The World Wide Chalkboard

So now you have Firefox loaded. The next step is to get an “add-on” so you can “capture” the video you want (IE does not have these add-on options).

If you want to check out other options for your browser, then click on “Tools - Add-ons”. Click the “Extensions” tab at the top, if it is not already selected (you will see a list of all the extensions you currently have). Then click the “Get Extensions” hyperlink at the bottom right of the window to go to the menu.

There are a lot of cool things for Firefox here, but what you are looking for is “Video DownloadHelper 3.03. You can do a search for it, or you can just click here and I will send you directly to the link.

Click the “Download” button and follow the instructions. When you are done, read through the directions on the webpage that pops up when Firefox restarts. It will help you.

You should notice three colorful balls rotating on your toolbar. When there is nothing to “capture” the orbs are grey. When something on the page can be captured (Pictures, videos, etc.) you click on the object you want, click the menu arrow next to the orbs, and choose your option of what you want to save. Then you will choose where to save it and click “Save”.

Now you have downloaded the file. But when you try to view it, nothing happens. Stay tuned for Step 3 in the next article.

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