Re: How to install the new Video Download Helper Companion App and have Firefox recognize it

On 03/05/2018 08:20 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 03/06/18 07:12, Temlakos wrote: On 03/05/2018 02:56 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 03/05/18 23:24, Temlakos wrote: [Temlakos@temlakos Other]$ youtube-dl https://youtu.be/mqbcEw7AkU8 [youtube] mqbcEw7AkU8: Downloading webpage ERROR: Unable to download

Re: How to install the new Video Download Helper Companion App and have Firefox recognize it

On 03/06/18 07:12, Temlakos wrote: > On 03/05/2018 02:56 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 03/05/18 23:24, Temlakos wrote: >>> [Temlakos@temlakos Other]$ youtube-dl https://youtu.be/mqbcEw7AkU8 >>> [youtube] mqbcEw7AkU8: Downloading webpage >>> ERROR: Unable to download webpage: >> service not >>>

Re: How to install the new Video Download Helper Companion App and have Firefox recognize it

On Mon, 2018-03-05 at 07:39 -0500, Temlakos wrote: > what commands does one use with youtube-dl? It's a command line tool. There's a few ways I've used it: 1. Give it the web page address of a youtube clip: youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoI57NeMwCc 2. Give it the code number of

Re: How to install the new Video Download Helper Companion App and have Firefox recognize it

On 03/05/2018 02:56 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 03/05/18 23:24, Temlakos wrote: [Temlakos@temlakos Other]$ youtube-dl https://youtu.be/mqbcEw7AkU8 [youtube] mqbcEw7AkU8: Downloading webpage ERROR: Unable to download webpage: (caused by URLError(gaierror(-2, 'Name or service not known'),)) This

Re: How to install the new Video Download Helper Companion App and have Firefox recognize it

On 03/05/18 23:24, Temlakos wrote: > [Temlakos@temlakos Other]$ youtube-dl https://youtu.be/mqbcEw7AkU8 > [youtube] mqbcEw7AkU8: Downloading webpage > ERROR: Unable to download webpage: not > known> (caused by URLError(gaierror(-2, 'Name or service not known'),)) This is telling you that DNS

Re: How to install the new Video Download Helper Companion App and have Firefox recognize it

On 03/05/2018 10:09 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 03/05/18 23:00, Temlakos wrote: On 03/05/2018 09:50 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 03/05/18 22:45, Temlakos wrote: I've tried three times to download videos, and each time I'm getting a fatal error: "Name or service not known." How do I get past that?

Re: How to install the new Video Download Helper Companion App and have Firefox recognize it

On 03/05/18 23:00, Temlakos wrote: > On 03/05/2018 09:50 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 03/05/18 22:45, Temlakos wrote: >>> I've tried three times to download videos, and each time I'm getting a >>> fatal error: >>> "Name or service not known." How do I get past that? >> >> Do you think it is

Re: How to install the new Video Download Helper Companion App and have Firefox recognize it

2018-03-05 16:00 GMT+01:00, Temlakos : > On 03/05/2018 09:50 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 03/05/18 22:45, Temlakos wrote: >>> I've tried three times to download videos, and each time I'm getting a >>> fatal error: >>> "Name or service not known." How do I get past that? >> >> Do

Re: How to install the new Video Download Helper Companion App and have Firefox recognize it

On 03/05/2018 09:50 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 03/05/18 22:45, Temlakos wrote: I've tried three times to download videos, and each time I'm getting a fatal error: "Name or service not known." How do I get past that? Do you think it is possible for anyone to answer that question without your

Re: How to install the new Video Download Helper Companion App and have Firefox recognize it

On 03/05/18 22:45, Temlakos wrote: > I've tried three times to download videos, and each time I'm getting a fatal > error: > "Name or service not known." How do I get past that? Do you think it is possible for anyone to answer that question without your giving specific examples of what you've

Re: How to install the new Video Download Helper Companion App and have Firefox recognize it

On 03/05/2018 08:22 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 03/05/18 20:39, Temlakos wrote: All right: what commands does one use with youtube-dl? Is that a command-line application? I suspect I might already have it in my system--but I thought "dl" meant "dynamic linking," same as in MS Windows. Does "-dl"

Re: How to install the new Video Download Helper Companion App and have Firefox recognize it

On 03/05/18 20:39, Temlakos wrote: > All right: what commands does one use with youtube-dl? Is that a command-line > application? I suspect I might already have it in my system--but I thought > "dl" > meant "dynamic linking," same as in MS Windows. Does "-dl" mean "download" > instead? > If so,

Re: How to install the new Video Download Helper Companion App and have Firefox recognize it

On 03/05/2018 02:25 AM, Javier Perez wrote: I switched to youtube-dl It was too much pain trying to make VDH to behave. All right: what commands does one use with youtube-dl? Is that a command-line application? I suspect I might already have it in my system--but I thought "dl" meant

Re: How to install the new Video Download Helper Companion App and have Firefox recognize it

I switched to youtube-dl It was too much pain trying to make VDH to behave. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 7:06 PM, stan wrote: > On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:46:48 -0500 > Temlakos wrote: > > > Did it make any difference that I tried to install it

Re: How to install the new Video Download Helper Companion App and have Firefox recognize it

On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:46:48 -0500 Temlakos wrote: > Did it make any difference that I tried to install it system-wide, > and not for a user only? I can't say for sure, but it didn't for me as I followed the instructions from their web page for user. If it works for Andras,

Re: How to install the new Video Download Helper Companion App and have Firefox recognize it

On 02/23/2018 04:40 PM, Andras Simon wrote: 2018-02-23 13:48 GMT+01:00, Temlakos : Everyone: Firefox crippled most of its extensions beginning with Version 57. (Why they borrowed technology from Google, I'll never know.) The developers of the Video Download Helper responded

Re: How to install the new Video Download Helper Companion App and have Firefox recognize it

2018-02-23 13:48 GMT+01:00, Temlakos : > Everyone: > > Firefox crippled most of its extensions beginning with Version 57. (Why > they borrowed technology from Google, I'll never know.) The developers > of the Video Download Helper responded by creating a Companion Application.

Re: How to install the new Video Download Helper Companion App and have Firefox recognize it

On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 07:48:22 -0500 Temlakos wrote: > VDH will not download most videos from YouTube. (Was that the idea?) That's been a suspicion I've had as well. A requirement for further funding? For some reason, content providers frown on the practice of viewers

How to install the new Video Download Helper Companion App and have Firefox recognize it

Everyone: Firefox crippled most of its extensions beginning with Version 57. (Why they borrowed technology from Google, I'll never know.) The developers of the Video Download Helper responded by creating a Companion Application. I have tried installing that application dozens of times. But