xVideoServiceThief (also known as xVST) is an open source and cross-platform software that allows users to easily and quickly download video clips from popular video hosting websites, Dailymotion, Metacafe, YouPorn, Badjojo, DaleAlPlay, any many more.
Features at a glance
Key features include drag and drop support, session manager, download logging, parental control, customizable websites, system tray area integration, proxy server support, as well as the ability to convert videos to popular formats, including MP4, AVI, MPEG, WMV, or 3GP.
In addition, the user will be able to search video files, download video clips from both HTTP and RTMP protocols, schedule downloads, fetch multiple videos at the same time, pause and resume downloads, create blacklists and whitelists for video hosting websites, and much more.
Its graphical user interface is easy to use and familiar, allowing users to quickly add a video file or use the internal search engine to find their favorite streams in order to download them on their computers. The application
Under the hood, availability and supported OSes
When opening the application for the first time, we can immediately notice that we're dealing with a cross-platform software, as it some of its functions rely on the Wine project. It is written in the C++, Delphi/Kylix and Object Pascal programming languages and runs well on GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.
On Linux, the application is available for download as a source archive, which can be configure, compiled and installed on any operating system, as well as a universal binary package that works only on 64-bit hardware platforms, as well as third-party Ubuntu packages offered by GetDeb.
Bottom line
Summing up, xVideoServiceThief is a great application for downloading any video stream from almost any video hosting website, no matter the operating system you're using right now. Please check the project's homepage for a complete list of supported sites.
What is new in this release:
- The Mac OS X 10.6 support has been restored and now the Mac OS X 10.8 is now supported!
- You don't like the adult plugins? Then disable them and forget about their existence!
- Added the possibility to uninstall the adult sites from your system and ignore them (no updates)
- Added a new startup parameter "-resetmessages" for display again all the starting messages (welcome window, adults sites request and change-log)
- Added a new startup parameter "-showchangelog" for display again the change-log of current version
- Fixed bug (Error: Erratic main window centering on startup when more than one monitor was connected)
- Compiled with Qt 5.2
- Added Mac OS X Mavericks compatibility
- Restored compatibility with Mac OS X Leopard (10.6.x)
- Removed the QWebView module dependence (now the native WebView is used again and reduced the final binary size)
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