XVST is a free open source tool that can download videos from almost 76 popular video websites and convert them to the most popular video and audio formats. The list of supported websites include YouTube, Yahoo Videos, Google Videos, Metacafe etc. The application being an open source one, promises to achieve better results as development goes on. If you are a developer, you can even extend its utilities by using your own JScript plugins.

Features:

1. Download multiple videos simultaneously.

2. Drag and drop video links to start download.

3. Search, download and play videos within the application window.

4. Supports almost all popular formats like AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, MP4, MP3, 3GP etc.

5. While working in background mode, it sits in the notification area without wasting screen space.

6. Provides download history, so you can get a log of downloaded videos.

7. You can pause running downloads and resume them later.

8. Download videos via HTTP and RTMP protocols.

9. With children protection you can disable video downloads from adult websites. You can choose the allowed websites as per your requirements.

10. Available for Mac, Windows and Linux.

11. Schedule downloads for any desired time.

12. 14 languages are supported.

13. Proxy server support is available. However this feature is still in beta.

Techie-Buzz Verdict:

There are tons of other applications that can download videos from Youtube and may be one or two sites supported by XVST. That is just a part of what XVST promises. Be it the long list of supported websites or supported media formats or simply the child protection, the usefulness of this tool is undeniable. However I encountered errors while downloading videos from Metacafe and Google Videos. Maybe that’s just me. As a whole, I liked it and I recommend this tool.

Techie-Buzz Rating: 4/5 (Excellent)

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We had previously told you on how to download Hulu videos, however, Hulu is known to block applications which provide video downloads for their services.

If the previous tools does not work for you, you can now try out a new tool to download Hulu videos called Stream Transport.

Stream Transport will allow you to download Hulu TV Shows or record the Hulu movies you are watching and save them to your computer. The downloaded files will be stored in FLV format, which you can play using any compatible player or a standalone desktop FLV player. If you use Windows Media Player, you can also use a codec to play FLV files in Windows Media Player.

The software comes with a in-built browser using which you can browse video sites, and also other regular websites. If a video is available for download you will see options to download it in the bottom pane.

To start the download click on the download link and hit the Download button, this will open up a new download window. You can download multiple Hulu videos at one and even pause and resume the downloads.

Stream Transport works pretty well on Windows 7 and supports both 32bit and 64bit versions of Windows.

Techie Buzz Verdict

In addition to downloading videos from Hulu.com, Stream Transport also allows you to download videos from YouTube, Google Video, MySpace, Yahoo! Video, CBS, MTV, Megavideo, Photobucket, Dailymotion, Veoh and Demand Five.

This makes it a comprehensive tool and makes it a worthwhile download. However, like I said earlier, don’t expect it to work with Hulu all the time and specially don’t expect this to work outside of US every time you use it.

If you are looking for other tools, you can use our site search to find software to download videos to your computer from different sites.

Techie Buzz Rating: 4/5 (Excellent)

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CometBird is a lightweight, yet powerful browser,   developed using the source codes of Mozilla Firefox, the open source browser. Hence, it comes with all amazing features of Firefox. Moreover, all the Firefox add-ons and extensions are compatible with CometBird.

CometBird has some advance utilities and functionality which make it a fantastic browser. Here are some of the cool features in CometBird:

• CometBird comes with a pre-installed add-on BitComet Video downloader. Users can download media files (video/audio/flash) from any site with this utility.

• CometBird has an integrated bookmark synchronization tool: CometMarks. It works exactly as the Xmarks and Chrome’s sync feature. Users need to signup for a CometMarks account to use this service. CometMarks also works with Internet Explorer and Firefox. Moreover, users can easily import their bookmarks from Google Bookmarks.
• All Firefox add-ons, extensions and Personas work smoothly with CometBird.

• Easy import wizard for importing browser options, cookies, history and favorites from Internet Explorer.
• CometBird has an integrated note taking tool and translator. Translator uses Google translate’s technology.
• Undo Close Tabbutton to re-open recently closed tabs, adjacent to Home button on navigation toolbar.
• Supports AwesomeBar, pop-up blocker, one-click clearing private data, anti-malware and customized security settings etc., similar to Firefox.

Techie Buzz Verdict

Hence, CometBird is a really cool browser. If you love using Firefox, you will also love CometBird. CometBird is the best alternative of Firefox, and you can choose it as your secondary browser.

Techie Buzz Rating : 5/5

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Video sites are great for watching videos, however every once in a while you want to download videos you watch to your desktop, so that you can archive them and watch them locally.

There are 100s of tools that allow you to download videos from YouTube, Megavideo, Dailymotion, Hulu and other popular sites.

However most of the process with those freeware tools involve finding the link for the video, then pasting it in the application before the actual download begins.

A freeware tool called Yahoo Downloader, will automate the task of downloading videos for you from popular video sites.

The tool works with several browsers and also has a Firefox add-on that will help you automate downloads in Firefox.

Yahoo Downloader Features

• Easily download video from YouTube, Yahoo, Download imeemâ„¢, and more social video!
• Easily download music from Last.fmâ„¢, IMEEMâ„¢, Pandoraâ„¢ and more social music!
• Download any social videos free!
• Download any social music free!
• Free, easy to operate!
• Super light, micro-sized and resource-friendly!
• Support all web browser like IE, Firefox, Opera, Maxthon, Avnta, Netscape!

Please note that Yahoo Downloader is not affiliated with Yahoo!.

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Hulu is a popular video service which commercially streams television shows from popular networks like NBC, Fox, Comedy Central, MGM, MTV, NGC and several other networks.

Hulu offers on demand content so that you can watch it anywhere, however they do not offer any options to download hulu videos to your computer.

The Hulu Video Downloader is a Freeware utility that will allow you to download Hulu videos to you PC, iPod, Zune, PSB or Mobile phone with one-click.

Just enter the URL of the Hulu video you want to download and click the Add button, you can also choose amongst different format in which you want to save the video, the formats you can save in include AVI, MPEG, FLV and WMV. Thanks Nirmal.

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Dailymotion is a popular video hosting service where you can watch videos uploaded by others, but just like all other online video services, there is no easy way to download videos from dailymotion.

If you are looking to download dailymotion videos a Freeware tool called Dailymotion downloader will allow you to do that with ease.

To download a dailymotion video, paste the URL of a dailymotion video into the program, press Add, and the file will be downloaded into the selected folder. Dailymotion downloader will allow you to save the downloaded video into various formats: AVI, Mpeg, FLV and WMV.

Dailymotion Video Downloader is a small, fast, useful, practical and powerful. It has a clean, simple interface, it works with Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista operating systems.

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