Testimonials

Rating:
Merle L Arnold:
United States
27 Nov, 2023

I love your Download Surgeon use it a lot.
What I don't like is
Microsoft and Norton
interfering with it I try to tell them to allow it don't block it but it's like they are ignoring me.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: None
KEVIN D WHITE:
USA
19 Jul, 2023

I'm quite happy with it and use it frequently.

Rating:
5/5
Wayne Knazek:
United States
06 Jul, 2023

Had it. Worked great@ Got a new PC. Couldn't get it to work. Contacted tech support a couple times. Gave up and bought it again. Still couldn't get it working. Gave up.

Rating:
2/5
John Raymond:
UK.
06 Jul, 2023

Very happy with the program. It really helps with my workflow as I do a lot of transcribing of songs.

Rating:
5/5
Roy:
Ireland
05 Jul, 2023

Works extremely well, and I am very pleased with it.

Rating:
5/5
Dennis Mela:
USA
13 Apr, 2023

Works in all situations. I use weekly.

Rating:
5/5
Len:
Australia
10 Apr, 2023

A superb app which enables with ease appropriate utilization

Rating:
5/5
Richard johnson:
Usa
30 Jan, 2023

So far. I`ll see.

Rating:
5/5
joseph wilson:
United States
30 Dec, 2022

It does everything I wanted in an app.

Rating:
5/5
Gilda Baise:
USA
22 Dec, 2022

So easy to use. Downloads quickly. I use it almost every day, and have had zero problems.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Jim Tharp:
United States
20 Apr, 2022

This is a great and Very useful product! I haven't been able to use it as much as I'd like to be able to yet, even though I have definitely used it enough to know how great it works and how flawlessly it performs. I no longer have to worry about using sketchy half-assed programs that I am skeptical about for downloading music. I highly recommend it!

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Chris K:
USA
17 Mar, 2022

THIS SUITE OF PRODUCTS IS UNBEATABLE!

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: WHO CARES
Norman:
UK
31 Jan, 2022

A brilliant programme really enjoy it. So easy to use. Highly recommended. Thank you very much.

Rating:
5/5
Julian Brown:
United Kingdom
17 Jan, 2022

It deleted several paid for programs from my computer, and slowed everything down, particularly when booting up.

[ TMJ Response: Download Surgeon does not and cannot do what is being claimed here - meaning deleting programs or slowing down the machine. ]

Rating:
2/5
Marco M. Brown:
usa
08 Jan, 2022

I was surprised that the dload surg2 would obtain the audio from youtube that dload surg3 wouldn't when using the youtube downloader. The downloader sniffer on download surg3 did get the job done. Between both of the products I have been able to get the audio that I need so far. Once you get use to the necessary process it's pretty much straight forward. I'm happy with having both of the products.

Rating:
4/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon2/3
John Shumaker:
United States
06 Jan, 2022

Does a great job of Youtube video downloads, which is 98% of what I use it for. Have had no issues using it.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon 3
Henry Kolowrat:
Czech Republic
06 Jan, 2022

Very satisfied with the product. Can basically download whatever I need. Very helpful product and easy to use.

Rating:
5/5
John Arthur Weyman:
United Kingdom
16 Dec, 2021

very good

Rating:
5/5
Frederick Ahne:
United States
13 Dec, 2021

Problem getting after awhile.

Rating:
4/5
Dan Oneufer:
USA
23 Nov, 2021

MAC version: I am very happy with the product's performance and features. I have used several of the download types and each has worked as expected. I also appreciate the ease of use and instructions that are available. Well done!

Rating:
5/5
Mark Helsel:
USA
21 Oct, 2021

Song Surgeon works as advertised mostly. The chord identifier mechanism isn’t always as accurate as I expected.
Download surgeon is lethargic if any other app is running behind it.
The most effective function I have discovered is the tempo slow device. It is highly functional for its design.

Rating:
4/5
Competitive Product: Song Surgeon/Download Surgeon
Daniel Norris:
United States
19 Oct, 2021

Does everything I need it to do. Very good product!

Rating:
5/5
LaDonna Rogers:
United States
02 Oct, 2021

My gospel group sings with tracks and we have used Song Surgeon for years to change keys. Sometimes I can't find a performance track for a song but, with version 5 Pro, I can buy the song, go to the Vocal Remove page ,remove vocals and now I have a performance track. If you sing or play, you will love Song Surgeon!

Rating:
5/5
Chuck:
USA
01 Oct, 2021

Easy to install, easy to use, great products, I have Video Surgeon, Download Surgeon, Song Surgeon and Song Surgeon Vocal Removal. All work as advertised.

Rating:
5/5
Bryan:
Australia
30 Sep, 2021

Very effective and easy to use.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon 3
Raj:
England
29 Sep, 2021

Hi! I paid for a lifetime download licence and conversion licence for YouTube but there were always hassles and problems for a non-tech person like me.
So Download Surgeon has been extremely useful for me and I thank you for providing it.
Areas for future help for me - a possibility to opt to download both the video and a separate audio with one instruction rather than going through the download instruction process twice. To remove the irritating "adverts" at the end of uploads on some YouTube channels which redirect you to another or similar video would be much appreciated as it frequently happens that the end of the video or audio one is interested in is blanketed out by the intrusive terminal advert. Thanks and all the best!

