Changelog

Every VidHatch update, newest first. Free and Pro get the same updates.

Latest build 1.0.16 · · 49 versions since

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  1. 1.0.16

    Coming to the stores Your version

    Improved

    • On Rumble, VidHatch reads the video from Rumble's own player data inside the page, so it does not have to wait for the ad to finish. This uses a new permission, "scripting", which only reads and never changes the page.
    • Settings lists more tested sites, including sites that play their videos through players embedded from other hosts.

  2. 1.0.15

    Your version
    • Improved: Dailymotion videos are found as soon as the page opens, even while an ad is playing, and their subtitles come with them.
    • Fixed: On sites that send picture and sound as separate files, each file was listed as its own video, so a click could save the sound alone. The panel now shows one video that saves picture and sound together.

  3. 1.0.14

    Your version
    • New: After many downloads that worked, the panel asks once for a store review. Either button closes it for good, and it never shows right after a failed download.
    • Improved: The extension's name and summary are in 52 languages, so it reads in your browser's language.

  4. 1.0.13

    Firefox Add-ons Your version

    Improved

    • Stop check also stops a site lookup that is still running, so the check ends at once. Pro
    • A post with several videos no longer gives every file the same thumbnail, and thumbnails no longer flicker while a check runs. Pro
    • Searching the tested sites for a full address only matches that site.

    Fixed

    • A watched page removed while it was being checked could come back. It now stays removed. Pro

    It also brings everything in 1.0.7 to 1.0.12 below.

  5. 1.0.12

    Your version
    • New: Settings lists the sites this release was tested on, and which of them need Pro. A site that is missing can be requested from the same place.
    • Fixed: Some videos were listed several times, once for each signed copy of the same stream. They now show once.
    • Fixed: Ads from three more ad networks are no longer listed.

  6. 1.0.11

    Your version
    • New: Watched pages show each check as it runs: every file with its title, quality, length, size and progress. Stop check ends it at once, and posts it did not reach are checked next time. Pro

  7. 1.0.10

    Your version
    • New: The panel shows its version number. Click it to come back to this page.

  8. 1.0.9

    Your version
    • Improved: One row per video. Qualities of the same video share one menu, duplicate copies are merged, and when a page has a video its images fold behind "Show N images".
    • Improved: Subtitle languages carried inside a stream now show up in the panel.
    • Fixed: Streams packed into a single file saved every piece twice and played with broken sound. They now save cleanly.
    • Fixed: Pre-roll ad clips from one more ad network are no longer listed.

  9. 1.0.8

    Your version
    • New: Subtitles are saved next to the video with the same name, in your browser's language or English. SRT by default; VTT or off in Settings.
    • New: "Subtitles only" in a video's Save as menu saves just the text.
    • Improved: When a site limits subtitle requests, the panel says so instead of failing without a reason.

  10. 1.0.7

    Your version
    • New: Scan pages and Watched pages open each post on a list page, one at a time, and keep only its main video or its full-size images. Pick Videos, Images, or both. Pro
    • Improved: A scan shows which page and post it is reading. Pro
    • Improved: A watched post counts as done only once its files are saved, so a post that failed is tried again next time. Pro
    • Fixed: Clicking Download again on a video that is already downloading no longer saves a second copy.

  11. 1.0.6

    Chrome Web Store Firefox Add-ons Your version

    New

    • A Pro section in Settings: see your plan, copy your key to use Pro in another browser, or remove it. Pro

    Improved

    • When the hard-site resolver can't help, the panel says why in plain words: busy, too many requests, or a page type it doesn't support yet. Pro
    • Batch rows that fail say why they failed. Pro
    • A download that stops because the network dropped picks up again on its own.
    • Large files download in several pieces at once.
    • Pasting the 6-digit activation code into the key box now tells you where it goes.

    Fixed

    • Chrome could rename a saved file to match its type, so a sound-only M4A came out as .mp4. Names now stay as VidHatch set them.
    • Download history could lose entries when several downloads finished at the same moment.

  12. 1.0.3

    Firefox Add-ons Your version

    New

    • Protected (DRM) streams are marked as protected instead of failing without a reason.

