Important: Please read the following before continuing with the instructions

Downloading video content using the Video DownloadHelper extension has increasingly become more difficult

Authentic8 offers this extension within Silo for Research (Toolbox) to help research analysts download videos in common formats, like MP4, WEBM, and AVI. However, many websites now separate audio and video streams, requiring advanced post-processing to combine them — such functionality is not available in Silo for Research at this time

Common challenges stem from websites switching to more complex streaming methods, highlighting the need to explore other video collection options

Please contact the Authentic8 Support team for alternative recommendations

Accessing Video DownloadHelper

The extension can be activated by clicking the Video DownloadHelper icon from the Extensions Toolbar

The Video DownloadHelper icon will activate its color when supported video content is detected on the website

No Video Content

On pages where video content is not automatically detected, click Analyze page to locate additional video sources. Playing the video you wish to download can assist the tool in detecting supported video sources

Video Selection and Downloading

Click the Down Arrow under the video title --or-- click the Right Arrow to open the Storage Manager

Storage Manager

A Save File dialog is displayed. Below are some of the storage location options:

Video Converter

IMPORTANT: This functionality is not supported — the process will hang when attempting to save via Storage Manager

Options Menu

1		About — gives feature information relating to functionality, support and troubleshooting
2		Supported websites — provides a list of sites that Video DownloadHelper supports
3		Analyze page — performs inspection for additional video download sources
4		process local files for video file conversion This feature is not supported
5		records currrent browser session This feature is not supported
6		Clears current video list
7		Settings — additional options for Video DownloadHelper