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Johannes Bruitzman:
Australia
29 Sep, 2021

I haven't used it much so far, mainly for karaoke backing tracks. It works without hassles, better than any other I've tried.

Rating:
4/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Beau:
USA
29 Sep, 2021

Another great product.

Rating:
5/5
J. A. Faulkner, Jr:
USA
29 Sep, 2021

Very good product. Allows me to learn new songs.

Rating:
5/5
RAY SOUTER:
USA
29 Sep, 2021

The software works very well. I am able to download guitar lessons and access them even when I don't have immediate connection to the internet.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Christopher Bruno:
USA
29 Sep, 2021

I haven't used it all that much yet but I have loved it the few times I have. Looking forward to the colder months so I can really start practicing.

Rating:
5/5
giuseppe:
Italia
27 Sep, 2021

a useful tool for acquiring and maintaining educational information

Rating:
4/5
Paulo Santo:
USA
26 Sep, 2021

Windows 10 integration, with all its recent security upgrades, forces me to remember to start DS3 by right-clicking and Running As Admin. I hate that 'cause I always forget. Is DS3 partly to blame for this inconvenience? Are there definitive instructions to make it work as normal? Otherwise, the app works well despite occasional issues with certain file formats. I really don't have time to troubleshoot the app, so I hope it can "just work" like the old Sniffer in VS.

Rating:
4/5
Rev. B.:
United States
26 Sep, 2021

What I have discovered is Download Surgeon doesn't always download YouTube videos.


[ TMJ Response: Download Surgeon needs to be regularly updated to work correctly. In almost ALL cases like this the reason it has stopped is because it hasn't been updated on a machine. ]

Rating:
3/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Simon Stock:
United Kingdom
26 Sep, 2021

I have used this to obtain video clips for medical student training lectures and have found it very effective.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Edward prygiel:
Canada
14 Sep, 2021

Hi James. I purchased DS to download video from a particular site that I am a member of the program does not work at this site.
I think I would like to have DS deactivated and have my purchase price refunded"

[ TMJ Response: As we state on the site, DS cannot download from all sites. In those cases where it cannot, the SC Recorder is your fall-back module that will allow you to grab a copy. ]

Rating:
1/5
Derek:
Australia
09 Sep, 2021

Was working well until recently, now won't run.

[ TMJ Response: Download Surgeon needs to be regularly updated to work correctly. In almost ALL cases like this the reason it has stopped is because it hasn't been updated on a machine. ]

Rating:
3/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon 3
Merle Peters:
Canada
17 Jul, 2021

Works as advertised. Very easy to use. Is helping me immensely with a bass course I’m taking, with finding the original tracks to practice with. Had a bit of an issue with install, but support was top notch in getting me installed on my Apple laptop.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
john Henderson:
United Kingdom
26 Jun, 2021

Excellent product. Works perfectly every time.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Rocky:
United States of America
22 Jun, 2021

Did not perform as well as I had hoped. I had issues downloading from YouTube

Rating:
4/5
Competitive Product: download surgeon
Andrew Charlton:
AUSTRALIA
09 Jun, 2021

Unable to download higher eg about 420

[ TMJ Response: This is not an issue we have ever encountered and don't think this is related to Download Surgeon but to the specific videos being selected for downloading.]

Rating:
3/5
Bill McKinney:
USA
08 Jun, 2021

Fantastic. I am able to download songs that I want to learn and then use them in the SongSurgeon to change keys or tempo and whatever it is I need to help me learn the song. Love it.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon 3
Eddie Harper:
UK England
20 May, 2021

Straightforward to use with excellent results.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon 3
Kathay:
United Kingdom
13 May, 2021

Could not ask for more.

Rating:
5/5
Terry James Sinclair:
Canada
03 May, 2021

Great product. Easy to use and quick.

Rating:
5/5
Kenneth Karlsson:
Sweden
01 May, 2021

Works perfectly, easy to use! Recommended

Rating:
5/5
James:
USA
20 Apr, 2021

Download Surgeon 3 is amazing. Also, the support is first rate.

Rating:
5/5
Tim McInerney:
usa
24 Mar, 2021

Works like a charm.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Jonathan Fleisig:
United Kingdom
20 Mar, 2021

Download Surgeon v3 is much more reliable than the current functionality of the Sniffer in Video Surgeon2, this utility no longer functions as reliably as it used to.
I have only used the Youtube Downloader in Download Surgeon v3, this always successfully downloads the normal youtube format.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Sniffer in Video Surgeon2
Steve Fiorito:
USA
19 Mar, 2021

There are more steps than there should be, but the software works flawlessly... on the sites that it works on.

Rating:
4/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Mike B:
Australia
17 Mar, 2021

Support is a key factor for me and is great. Any problems are quickly overcome. I use minimal features on the package but find it sure-footed and reliable.

Rating:
5/5
Tom Furer:
United States
09 Mar, 2021

Excellant product! Easy to navigate, flawless. Well worth the money.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
David Barr:
Israel
07 Mar, 2021

I have not used it a lot, but I found it easy to use after reading the tutorial, and it did what it said it would and I was pleased with the results.

