Video Downloader for Firefox 6.0 could be applied to all Firefox version from Version 2.0 to latest Firefox 4. It allows user to download any online video playing on Firefox in simple clicks. For instance, YouTube, Facebook, Revver, Vimeo, Yahoo Video, Google Video, MSN Video, ESPN Video and many more.

Furthermore, if you want to transfer FLV video to your portables to enjoy anytime anywhere, you could either turn to Free FLV Converter to convert FLV to MP4, WMV, AVI, MOV and more, or try stand-alone Web Video Downloader to download online video directly to popular video audio formats and devices. All support Firefox 4.

Download Free Firefox 4 Video Downloader today, you also earn a Free FLV Player!

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Firefox 4 Beta Is Online

mirrorking — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 07:55:27 +0000

Firefox 4 Beta is online, have you installed it?

The big change on the interface of Firefox 4 Beta is that the Feedback Add-on is moved to the upper right corner. You can use this to provide instant feedback at any time. As for mobile devices, this beta is now available in the Android Market, which you can find by opening the Market application on your phone and searching for “Mozilla Firefox.” The Maemo builds are available for download here . This beta release is not feature or performance complete, but with the help and feedback from our community of testers we’re building an amazing browser. With Firefox on mobile devices, Mozilla Firefox aims to offer an effortless and optimized experience, while also solving the pain points of mobile browsing.

It said that Mozilla Firefox will continue to focus on performance, responsiveness and usability in future releases and have a lot more to come for graphics, JavaScript, add-ons and more.

When the official version came out after Firefox 4 Beta, related Firefox add-ons will be updated to compatible with the new browser as well. And then you will notice that one of the best Firefox add-ons Sothink Web Video Downloader for Firefox 6.0 available. Once you install this free YouTube downloader will be located at the left of the URL address field and download online video in the current page opened by Firefox 4 better.

Recommend Best Thanksgiving YouTube Downloader

mirrorking — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 07:28:29 +0000

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day, wish everyone happy Thanksgiving!

Here we recommend one of the best Thanksgiving YouTube Downloader products, Sothink Web Video Downloader, for you to fast and easily download Thanksgiving related online videos from YouTube, Facebook, MSN, MySpace, Yahoo, and more.

Sothink Web Video Downloader is an unique YouTube video capturer and easiest to use downloader, why we say that?

Different from any other YouTube downloader, downloading online videos with Sothink Web Video Downloader does not need users to enter the video URL, which is not easy to get for most people. Just open a webpage, such as YouTube page, and Sothink Web Video Downloader will automatically monitor and capture the video in this page, then it pops up a small window asking if you want to download what you are watching at the time. That’s very convenient and just like what CNET editor said, Sothink Web Video Downloader provides an interesting twist on the crowded video downloader field.

Not only for Thanksgiving YouTube FLV, Sothink Web Video Downloader can capture and download all the videos of any format in the webpage you are viewing, such as AVI, MP4, MPG, MPEG, WMV, RM, RMVB, 3GP, H.264 HD, and even Flash animation SWF, which will be useful.

By now, the wonderful capturing function is available for all popular browsers, including IE, Firefox, Opera, and Maxthon. And it is said that in the next version, this video downloader will support capturing and downloading videos under Google Chrome, too.

Another impressive function is that Sothink Web Video Downloader can directly download videos in any format on users’ demand. That is to say, if you are viewing a FLV video online, and you would like to save it on your PC in AVI format, Sothink downloader can easily realize that with only one click. In fact, this video downloader provides users with plenty of video converting profiles to help users download videos in different formats and devices. The supported target formats are video FLV, AVI, MP4, WMV, H.264/AVC, MOV, MPG, MKV, 3GP, 3G2, F4V, SWF, and audio MP3, M4A, while the supported devices contain iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, PSP, Zune, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, HTC, Blackberry, Nokia, Google Android, iRiver, Creative Zen, and more.

It also supports setting downloading and converting by your own, like target video dimension, zoom mode, video codec, and bit rate, but since the pre-sets listed by this user-friendly program cover almost all possible needs, most of users will not do any customization at all.

All the capturing, downloading and converting progress are very easy. You will never felt confused and are definitely able to operate everything like a veteran.

Sothink Web Video Downloader prices at $19.99 and it has a 30-day trial.

(Click to view Web Video Downloader review from Top Software Reviews.)

From Download Best Software? Best YouTube Downloader In 2010

mirrorking — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 04:35:00 +0000

Download-best-software.com has selected the best youtube download video converter software for you in order to easily manage your favorite youtube videos. Check out our fast flv youtube downloader software to save you time!

