When comparing Easy Youtube Video Downloader vs Iridium, the Slant community recommends Iridium for most people. In the question“What are the best Firefox add-ons?” Iridium is ranked 12th while Easy Youtube Video Downloader is ranked 19th. The most important reason people chose Iridium is:
Keeps up with updating bugs regularly. Always comments on 'issues' on git.
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Pros
Pro 1-Click direct download from youtube page itself
No need to copy-paste url to other app or type anything before the url, single-click to the format of your choice and your "youtube video" or "youtube video to mp3" download starts instantly.
Pro Supports 1080p Full-HD video and high-quality mp3 downloads
Download Youtube videos in 1920 x 1080 Full-HD MP4, FLV, 3GP and MP3 High-quality (256kbps) formats.
Pro Cross-platform
This cross-platform, cross-browser web-browser addon lets you download videos right from the Youtube page while you surf and enjoy.
Pro Clean interface
The download button is elegant and non-intrusive. Shows only what's needed, and does not clutter the interface with unwanted details, unnecessary options and configurations.
Pro No advertisements
Pro The developer particlecore is a respected github open source programmer and he presents all the functionality for free
Keeps up with updating bugs regularly. Always comments on 'issues' on git.
Pro Lightweight youtube.com enhancer and user experience editor
It does not overwhelm you with too many options, so you do not have difficulty choosing or having to try loads of different setups to get it just right. However the most important features are there.
Pro The extensions from the chrome store is also available on firefox & waterfox
If using a script manager it is usable across a whole range of browsers. There is a free script available to be used in browser script managers like ''Tampermonkey" which includes all functions of the addon through the script injections.
Cons
Con Full HD and mp3 support is paywalled
While this used to be a free app, recent YouTube changes now require a server in between to convert 1080p and mp3 formats and the author is asking for a one-time "Donation" of the user to activate the 1080p Full HD and mp3 format downloading.
Con Iridium is currently on hold
The current build includes a bug which seems to break youtube functionality. However after a bit of searching, a solution can be found. Posted here to help others who might be debugging all their extensions for youtube not loading videos.
The solution for many seems to be to keep the autoplay function within Iridium settings ON.
Now your videos will most likely load and play again like they should.