Rating:
5/5
ZACH GLOT:
USA
26 Feb, 2021

The best software for now!

Rating:
5/5
Brad Henry:
United States
19 Feb, 2021

Exactly what I was looking for. I use it to save songs to Song Surgeon and helps my practicing go smoothly. Great product!

Rating:
5/5
David Miller:
USA
16 Feb, 2021

Have only used it once so far but it worked like a champ. A good tool for students who need to use web-based videos for training and instruction. Files loaded easily into Video Surgeon (Mac) for looping and technique mastery.

Rating:
5/5
Jim:
USA
14 Feb, 2021

have one place I can not download when original (being recorded by their crew) is being recorded. Once recorded I can download however, the music played before doesn't play on recorded program.

Rating:
4/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Mike B:
Australia
01 Feb, 2021

Does all I need, reliably. Good app.

Rating:
5/5
Norman:
England
30 Jan, 2021

It is brilliant does more than I envisaged. A great product at a very reasonable price. Thank you.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Surgeon
James Sherlock:
USA
28 Jan, 2021

Works fine! Glad I bought it!

Rating:
5/5
Denis:
Canada
27 Jan, 2021

I haven't used all the download options. Just the
Youtube option. It works very well. Seems to be faster than earlier versions.

Rating:
5/5
Jim Giesbers:
usa
25 Jan, 2021

After a successful reload, this product is working great.

Rating:
5/5
Alan McQueen:
Scotland-UK
23 Jan, 2021

I use mainly YouTube to download videos and learn chords - using DS3 and SongSurgeon. Both excellent tools.

However, although I always check that my DownloadSurgeon s/w is up-to-date, I frequently fail to download from YT, getting an "Unable to load metadata" error.

[TMJ Software Comment: The auto updater was temporarily disabled is some versions. A complete reinstall would solve this problem for the customer.]

Rating:
3/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon 3
Peter BAILEY:
Australia
16 Jan, 2021

Terrific Product that works well. I am totally Satisfied.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Mel:
USA
06 Jan, 2021

Great product, easy to use. Thank you!

Rating:
5/5
Richard Nash:
USA
04 Jan, 2021

works great

Rating:
5/5
Zdena Schwangmeier:
Australia
11 Dec, 2020

I use Download surgeon mainly for downloading from youtube and then play it in Video surgeon. It works very well. I was also able to download video from Vimeo without a problem. I have some issues with the sniffer, which I hope to resolve with the help of the support staff. It is a great product.

Rating:
5/5
Brian:
United States
08 Dec, 2020

Easy to use and does what I need it to do!
Great Product

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon 3
Henry:
Australia
25 Nov, 2020

So easy and fast performance.

Rating:
5/5
Robert J. Picco:
Canada
18 Nov, 2020

I've been using DS and SS for over a year now and have nothing but praise for the product. It honestly exceeds my expectations. But even better than that is the customer support I've received. In the last 16 months I've had two issues that resulted from Youtube or Windows updates. I submitted tickets to TMJ in both cases and was really impressed with the speed of their response and how thorough they were in resolving my problem. These guys do it right!!

Rating:
5/5
ROBERT L:
United States
04 Nov, 2020

Excellent way to keep lessons on a hard drive and never lose them and I can refer back anytime to refresh. Appreciate all you guys for building this product.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: none
Graham Weir:
Australia
12 Oct, 2020

Great works very well and fast excellent resulotions

Rating:
5/5
Daniel Chapchal:
Unite Kingdom
12 Oct, 2020

So far it has worked superbly on about 90% of occasions. Obviously some sites seem to have a deliberate block which I hope Download Surgeon will eventually find a way round

Rating:
5/5
Ken Carpenter:
United States
29 Sep, 2020

I use it "all" the time!

Rating:
5/5
JJak:
United Kingdom
03 Sep, 2020

Great program - works fast and seamlessly

Rating:
5/5
Tod:
Australia
26 Aug, 2020

Great Programme easy to use even for an old grumpy gramps

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon 3
Gus Coral:
United Kingdom
07 Aug, 2020

Does what it says on the tin.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: MaxX
Dave Collins:
GBR
19 Jul, 2020

Excellent software. Simple iterative and does what it says on the tin. Also, no "hidden extras" installed at the same time!

Rating:
5/5
R J Spratt:
United Kingdom
18 Jul, 2020

Hi
I bought Download Surgeon Version 3 a few months ago and I found it a marvelous programme. It does everything I want it to and use it nearly every day on my desktop PC.
I have one query. When recording some songs from You Tube (settings Download Videos, MP4 format) I sometimes get a message as follow:-
"This item was recorded in a format that is not supported."
Is there anything I can do please?
Regards
Roger Spratt

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: DownloadSurgeon
Alduccio:
United Kingdom
07 Jul, 2020

Have tried several alternatives but this is the easiest and most effective product I have come across

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon 3
Steve Farmer:
United States
03 Jul, 2020

Very useful tool for downloading youtube videos.

Rating:
5/5
Ian Evans:
Scotland UK
02 Jul, 2020

Works very well and very fast. A great programme

Rating:
5/5
Francisco Diaz:
U.S.A
16 Jun, 2020

I am happy with it. It does just what I need. I am not a heavy user, just need to grab and hold what I need off music demos so I can study in detail using Video Surgeon.