#1 Sothink Web Video Downloader

Rating: *****

Sothink Web Video Downloader is a convenient YouTube downloader. It can detect any live video from YouTube, Facebook, MSN, Google Video, MySpace, and many other video sites, capture video, download video and save video in different formats, including FLV, AIV, MP4, WMV, MOV, MKV, 3GP, SWF, MP3 and M4A.

#2 Cucusoft Youtube downloader

Rating: ****

Cucusoft YouTube Mate – is the most powerful YouTube assistant on the planet. It is free for downloading videos any playback.YouTube Mate helps you download, convert, play and manage your favorite YouTube videos… and it’s very easy to use. If you’re a YouTube fan, you’ll love YouTube Mate!

#3 YouTubeGet

Rating: ****

YouTubeGet is an all-in-one software designed to make quick and easy work to download YouTube videos and convert them.

#4 Apowersoft YouTube downloader

Rating: ****

Apowersoft YouTube Downloader can help you download videos directly from most video sites like YouTube, Google, Myspace,The program is easy to use, judst specify the URL for the video you want to download and click start, everthing will be done.It also allows you to convert downloaded videos for iPod, iPhone, PSP, Cell Phone, Windows Media, Xvid and MP3.

#5 Xilisoft FLV Converter

Rating: ***

Xilisoft FLV Converter is fast and easy-to-use FLV to video and video to FLV converter software, which can convert FLV files, such as convert FLV to AVI, convert AVI to FLV, convert FLV to MPEG, WMV, MP4, 3GP, etc., with excellent quality.

#6 ImTOO FLV Converter

Rating: ***

ImTOO FLV Converter is versatile FLV video converter software to convert FLV to AVI as FLV to AVI converter, convert FLV to MPEG as FLV to MPEG converter, convert FLV to MP4 as FLV to MP4 converter and convert FLV to 3GP as FLV to 3GP converter. It is also video to FLV converter and SWF converter software to convert AVI to FLV, MPEG to FLV, WMV to FLV video, and AVI to SWF format. Likewise, ImTOO FLV Converter can convert to FLV file and SWF file from audio files as audio FLV converter.

#7 YouTube Robot

Rating: ***

Pick YouTube videos –> Download videos –>Convert to different formats –> Transfer to Mobile Device, all this work can be done automatically withYouTube Robot, with it you can even schedule the tedious downloading as you wish, All-In-One, not other software, codecs needed!

Download Facebook Video to Portables

Gracie — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:23:21 +0000

Facebook video downloader enables downloading online videos from Facebook much easier. People spend lots of time on Facebook every day to update status, make friends, join common interest groups and share funny videos or latest movie trailer. Even if you are not an addict like me, I bet you have thought about to download Facebook videos to enjoy on PC or your portables. Thus, is there a kind of Facebook Downloader out there? From the experience of most our customers, they find Sothink YouTube Downloader is extremely useful and easy to handle to download Facebook video. Following this post, we will give you more information about Facebook Downloader you may concern.

Know More about Facebook Downloader

Downloads videos, HD videos from Facebook, YouTube, Viemo, Revver, MySpace video, Google video, and many others.
Support downloading all online video formats.
Save Facebook videos in its original format FLV, or convert it to WMV, MP4, MP3, SWF and etc.
Output Facebook videos for iPod, iPhone, iPad, PSP, MP3/MP4 player and all kinds of smart phone.
Live video capture from various web browsers, like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Maxthon and etc.
Rich useful features.

Simple Steps to Download Facebook Video

Download and install Sothink Facebook Downloader following the instruction of the setup file. Open your web browser — it could be Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Maxthon, and etc. Browse to Facebook and watch a video you are interested in. A notification will pop up from the right bottom corner when the live video is captured. Click on the notification to start a new download task. In this window, user could set up “Save to” address, “File name”, and “Target format”. This target format includes general video audio formats and device-ready formats one click away. And then hit OK. Click “Start” on the main interface. The Facebook Downloader will start to download videos from Facebook. After finishing downloading, Facebook Downloader will automatically start to convert Facebook FLV video to your designated format, like MP4 or Zune WMV. Several minutes later (depending on the file size or your computer/bandwidth condition), you could preview the downloaded video with build-in player by double clicking the file on completed list in Facebook Downloader. And meanwhile the downloaded files could be found in saved folder.

To transfer Facebook videos to your mobiles or portables, upload to your blog to share with friends or just back up for enjoying anytime on PC. It’s totally up to you!