You should have received two emails: one as a “receipt” of sorts by the payment processor (PayPal et al), and one directly from the developer. The trick to re-activation is by clicking a unique link, namely the one that was sent to you when you first made your donation. It’s actually super easy if you know where to look.

But hey, nobody is perfect – and coders are usually never good documenters (or business people). A simple button would suffice – instead we get a sales page. Although I sifted through Dishita’s website, clear re-activation instructions were nowhere to be found. I had to download something in a rush, and it was super annoying that an obvious reactivation process wasn’t jumping out at me. I’ve just found out – and I thought I’d remind us all how this works. How do we get them back without paying again? Trouble is, every once in a while (usually after a Firefox update), the Pro Version reverts back to the Free Version, and you’re stuck without all your paid for Pro Features. It’ll work immediately after you’ve made a payment, by clicking a link provided to you via email. Higher resolutions are available with the Pro Version, for which you can make a voluntary donation. With the free version we can download MP3 files in 128Kbps and MP4 files in 720p. Let me tell you, it’s always good to have a local backup of things! That’s super handy if one my streams is not recorded properly at my end. Once installed, it allows you to download MP4 and MP3 versions of any video on YouTube. Here’s the direct link on the Firefox Add-Ons Directory. There’s a really useful Firefox plugin called the Easy YouTube Video Downloader by Dishita.

Easy youtube video download