Rating:
5/5
john weyman:
England-UK
09 Jun, 2020

It does all that I hoped for.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Dowload Surgeon 3
Roger J Spratt:
U.K
28 May, 2020

Works very well and very fast. A great programme

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Paul Matthews:
Australia
26 May, 2020

Does the job really well

Rating:
5/5
Michael D Petkovich:
USA
26 May, 2020

Download Surgeon 3.0 does what I need to do and is easy to use. No manual is necessary. James provided excellent support to help me install the software.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: none
Roger Spratt:
Great Britain
20 May, 2020

A great product which does what it says on the tin!

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon 3
Bill E Schmidt:
United States
10 May, 2020

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Rating:
5/5
Roland:
USA
28 Apr, 2020

I have, and absolutely LOVE, Song Surgeon. I use it all of the time, it's GREAT. Download Surgeon has gotten my attention now. May I please ask this, when you download a video (YouTube, etc.)and you're playing it in 1080 (On YouTube) does your "Saved" copy also "Play Back" in 1080? Thanks for the help. If it's as good as Song Surgeon, you've got a "HIT"...

Rating:
5/5
Bo:
USA
11 Apr, 2020

Download Surgeon is a perfect compliment to Song Surgeon. Learning new material has never been easier!!

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: None
Gary Wilson:
USA
10 Apr, 2020

I loved Download Surgeon 2. I love Download Surgeon 3 even more!

I'm about ready to purchase another copy for my desktop PC.

Excellent program and training videos. It does everything I need it to do and I've never needed to call for your support. That says it all.

Keep up the good work. You'll have my continued and loyal business!

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon 3
Jim Scotti:
USA
30 Mar, 2020

I can Jam at Home, with Song Surgeon, now with the Isolation, what a positive tool.

Rating:
5/5
Anthony John Wright:
New Zealand
25 Mar, 2020

It has been a great tool however some movies won't some spanish ones come up error other than that I am a satisfied customer.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
C Grosse:
USA
15 Mar, 2020

Youtube download works on one PC, but not on the one I actually need it on.

Rating:
3/5
Vincenzo Piana:
USA
10 Mar, 2020

I like it but sometimes it keeps not letting me download.


[ADMIN] - I'd suggest you complete a Help Desk ticket so we can resolve your issue.

Rating:
4/5
Jeff Lyon:
USA
05 Mar, 2020

I purchased Video Surgeon some time ago and really love it, but found the sniffer wouldn't open some files I wanted. I tested Download Surgeon 3 and found the sniffer grabbed those files. What’s great is that I can open Download Surgeon files with Video Surgeon and use all the editing and looping functions. Both products are great and have been really helpful. Thanks for developing them.

Rating:
5/5
Astrologer:
United Kingdom
23 Feb, 2020

At this moment in time I find this to be the best, but strangely it does not work on my desktop computer? I have to download on my laptop.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Ymate
Judith:
Australia
04 Feb, 2020

Big Improvement on earlier Model James.
No problems as yet.
Song Surgeon still works great too. Keep up good work Regards Judith.

Rating:
5/5
Ron Felice:
USA
02 Feb, 2020

Great product. Easy to operate, very stable and reliable.

Rating:
5/5
Klaus J Christoph:
United States
01 Feb, 2020

I use Download Surgeon and Song Surgeon to grab the song from youtube and then slow it down in Song Surgeon to learn the song. Two great products!!!

Rating:
5/5
KP:
Germany
01 Feb, 2020

Good Good Good Good Good

Rating:
5/5
Peter Sheridan:
United Kingdom
31 Jan, 2020

Working well. No problems at all.

Rating:
5/5
William Petry:
USA
31 Jan, 2020

I have been using DS3 (as I used DS2) to down load video lessons for guitar. Many instructors build their lessons in parts. One part of the lesson is free to everyone. Other parts of the lesson are not. I understand that this is a way to get the public to purchase the full lessons; however, I use DS3 to down load the other parts of the lesson(s). It is an excellent tool for capturing the complete lesson. My transition to DS3 was easy. In addtion, I have both Song Surgeon and Video Surgeon. Song Surgeon helps me with the chord structure of songs I wish to learn and Video Surgeon is most helpful with quick recording of all types of videos. I am very please with these products and will continue to support them in the future.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon 3
Kevin Roscoe:
Canada
30 Jan, 2020

Sadly it didn't work on the sites I was interested in.
Customer support was great and we tried to get it to work but in the end I got my money back which was totally hassle free!!!

Rating:
1/5
Salvador Ramos:
México
30 Jan, 2020

Very fast and reliable so far for you tube

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download surgeon
James Roger STARK:
Scotland
28 Jan, 2020

This product has proved easy to use and so useful for collecting both music and video clips.

Rating:
5/5
James Roger STARK:
Scotland
28 Jan, 2020

This product has proved easy to use and so useful for collecting both music and video clips.

Rating:
5/5
Gene Lacy:
USA
27 Jan, 2020

Just like Song Surgeon, it does exactly what I got it for.

