Ant Video Downloader Changelog

What's new in Ant Video Downloader 4.17

Jan 26, 2023
  • Fixed video detection for web site netu.tv / netu.io

New in Ant Video Downloader 4.16 (Dec 28, 2022)

  • Native app installer now contains both 32- and 64-bit versions of video converter
  • Added separate location for private downloads in the settings
  • YouTube: added drop-down for containers and ability to preselect best quality
  • YouTube: added ability to download audio only
  • Added support of previous per-browser downloads
  • Bugfix: Vimeo: some videos are downloaded with the same quality, no matter what is selected in Quick Select
  • Bugfix: MPEG-DASH, Vimeo, YouTube Now Playing: audio stream is not preselected when Pre-select best quality setting is turned off
  • Various small UI fixes

New in Ant Video Downloader 4.15 (Sep 8, 2022)

  • Updated MPEG-DASH protocol and quick bugfixes:
  • Temporarily disabled support of HLS byte-ranged videos
  • Updated visual style of video list items in the dark theme
  • Other bugfixes

New in Ant Video Downloader 4.14 (Aug 12, 2022)

  • Optimized version with lightweight interface and new settings.
  • Use of NA is disabled by default due to Mozilla policy restrictions! Check Settings — Privacy page.
  • We recommend resetting the extension after update to clean the browser's storage.
  • Other changes:
  • Detected videos are stored only in-memory, not in browser's storage
  • ALL VIDEOS page renamed back to DOWNLOADS
  • New settings for Scoring, MPD, UI
  • New feature: mute/unmute video detection on tab
  • New feature: enable/disable video detection and separate protocols
  • New feature: context menu (right-click) for video list items (Move to Recycle bin, Show properties, etc.)

New in Ant Video Downloader 4.13 (Jan 17, 2022)

  • Rolled-back terser-webpack-plugin from the latest version back to version 5.1.2. The latest version used in version 4.12 probably caused high memory/CPU use on Firefox.
  • Other fixes:
  • Bugfix: the previous session is not cleared up when the setting is on (Firefox only)
  • UI: Popup: added NA version when clicking on the error description label
  • Added Options tab on the extension's page at Add-ons Manager (Firefox only)

New in Ant Video Downloader 4.12 (Jan 6, 2022)

  • Added setting "Do not display detected videos on All videos page" (turned on by default)
  • All videos: UI updates and fixes
  • Popup: added Clear list button
  • Updated icons
  • Updated Clear list dialog
  • Added new feature Settings - Reset
  • Added new feature Settings - Video detection - Clear internal storage
  • Scoring system: added new rules

New in Ant Video Downloader 4.11 (Dec 23, 2021)

  • All videos page:
  • Added Clear list feature
  • Added individual Remove from list button to all protocols
  • Added "Previous session" section to list of videos
  • Scoring: fixed "Save as" download option
  • Fixed links when clicking buttons Knowledge Base, FAQ
  • Popup:
  • YTNP: removed 'reset' link button; Restart button replaced with Reset button
  • Bugfixes:
  • YTNP: When canceling video download, it fails with error while should be in the canceled state
  • Fixed autocleanup of videos when closing a tab

New in Ant Video Downloader 4.10 (Dec 20, 2021)

  • New YouTube protocol. Ability to download videos without Native app, ability to convert videos to MP3 format
  • The existing YouTube protocol is now called YouTube Now Playing
  • New experimental MPEG-DASH (MPD) protocol (may not download some videos)
  • Settings feature
  • New UI (popup made compact, new internal pages)
  • Numerous bugfixes, scoring rules updated

New in Ant Video Downloader 4.9 (Feb 3, 2021)

  • Fixed bug when some scoring videos were downloaded incompletely and refused to play

New in Ant Video Downloader 4.8 (Jan 28, 2021)

