There is a free video download software program called “Download Helper” that will help you out quite a bit if you’ve been having trouble viewing online video. Ironically, I’m going to ask you to watch the video below that explains this free software for “Downloading Video’s”. Funny Huh!? 
Video Download Software Tutorial
I was surprised to see how many people didn’t know about the Free Video Download software for FireFox called “Download Helper”, so I created this little tutorial on where to find it and how to use it. Sometimes it will appear as if the downloading isn’t working properly, so I explain about how to work around it when that happens as well. I don’t really think there are bugs in it per se, but it does appear as if it kinda – sorta get’s stuck pretty often. I think it’s nice to know how to deal with it when it seems to get stuck. Don’t you agree?
I Love This Video Plugin For FireFox
This nifty cool little FireFox Plugin is an absolute dream come true! (hope you don’t mind the drama included LOL!). There was a time when I bought an entire online video course for WordPress blogging and then shortly thereafter they released the exact same course on DVD at a 50% higher price than the original online version. I bought the physical DVD anyway for the very reason that download helper was created for.
Great Free Video Software For Lazy Bloggers
The video explains it all pretty well I think. Please keep in mind that I was laying in bed late at night while making this humble little tutorial just like a true “Lazy Blogger” should be doing! … So I look and sound a bit tired. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me in the comments section below and I’ll do my best to help you out. Hope you enjoy! 
Gary.
P.S. I have another humble little tutorial about a free video player that will play almost any file type. If you need to watch video’s at a faster pace, I show you how in my Best Free Video Player blog post. But as for now, I hope that this “Free Video Download Software” explanation helps you out!
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Hi Gary,
Thanks for the tip. Downloaded the Video Downloader software – but the small icon does not appear in the tool bar.. have I missed something?
Lauren
@Lauren:
You’re very welcome, I’m glad I was able to be of help!
The little spinny icon thing may need to be assigned to where ever you want it to show up by going into your add-ons, and then select the “Download Helper” preferences. Inside the preferences is where you can decide “what does what” and “what goes where”.
First however, you could look to see if the icon is showing up at the very bottom of your browser.
Thanks for stopping by! Hope this helps
Gary.
When I try to download this I get a message:
Firefox could not install the file at
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/3006/addon-3006-latest.xpi?src=search
because: Download error
-228
…. any suggestions?
Hi Helena, I looked at the link you posted here and… Yes, this is a safety measure by firefox. Try to download it again, except this time when you see the yellow bar across the top of your browser that has the warning in it… look over to the far right side of that yellow bar for a very small button that says something like, “Allow” … when you click that button it should install just fine.
I also recommend just staying with the basics that this plugin offers until you learn to use it. It will do other stuff like converting video’s to other file types … this could get confusing.
I hope this helps! Thanks for the question!
Gary.
Thanks Gary, I’ll have a go at that and hopefully that will work!