Rating:
5/5
James Weaver:
Canada
27 Jan, 2020

I come from the pretechnology age so i have to work at understanding it but so far i find this product very cool.

Rating:
4/5
Competitive Product: sugeon 1
Johnn M Caluwaert:
United States
26 Jan, 2020

Great product. Many thanks

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Ron:
United States
26 Jan, 2020

I'm still learning how to use all the parts and systems but each time I learn a new section I realize what a fine product I have in my hands. thank you.

Rating:
5/5
Geo:
USA
26 Jan, 2020

I’m very pleased with the way it works. It does what it is supposed to and does it easily. I’ve used only for YouTube so reason for 4 stars instead of 5. The program installed easily on my Mac.

Rating:
4/5
Peter B:
Australia
26 Jan, 2020

The software is great product that keeps its promise to provide a product. Initially I had a few problems that were quickly resolved by support staff. Highly recommended.

Rating:
4/5
Competitive Product: Yes.
cbbc:
Canada
25 Jan, 2020

Great product
Keep Up The Good work.

Rating:
5/5
Henry:
USA
25 Jan, 2020

The YouTube part works great, but the Sniffer Downloader does nothing. But if you're into downloading from YouTube, then you're in.


[ADMIN] The sniffer module does work and can grab files from 70%+ of all websites. I'd suggest you complete support ticket.

Rating:
3/5
Alan:
Canada
22 Jan, 2020

Once again, awesome support. Migrated DS3 to a new machine - some problems but they were fixed very quickly. The support team is incredible.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: None that compare
Fran Rivkin:
United States
30 Dec, 2019

it's good, but lots of tools out there for youtube. have still not had success downloading from other sites.

Rating:
4/5
JJB:
USA
25 Dec, 2019

Works much better than version 2.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon 3
Dieter von Depka:
Germany
22 Dec, 2019

hello people,
in my opinion, this is a fast and safe way for me to convert the newest youtube videos to MP3/ Mp4s and save them 4 the future.Tese products are very good.I play several instruments as guitar, etc.. and I use DS2 for downloading learning lessons and others things. I use James tools frequently and they are working great. Go on in the coming years, good team...thank you 1000 times

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon 3 & Video Surgeon
Dieter von Depka-Pro:
Germany
22 Dec, 2019

since years I am working with that tool, thats the reason for giving; 10 from 10 stars. Excellend tool. Go on in the evolution, good teamwork.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon 3
Judy Rankin - de Mer:
France
03 Dec, 2019

Only use for audio; captures anythying. Very useful for studying songs.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Robert J. Picco:
Canada
02 Dec, 2019

It's great product. Works as described in there promotional material. I had some problems with the install and set-up because I don't possess the computer skills that my young grand children have but with a text to James I was quickly straightened out and running the program. Much to my surprise and delight, James replied to me early on the Sunday morning of a long weekend. That's dedication and customer support; unheard of most other places. Kudos to James and his products. I subsequently purchased Song Surgeon also.

Rating:
5/5
Roy C. Albertalli:
USA
02 Dec, 2019

Download Surgeon great product as are Song Surgeon and Video Surgeon. Plus Jim and his team provide quick and outstanding service above and beyond!

Rating:
5/5
Seve B:
USA
02 Dec, 2019

This, in my opinion is a definite step up from the previous version. Ver. 3 is much much better. I really like it and use it most every day. Plus, their customer service is like icing on the cake. Thanks for a great product.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Yes
Bobby Counts:
United States
01 Dec, 2019

Tried to download video from a website only to find the video had some algorithm to blur it

[ADMIN] Please send us the URL of this video, we like to investigate this from our end.

Rating:
3/5
Competitive Product: Download surgeon
David Signor:
USA
01 Dec, 2019

Outstanding product. Great customer service and always looking to make it better. Completely satisfied, which is amazing in this environment. Thanks for all you do and keep it up

Rating:
5/5
Steven Anderson:
USA
30 Nov, 2019

I recently upgraded to iOS Catalina on my iMac, and now Download Surgeon will not launch. I used my original registration information to re-register it, and it failed. The error message says the license file contains an incorrect computer ID, and it has been removed from my machine. I will say, however that even before I upgraded to Catalina, I could not get the software to work, despite having followed the video tutorial. Not pleased.

[ADMIN] Catalina has caused several issues, this was one. It can easily be fixed though. Please contact the Support Desk.

Rating:
2/5
Michael Conlon:
US
28 Nov, 2019

Much more useful than the previous products, have not had a bad download situation yet! Thanks!

Rating:
5/5
WILLY JACOBS:
BELGIUM
26 Nov, 2019

NO PROBLEM EVERYTHING OK

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: DOWNLOAD SURGEON
RICHARD THERKELSEN:
United States
25 Nov, 2019

I love all the "Surgeon" products.
Great tools, great support. Five stars all the way.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Michael Keck:
USA
21 Nov, 2019

Love your products James. This App Worked beautifully once and now will not open and error when trying to register. My order #DS3-8896536

[ADMIN] Complete a Help Desk ticket and we'll get this fixed for you.