    Improved

    • Joined streams are saved as a regular MP4, so they seek and play in more players.
    • Error messages are in plain words and say what to try next.
    • The panel is wider at the larger text sizes.

    Fixed

    • Firefox: the sidebar no longer opens by itself after install.

  13. 1.0.1

    Your version
    • New: Report a site: a link in the panel sends us a page VidHatch can't handle. Nothing is sent until you press Send.
    • New: Social media posts and reels are listed as one file with picture and sound.
    • New: An "Ask where to save each file" setting.
    • New: Each video row shows its length, and videos that some players can't open get a codec tag with a hint.
    • Improved: When a page has a full video, its short preview clips fold behind "Show N short clips".
    • Improved: The longest video is listed first, and one video no longer shows up as several streams.
    • Improved: More kinds of stream download four pieces at a time.
    • Improved: The ad filter knows more ad networks.
    • Improved: The Pro bar in the free panel can be closed for 14 days.
    • Fixed: Sound-only streams were listed as video.
    • Fixed: Subtitle and preview-strip files were listed as downloads.

  14. 0.9.11

    Your version
    • New: More embedded video players are recognized, both on their own site and on pages that embed them.
    • Improved: The list stays put when the browser puts VidHatch to sleep between clicks.
    • Improved: File names keep accented and non-English letters.
    • Fixed: Files from sites that only serve them to their own pages failed as "forbidden". They save now.
    • Fixed: Video and sound served separately were saved as two files. They are joined into one MP4.
    • Fixed: Streams that keep their sound in a separate track were saved silent.
    • Fixed: Some stream links saved a tiny text file instead of the video.
    • Fixed: Hard-site downloads were named with a doubled extension. Pro
    • Fixed: File names could end in a dot or a dash, which Windows can't save.

  15. 0.9.10

    Firefox Add-ons Your version

    New

    • Firefox asks your permission before the hard-site resolver sends a page address. Pro

    From this version on, Firefox 140 or newer is required.

  16. 0.9.9

    Chrome Web Store Firefox Add-ons Your version

    New

    • Save just the sound of a video as MP3 or M4A, from "Audio only" in the menu next to each video.

  17. 0.9.8

    Your version
    • New: Pause, resume and cancel any download, including streams that are being joined. Reopening the panel picks running downloads back up.
    • New: A rescan button in the panel.
    • Improved: Images are named after their own caption.
    • Improved: Pause in Batch also pauses the downloads already running, and removing a running row cancels it. Pro
    • Fixed: "Download saved" now shows when the file is really saved, not when it starts.
    • Fixed: Joined videos stayed in memory after they were saved.

  18. 0.9.7

    Your version
    • Improved: Quality menus list each resolution once and mark 60 fps streams (1080p60).
    • Improved: When a stream comes in several encodings, the one that plays everywhere (H.264) is picked first.

  19. 0.9.6

    Your version
    • New: A resolver for supported hard, cipher-protected sites. Their videos are listed first, marked Resolved. Pro

  20. 0.9.5

    Firefox Add-ons Your version

    New

    • Watched pages: VidHatch checks the pages you choose on a schedule and saves what is new. Pro
    • When a stream carries subtitles, they are saved next to the video.

    Improved

    • Animated WebP and PNG images are listed as GIFs.
    • Batch can run up to eight downloads at once. Pro

    The Chrome Web Store got these changes as version 0.9.3, a build not listed separately.

  21. 0.9.1

    Your version
    • New: More settings: turn the right-click menu off, sort the list (Smart, Newest, Oldest), set the panel width and text size, and choose popup or side panel.
    • New: Reset every setting in one click.

  22. 0.9.0

    Your version
    • Improved: Video thumbnails are found even when the player keeps them inside its own frame.

  23. 0.8.9

    Your version
    • Fixed: A stream with no picture data in it saved an empty MP4. It now stops with a clear message.

  24. 0.8.8

    Your version
    • Improved: Downloads repeat the page's own request details, so fewer servers refuse them.
    • Improved: Files take the name the server gives them.
    • Improved: Better video thumbnails, and files under 500 KB are no longer listed.

  25. 0.8.7

    Your version
    • Improved: Detection checks what the server actually sends, so empty tracking files no longer show up as videos.

