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YePpHa / YouTubeCenter

YouTube Center is a userscript designed to expand the functionality of YouTube. It includes the ability to download the video you're watching, auto selecting your preferred video quality and much more.
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Mp4 opens in Firefox as opposed to downloading #2307

Open rolandixor opened 7 years ago

rolandixor commented 7 years ago

The download feature is not working correctly. Instead of downloading, the files are being opened in a new tab and played.

Micksy commented 7 years ago

Yep, since the start of this week, developer version 538 in greasemonkey 3.9 on Firefox 49.0.2.

HD 1080p download mp4 works, but trying to grab a 360p version opens a 2nd instance of the file.

Micksy commented 7 years ago

Hey @rolandixor

I had the same issue, found a workaround in Firefox.

Go to the about:config page.

Type in *.mp4 in the search box.

change "media.mp4.enabled" to false.

restart Firefox.

So far I've not seen any issues.

Edit. It names all files to "videoplayback" without a file extension.

ulkoalex commented 7 years ago

It names all files to "videoplayback" without a file extension.

Can confirm. Something with youtube servers itself

digideth commented 7 years ago

@Micksy That would be a nice hack for the moment but I don't even have "media.mp4.enabled" listed in my about:config

For me the Only download that works correctly its the 720p mp4. Everything else opens a tab. Considering this issues has be around for almost 2 months and the problem, i think, is on youtubes side I don't think it will be fixed. :(

saero commented 7 years ago

Man, this is really annoying. YT-C keeps getting broken all the time, thanks Google.

ROMaster2 commented 7 years ago

A temporary work around would be to right-click > Save Link As... or copy the link and open the video in a media player like VLC or MPC-HC. A permanent solution is preferred.

rolandixor commented 7 years ago

The permanent solution is for someone who is proficient to fork this addon and create a new one that does the same job. Clearly the developer has abandoned development for whatever reason.