Rating:
5/5
Bill McKinney:
USA
20 Nov, 2019

I purchased Download Surgeon 3 to use on my Mac. It kept crashing. I notified James and he made a suggestion. I tried it and it did not solve the problem. James then took control of my computer and worked his magic, and presto! It has worked perfectly ever since. He was very prompt and quick about solving the problem I was having. Oh, by the way, the problem is a Mac problem not a Download Surgeon problem. Thanks Jim, Love the product.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Howard Rowley:
United Kingdom
18 Nov, 2019

I raised Ticket ID: 26411 shortly after buying DS3 on 20 Sept 2019 as the SC recorder would not work. There was an initial prompt response and on that Friday I was asked to send in the log for further investigation "on Monday". I have since heard nothing despite having written again asking about progress. Very disappointed about this - I've purchased previous versions of DS and have VS and SS as well. They're all good products, but support is apparently letting you down.

[ADMIN] -- We responded to ALL tickets within 24 hours. Sadly, there are times when Help Desk responses end up in Spam or Junk Mail folders - which is what I suspect happened here.

Rating:
2/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon 3
Bob Higgins:
United States
18 Nov, 2019

I have tried many different download products, with varying levels of success. This is consistently the most useful and successful and converts directly into MP3 format so I don't have to re-address each song. I use this as a companion to Song Surgeon, which is frankly head and shoulders better than anything else I've used to learn songs and even able to compare the disparate styles available.

Rating:
5/5
Joseph O'Toole:
Australia
17 Nov, 2019

Very easy to use and works well with other JT products

Rating:
5/5
Michael Keck:
USA
17 Nov, 2019

Excellent features and easy to set up and use.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Wondershare Ultimate
Merle Arnold:
USA
19 Oct, 2019

Download Surgeon can do some things that YouTube Downloader cannot. I have both.
I agree with another user
James Todd products are very good.

Rating:
0/5
Rob Skiffington:
NewZealand
10 Oct, 2019

James was very kind to me,
And the products are very good.

Rating:
5/5
Bruce Morehouse:
USA
08 Oct, 2019

I play guitar and use DS2 for downloading learning lessons and others. I use this frequently and it works great. I really like that I can download from sites that don't allow you to download. The slow down, tempo and looping features are wonderful. If you need help, James Todd is very quick to respond. Great Purchase!

Rating:
5/5
Kate Bedding:
Canada
23 Sep, 2019

This is a fast and safe way for me to convert youtube videos to MP3s and save them - I use them to play along on my fiddle. Previously, the sites I used were slow and often included malware.

Rating:
5/5
Mansoor Suhail:
Canada
20 Sep, 2019

Very Good.I am very happy with it.

Rating:
5/5
Jeff B:
USA
18 Sep, 2019

Am mostly pleased with the product. Unfortunately, I can't download videos from some music instruction sites where I have a membership. I should have tested the demo more before purchasing.

[ ADMIN -- Let us know which site(s) you are having trouble with and we will be happy to take a look for you ]

Rating:
4/5
Bernard Pekarovich:
United States
17 Sep, 2019

installed on 2 machines but not used yet. not crazy about having to deactivate from the activated machine rather than the alternate machine I want to activate and use as I can in song surgeon and video surgeon. can this be done within my account ?

[ The licensing for Download Surgeon is different than our other products. We state on the check out page of the Shopping cart that a purchased includes a license for a single machine.

The reason is because of the support required for this Download Surgeon. Because of what this product does it is much more susceptible to being broken by changes in operating systems, updates to operating systems, firewalls, antivirus programs, malware programs and permission issues - and therefore may require more intensive support than our other products. That is why we limit the number of licenses to one. ]

Rating:
3/5
Competitive Product: download surgeon 3
Peter Ilyk:
Australia
16 Sep, 2019

Fantastic. I had used other products before but they were inconsistent. Download surgeon has worked faultlessly. Would recommend this to anyone interested in downloading video or audio. Definitely 5 stars from me.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download surgeon
Josh Greenberg:
USA
15 Sep, 2019

So far, I’ve been able to get any file and then open in other programs to study.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Tom Dell:
USA
15 Sep, 2019

I use Download Surgeon for converting YouTube Premium music videos to MP4 for presentations I give to senior citizens, like myself, on the Origins of Rock and Roll. This way I don't have to rely on internet connections or worry about a youtube video being removed.

Rating:
5/5
Charles Grasser:
USA
14 Sep, 2019

I forgot to mention this in my initial review. The Technical Support from Todd, Michael & James, Inc. is the BEST I've ever encountered. I am a power user and probably push the products to the limit, hitting situations that a lot of people never see. Every email is answered in a timely manner! Also, I've made several suggestions for Song Surgeon and they added one of them to Ver 5.

Two other "general" comments on the company is that they do not require you to remove older version of the software when a new release comes out. So if there is something you like about the older program you can use it and not having to worry about the multiple versions interfering with each other. The second feature, which I personally think is awesome, is the ability to manage licenses. If I get a new laptop, I can easily move my license from the old PC to the new one. This is a big convenience because I hate having to call companies to have them do this simple function. In some cases they act like I'm trying to misuse my license. With Todd, Michael & James, Inc., they have a very user friendly way of allowing me to transfer licenses built into the software products. I feel that all companies should do this.

Since I forgot to mention these great features, I would give the product a 4.5 score. This review is a 5 star and my previous was 4 stars. So it averages to 4.5.

