Ie., same only it adds that /usr/bin at the beginning, see? This Homebrew homepage says to enter this terminal command instead:

I visited the Homebrew homepage, and i was alarmed to see that its instructions for installing were different!!! so i did try using those “If Homebrew is not installed on your Mac:” instructions in terminal, by entering as it states above:Īfter doing that and closing out of terminal, If Homebrew is not installed on your Mac:įor more details about installing Homebrew, check their homepage. * Type brew install libav -with-fdk-aac -with-ffplay -with-freetype -with-libass -with-libquvi -with-libvorbis -with-libvpx -with-opus -with-x265 * Start the Terminal application from Applications → Utilities → Terminal Once installed, Video DownloadHelper should automatically recognize and use the converter…Īn easy method for installing Libav consists of using Homebrew from a terminal:

The converter can run on Windows, Mac OS X and … Check this link for installation details. On all operating systems, the conversion feature of Video DownloadHelper relies on Libav. This cannot be done reliably from an add-on, this is why DownloadHelper requires the installation of an external converter application that it will use in the background. “Since your local video player is likely to require a single file, aggregating audio and video files is necessary once those files have been downloaded. Since the technical jargon is a bit over my head: I read this info in YDH help pages, and it has me confused, do i need not only the Video Download Helper app, and the companion app,īut also the converter app, plus therefore the Homebrew app too? I have been unable to download any video as of yet, at least from my iMac desktop.įailed videos brings up this message when i click the color red button at bottom of the VDH:įailed aggregation '(such-and-such) - YouTube'

Since i am not yet sure, i will reply here: So am i supposed to hit reply in my gmail to reply to you,

Open my companion app