  • Improved general quality of video detection and downloads
  • Added support for Waterfox web browser
  • Improved error handling in MPD protocol. The new version of MPD protocol is scheduled for version 4.9
  • Bugfix: when downloading video in InPrivate mode, popup displays the old video title instead of the new filename
  • Button TRY VIDEO SEARCH replaced with TOP VIDEO SITES
  • Added new rules for suppressing video segments, previews, and advertisement

New in Ant Video Downloader 4.7 (Apr 21, 2020)

  • Added support of First Party isolation (FPI). AVD can now download videos when FPI is on, as well as using the Tor browser
  • Scoring system updates: detection of segments and previews suppressed, fixed video downloads
  • HLS protocol: full path to playlist added to configuration dialog. Helps distinguishing different qualities when media playlists are all have the same filename
  • Native app: fixed bug in HLS protocol when demuxer.txt file was not deleted
  • Native app: when downloading videos in Private mode, the previously used folder is remembered and proposed for the next download
  • Native app: ffmpeg version updated to 4.2.2 (helps with some Vimeo videos)

New in Ant Video Downloader 4.5 (Feb 11, 2020)

  • Fix to reduce NA processes stack up
  • New feature: UI: added buttons for opening temp files directory (top level and this session)
  • New feature: UI: added buttons for opening temp files for each video
  • Bugfix: video is not downloaded when title consists only of '' char (consists only of forbidden chars)
  • UI: fixed display of size of very large files, updated header, updated copyright year, added 'video merging' state to Media page
  • Scoring system: suppressed segments detection, suppressed service mp3 files (beeps)
  • HLS protocol: up to 5 segment download can fail. Used in some playlists with fake segments (pseudo-segments for reporting stats)
  • HLS protocol: fixed bug when playlists contains mix of encrypted/non-encrypted segments
  • Small bugfixes

New in Ant Video Downloader 4.4 (Dec 10, 2019)

  • New MPEG-DASH protocol handler, which supports segment timelines
  • New fast and lightweight scoring system engine
  • MPEG-DASH and Vimeo videos are downloaded in separate threads (audio and video) which speeds up downloads
  • Support of MPEG-DASH and Vimeo videos without audio stream
  • Various bugfixes

New in Ant Video Downloader 4.2 (Apr 5, 2019)

  • Works with firefox 57.0 and later

New in Ant Video Downloader 4.1.25 (Feb 6, 2019)

  • Native app installer is now dual-purpose and can be installed machine-wide for all users (ALLUSERS=1)
  • Youtube: bugfix quality is not updated when change it in the player
  • Youtube: autopreselect of best quality
  • Scoring: bugfixes, new MPD segments avoidance rule

New in Ant Video Downloader 4.1.24 (Jan 16, 2019)

  • Added support of web browsers UC Browser, Waterfox, Comodo IceDragon
  • UI: Popup: added badge over menu button with count of currently running downloads
  • UI: Downloads page: increased font size of list of downloads
  • HLS protocol: fixed detection bug
  • YouTube: advertisement videos are avoided

New in Ant Video Downloader 4.1.19 (Dec 21, 2018)

  • Added banners to remind when native app is not installed or requires update
  • Updated UI
  • Added Clear list feature
  • Fixed detection on several web-sites
  • Bugfixes

New in Ant Video Downloader 4.0.12 (Nov 21, 2018)

  • Popup is back
  • New features: Show on disk, Play with default player, linear percentage-based progress
  • Scoring videos are downloaded by default with Native app if it is installed

New in Ant Video Downloader 3.3.40 (Apr 11, 2018)

  • Ability to choose folder for temporary files (avoid SSD usage)
  • Added Reset to default button for both downloads location, temp files location
  • Added support of UNC paths (ability to choose removable drives and LAN folders for both downloads/temp files)
  • Length of full path to video is limited to 255 chars (extra long names of video are truncated)
  • User now cannot choose root of a system drive for downloads/temp files
  • Re-engineered download progress reporting for YouTube videos (a bit faster, no delays, added ETA)
  • Fixed several bugs

New in Ant Video Downloader 3.2.24 (Feb 28, 2018)