I highly recommend this product to band members, family, friends and anyone reading this review.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Charles Grasser:
USA
14 Sep, 2019

I have been a big fan of DL Surgeon. I purchased 3 licenses for Ver 2 but only 1 license for Ver 3.

I am a huge advocate for your company. I use DL Surgeon and Song Surgeon very often. I have a situation where the Ver 2 Sniffer works better for me than Ver 3. So honestly, I use Ver 2 most of the time. To me the interface of the Sniffer requiring me to use a special browser is inconvenient. However, I have run into a couple situations where the Ver 2 Sniffer did not work. The Ver 3 Sniffer worked great! So while I prefer the Ver 2 interface, I have used Ver 3 in cases where the Ver 2 didn't work. The other functions, i.e., YT DL & OS DL worked flawlessly. I haven't used the SC Recorder, but I suspect that will be great as well.

Thank you for allowing me to provide feedback. As I said earlier, I am a great advocate of your company and would be more than happy to be involved in Beta testing any product except Video Surgeon.

DL Surgeon & Song Surgeon are two of the MOST USED products on 3 of my computers.

Rating:
4/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
John Barker:
United Kingdom
13 Sep, 2019

Tried to install but unable to due to my laptop is 32bits. Qustion- Did i get refund ?
.
john

[ ADMIN -- John, yes as we discussed DS3 does not run on a 32 bit machine. We issued a refunded back on 7/16/19. ]

Rating:
0/5
Greg Smith:
Australia
12 Sep, 2019

Works great, use it every day !

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download surgeon
Rudolf Berends:
Nederland
11 Sep, 2019

It helps me at my sax study. It is easy in use and perfect for me.

Rating:
5/5
Mike Sowin:
USA
10 Sep, 2019

The program opens a mid file OK. But after making a minor change, the file cannot be saved in it's original format.

Rating:
4/5
Competitive Product: PPG PowerTracks
VICTOR G PEREZ:
Philippines
09 Sep, 2019

easy to use. works with 95% of websites

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Torrent
David Lopez:
United States
09 Sep, 2019

Sniffer interface much better

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download surgeon
Peter Kruesi:
Switzerland
09 Sep, 2019

It really works. Wonderful!

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
John Blevins:
United States
09 Sep, 2019

I have other programs but I use one of the song surgeon programs most of the time now. Good product

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: song & video surgeon
Dan Miller:
USA
26 Aug, 2019

I Use It All The Time And It Works Great>

Rating:
5/5
Gary Fox:
TEXAS - USA
21 Aug, 2019

Love Download Surgeon! I post frequently on Facebook, and DS is an invaluable tool to get my messages out. Also, I am a singer and I use DS to select songs from You Tube to practice. Great tool! Glad I got it!!

Rating:
5/5
Jerry walker:
United States
17 Aug, 2019

Great easy to use the best

Rating:
5/5
Clayton Williamson:
USA
16 Aug, 2019

Great product. Use it every day. Only problem I have is the Sniffer isn't working right. Left a ticket, but no response yet. Still, a great product. Mostly use the screen capture module & YouTube downloader. I use all your products regularly. Keep up the great work!!

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: none
Ken Spiby:
UNITED KINGDOM
14 Aug, 2019

This is the best version to date.
I like the new window where you can select either Audio OR Video Mp4 then give the file a name and file folder where to keep the copy of the download BEFORE one starts to record.Much better!
Thanks for a great product keep doing the R & D

Rating:
5/5
Denny B.:
USA
13 Aug, 2019

Love it Works Great. It worked on every video I tried.

Rating:
5/5
Pieter:
South Africa
13 Aug, 2019

Very easy to operate with high quality playback sound.

Rating:
4/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Gordon Tempest:
United Kingdom
13 Aug, 2019

DS3 software handles and manages capturing/downloading AV files from a multitude of sources easily - EXCELLENT application!! Highly recommend.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon 3
Allan Wolpowitz:
United States
11 Aug, 2019

I use it every day to download Youtube snippets for sound bites for a Masters thesis. It is fast and reliable. I have also used it for a screen capture of videos very successfully. Excellent product, in fact, the best from everything else AI have tried

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: none
John Morgan:
United States
11 Aug, 2019

It's a great product and generaly works well but it hasn't been able to down load the audio for a couple of youtube videos.

Rating:
4/5
Jean-Marc Sabourin:
Canada
08 Aug, 2019

Excellent product !!!

Rating:
5/5
Ed Heer:
USA
07 Aug, 2019

This works great I have not found a reason to try anything else.

Rating:
5/5
John Baer:
USA
06 Aug, 2019

The program works exactly
as out outlined on the advertisement.Very Cool!

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: Download Surgeon
Jack Spira:
United States
06 Aug, 2019

I've used this several times so far with excellent results. I succeeded in downloading files that my other downloader could not process. This is fast, reliable and very user friendly. Great way to keep videos at your fingertips to study technique. Great support is provided.

Rating:
5/5
Sam Seaton:
usa
04 Aug, 2019

It is great. 3 is Much better than #2.

Rating:
5/5
Sam Seaton:
usa
04 Aug, 2019

It is great. Much better than #1.