  26. 0.8.6

    Your version
    • Fixed: Some streams were saved with a playlist extension (.m3u8) instead of .mp4.
    • Fixed: Files were named after the site when the tab title was only the site's name. They now use the video's heading.
    • Fixed: Ad playlists from one more ad exchange are no longer listed.

  27. 0.8.5

    Your version
    • Improved: Pro stays on through updates: your key is also kept in your browser's sync storage, and visiting vidhatch.com after a reinstall turns Pro back on by itself.

  28. 0.8.3

    Your version
    • Improved: Firefox gets everything Chrome has: Settings, the sidebar, right-click downloads, and streams that only play on their own site.

  29. 0.8.2

    Your version
    • Improved: When the connection drops in the middle of a piece, VidHatch reads it again instead of losing it, and a cut-off piece is caught before it is saved.

  30. 0.8.1

    Your version
    • Fixed: Streams that keep all their pieces in one file were saved as a broken file.

  31. 0.8.0

    Your version
    • New: Open VidHatch in the side panel and keep it beside the page.
    • New: Right-click a video or image and choose Download with VidHatch.
    • New: Download history can show a file in its folder or open it.

  32. 0.7.9

    Your version
    • New: Each stream shows its length and an estimated size, which updates when you change the quality.

  33. 0.7.8

    Your version
    • Improved: Each piece of a stream is tried up to six times, so one dropped piece no longer ruins the download.

  34. 0.7.6

    Your version
    • New: Video rows show the page's thumbnail.
    • Fixed: Some streams saved a file that would not open. They are now joined the right way, or stop with a clear message.
    • Fixed: One stream could show up as two rows.

  35. 0.7.5

    Your version
    • Improved: Batch keeps ads out, has the same type filters as the panel, and follows your preferred quality. Pro

  36. 0.7.4

    Your version
    • Improved: Pause in Batch turns into Resume. Pro
    • Improved: The free panel shows what Pro adds, with a link to pricing.
    • Fixed: "Lost your key?" and other parts of the panel stayed on screen when they should have been hidden.

  37. 0.7.3

    Your version
    • New: Activate Pro with one click from your email, or type the 6-digit code.

  38. 0.7.2

    Your version
    • New: Enter your key right on the Batch page.
    • New: "Lost your key?" sends it again to the email you bought with.

  39. 0.7.1

    Your version
    • New: Ad and tracker requests are kept out of the list.
    • New: Filter the list by type: All, Video, Images, GIFs or Audio, with counts.
    • Fixed: The quality menu was unreadable in dark mode.

  40. 0.7.0

    Your version
    • New: A Settings page: preferred quality, a notice when a download finishes, a download subfolder, smart file names, light or dark theme, and download history.

  41. 0.6.7

    Your version
    • New: Rename a file before you save it, and pick its quality from a menu on the row.
    • New: Each row shows what it is: stream, image or GIF.

  42. 0.6.6

    Your version
    • Improved: Files are named after the page title.
    • Improved: Smaller images are listed too.
    • Improved: A failed download says why, right on its row.

  43. 0.6.5

    Your version
    • Fixed: Chrome: streams that only play on their own site failed to download. They download now.

  44. 0.6.3

    Your version
    • New: Image rows show a thumbnail.

  45. 0.6.2

    Your version
    • Improved: Copies of the same stream are merged into one row.
    • Fixed: Streams that offer several qualities failed to download. VidHatch now saves the best one.

  46. 0.6.1

    Firefox Add-ons Your version

    New

    • VidHatch for Firefox.
    • Site rules: for each site, choose which kinds of files to keep, a smallest image size and a file name pattern. Pro

  47. 0.5.0

    Your version
    • New: Deep scan opens each page in a background tab, so streams that only load with the player are found. Pro
    • New: Import and export the batch list as a CSV file. Pro

  48. 0.4.0

    Your version
    • New: Batch mode: paste links, add what the panel found, or scan a list of pages, then download it all, up to five files at once, named by your own pattern. Pro

  49. 0.3.0

    First public release Chrome Web Store Your version
    • Finds the video on the page you are on, including streaming formats, and saves a stream as one MP4.
    • Lists the images and GIFs on the page too, with their size.
    • No ads and no watermark, from the first version.