Filed under: Fun, Video, Windows, Freeware, Search
Ashampoo Clip Finder: Search and download YouTube clips, DailyMotion, and more
by Simon Kerbel Jan 23rd 2008
Trying to find the best cut of that online video of Darth Vader playing the harmonica, but don't want to spend the time to individually search all the video sharing sites? Ashampoo's free software ClipFinder is here to help. ClipFinder is simple in function: enter in a search term, and ClipFinder will search for matches in a large number of video hosting websites, including YouTube, ClipFish, DailyMotion, IFilm (are our children even going to know that there are spaces in the English language?), and many more. Once the clips are located, you can view them right on your desktop, or you can save them to your hard drive (as .flv files).
ClipFinder is easily customizable: you can arrange the video sites to show in a different order, set a maximum of results, toggle the video's ranking, rating, number of viewers, and more. It even comes with two skins, Vista Red and Vista Black (though we would call them "eyesore" and "less of an eyesore").
A couple of caveats: besides the less than stellar UI, you'll also have to contend with a short registration process, where you receive an email to register the software in order to get your free serial number. Thankfully, all of your personal information is optional (save for the email address, of course), and after a very short wait, the code will arrive.
Besides the registration process and beauty-starved UI, ClipFinder is a valuable desktop tool for quickly aggregating video search results for your viewing and archiving purposes.
ClipFinder is compatible with Windows 2000, XP, and Vista.
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