  • Implemented protocol MPEG-DASH
  • Added feature Cancel downloading
  • Added feature Select download location
  • Native application installer for Windows and all binaries are now digitally signed to enhance security
  • Scoring videos: fixed bugs, fixed ads and previews detection, fixed Cancel button click
  • Cleaned up UI in Downloads page

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.41 (May 3, 2016)

  • Fixed converter installation issue on some platforms

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.37 (Mar 10, 2016)

  • Fixed video detection in Firefox 45

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.36 (Mar 1, 2016)

  • Improved video downloads

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.35 (Feb 9, 2016)

  • Improved video detection and download

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.32 (Nov 22, 2015)

  • Privacy policy improved

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.31 (May 15, 2015)

  • Improved compatibility with video sites

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.29 (Feb 26, 2015)

  • Improved compatibility with Firefox 36

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.28 (Feb 11, 2015)

  • Improved the compatibility with the private mode

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.27 (Jan 16, 2015)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented the addon to fully start in some rare cases

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.26 (Jul 25, 2014)

  • Improved compatibility with top video sites

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.25 (May 17, 2014)

  • Improved compatibility with even more sites
  • Fixed the invisibility of Ant button if the add-on bar or status bar is disabled
  • Fixed file permissions for the default download folder

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.24 (May 17, 2014)

  • Improved compatibility with even more sites
  • Fixed the invisibility of Ant button if the add-on bar or status bar is disabled
  • Fixed file permissions for the default download folder

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.23 (Apr 23, 2014)

  • Improved video detection on pages containing many videos;
  • Added a simplified media converter installation process;
  • Added the ability to reinstall the media converter
  • Fixed the "Download folder" being reset when the browser restarts;

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.22 (Mar 29, 2014)

  • Improved compatibility with various video hostings

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.16 (Dec 28, 2013)

  • Fixed long file names being mangled
  • Downloads can now be paused in the download manager

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.15 (Dec 28, 2013)

  • Improved the compatibility with Firefox 26

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.11 (Sep 25, 2013)

  • Improved compatibility with Private Browsing mode.
  • Improved video detection.
  • Fixed the problem with video size not being displayed.

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.8 (Sep 20, 2013)

  • Fix Firefox compatibility issue

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.7 (Sep 20, 2013)

  • Fixes regression on Download manager with FF 19.0

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.6 (Sep 20, 2013)

  • Compatibility fixes.

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.5 (Sep 20, 2013)

  • Support for Firefox 18
  • Improved video detection

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.4 (Sep 20, 2013)

  • Fixes playlist issue

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.3 (Sep 20, 2013)

  • Fixes downloading broken on some configurations

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.2 (Sep 20, 2013)

  • Improved video detection
  • Rank is now visible in toolbar mode
  • Better sizing of WEBM videos in the Player

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7.1 (Sep 20, 2013)

  • Fixed a bug that shared videos across tabs in the download menu in compact mode
  • FLV is back the default download format on youtube

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.7 (Sep 20, 2013)

  • Fixed issue causing Firefox to crash
  • Fixed issue that causes Youtube videos to have the wrong size and not download correctly

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.6.5 (Sep 20, 2013)

  • Version without the crash issue that forced Mozilla to block the previous version.

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.6.3 (Sep 20, 2013)

  • Fixed download memory leak
  • Fixed filename issue with '/' in it on some *nix platforms including freeBSD

New in Ant Video Downloader 2.4.6.2 (Sep 20, 2013)

  • Ant.com Video Downloader is now compatible with Mozilla Firefox version 10.0;
  • Add-on Bar Mode display problem is fixed;
  • Introduced minor user interface fixes;
  • Solved the 'additional plugin installation' bug;
  • When in compact mode, buttons can not be customized like other toolbar buttons;
  • Memory leak fixes;

New in Ant Video Downloader 1.1 (Nov 4, 2008)

  • Adding Explorer button to open videos folder.
  • Adding the AntRank feature to display web site ranking