Video Download Assistant version history - 4 versions
Video Download Assistant by Michael @ Code Red
Video Download Assistant version history - 4 versions
Be careful with old versions! These versions are displayed for testing and reference purposes.You should always use the latest version of an add-on.
Latest version
Version 0.4.2
Released Sep 27, 2026 - 9.95 MBWorks with firefox 142.0 and later- Fixed downloads failing on sites that only serve media to their own player
- Fixed downloads from embedded players when the video is detected before playback starts
- Detection now updates when a player's referrer or origin changes
- Network errors now name the host that failed instead of saying "resource"
Source code released under All Rights Reserved
Older versions
Version 0.4.0
Released Aug 30, 2026 - 9.95 MBWorks with firefox 142.0 and later- Videos of any length and size now supported
- Fixed a bug where audio could get lost when merging
- Changed visual progress to show real transfered against expected total instead of percentage
- Clear download list also clears the browser list
Source code released under All Rights Reserved
Version 0.3.2
Released Aug 28, 2026 - 9.94 MBWorks with firefox 142.0 and laterThe list is only redrawn when its contents actually changed (compared by a signature of the items), at most once per second — a playing page no longer causes any redraw at all.
While a quality picker is open, refreshes are suppressed entirely, so it can't disappear while you're choosing.Source code released under All Rights Reserved
Version 0.3.1
Released Aug 24, 2026 - 9.94 MBWorks with firefox 142.0 and laterFirst public release.
• Detects video, audio, HLS (m3u8) and DASH (mpd) streams on the pages you visit
• Quality picker; streams are saved as clean, seekable MP4 files
• Separate audio tracks are merged automatically, so streams keep their sound
• Audio-only extraction to M4A
• Parallel downloading with progress, speed, pause, cancel and a queue
• No size limit: large streams are converted in parts
• Filenames from the page title, optional subfolder, "always ask where to save"
• Free and unlimited, with no data collectionSource code released under All Rights Reserved