Rating:
5/5
James Anstey:
Canada
04 Aug, 2019

So far, each non you tube musical instruction site I use has worked very well with downloading the videos available.

Rating:
5/5
Jon Philbrick:
USA
03 Aug, 2019

Fortunate to find this product and now is my "go to" software.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: YouTube Downloader
balinas:
usa
03 Aug, 2019

The product is much better after the recent youtube downloader updates. Faster than it was initially. You do need a 'minimize' button on the progress indicator box. Having it in my face the whole time during download is why I only gave this 4 stars.

Rating:
4/5
Pierre Gervais:
Canada
02 Aug, 2019

Great product. Use it regularly.

Rating:
4/5
Competitive Product: DS2
Airforcechief:
USA
01 Aug, 2019

So far, no issues. Very useful.

Rating:
5/5
Jim Mitchell:
USA
01 Aug, 2019

Quick and easy! Great help when under pressure to building set lists.

Rating:
5/5
Robin Greenwood:
Canada
01 Aug, 2019

One thing I would like to see changed is if you are going to record several videos form the same source using the screen capture that you set the screen size once only not every time you want to record.
Thanks

[This should be something that can be added without much trouble. I will add it to the TO DO list.

Rating:
4/5
Competitive Product: DS3
Michael:
USA
31 Jul, 2019

DS3 a little slower to load than 2 but it probably has a lot more internally going on. Once loaded the 64bit version really shines. Maybe video is slightly slower loading than 2 but you will not miss your bus over the wait time.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: None
William Taylor:
United States
31 Jul, 2019

Great product. The voice sync problem in screen capture is gone in Ver 3. The support is terrific.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: none
Brian Norman:
United Kingdom
31 Jul, 2019

Extremely pleased with DS3.
Quick and easy downloads most of the time.

Rating:
5/5
Noel McNaughton:
Canada
31 Jul, 2019

The downloaders have got better and better over time. with DS3 I have not encountered any video I cannot download.
The odd time that I have encountered a problem in the past, James has responded very quickly and helped me solve the problem.

Rating:
5/5
Competitive Product: DS3
Dallas Berry Sr:
United States
31 Jul, 2019

This is the best version of Download Surgeon I have used, and I have used earlier versions of the software. What I love the most about this current version is that it allows the downloading of ‘playlists’ from YouTube. In my opinion, it is well worth the modest cost for the software. Customer service and support is great.

Rating:
5/5
Richard:
Singapore
31 Jul, 2019

Great product. Easy to use and works perfectly.

Rating:
5/5
Gordon Hill:
USA
31 Jul, 2019

Nice updates easier to use, keep up the usage videos.

Rating:
5/5
James:
USA
31 Jul, 2019

DS3 is the best video download product I have used.

Rating:
5/5
David:
U.S.A.
17 Jul, 2019

DS3 is the best video download product I have used. DS2 and VS used to have a few copying issues due to restrictions that YouTube put on the videos. Now I'm easily getting a 99% success rate with DS3.

Now I can either download a group of videos at one time or choose to download the music from those videos at one time. Talk about the time saved. This product was well worth the money. I'm anxious to see what's coming in the future from the brilliant minds of Jim and Todd. BTW, a shout out to you both for your great customer service. Last year I had a problem with my VS software and even though I was out of the warranty window for support help, they still helped me fix the problem.

Anyone hesitating buying a product from these gentlemen need not worry. They back the product in all ways.

Rating:
5/5
Ron:
USA
04 Jul, 2019

I downloaded DS 3 and it works fine on Truefire video. Video and Audio are both great.

It's possible that it might not work on all videos however because I suspect they have different kinds of protection on different videos (gross assumption on my part).

I have only tried one video, that would not work properly with DS 2 but worked perfectly with the new version.

With Truefire you get all kinds of different teachers and a wide variety of ideo/audio quality.

So who knows which videos have protection and which do not?

With DS2 I tried all forms of download and none worked on the Truefire videos that I was interested in.

Thank You, I am blown away. Solves a major issue for me.

Rating:
5/5
Granta:
Canada
04 Jan, 2017

Awesome support - never left me hanging even at a busy time of year. The best.

Rating:
5/5
Alan:
Canada
09 Dec, 2016

Wow - I couldn't believe how quickly and efficiently my problem was dealt with and solved. Several back and forth emails to get DS2 up and running on a quite old machine. Awesome software. Thanks Jim!!

Rating:
5/5
N Lendzion:
USA
26 Sep, 2016

Incredible product The customer service is the best I have ever seen. You cannot go wrong dealing with these people. Wish everybody was as good as these people

Rating:
5/5
RANDY:
USA
12 Jul, 2016

By far the absolute best customer service I've experienced. Great product.

Rating:
5/5
rob !:
Canada !
29 May, 2015

this product is awesome . I bought it and I am totally satisfied Nice product Jim ! Rob !

Rating:
5/5
Ray:
Australia
29 May, 2015

DownLoad Surgeon blows the socks off all of its(Download free with all of adv. junk, and trojans) competitors, - the Hi-Def(1080p) features provide the "kick" that viewed video quality can always do with, and Audio is detailed and solid, in particular performs outstanding with 3D Movie downloads. -

Rating:
5/5
Softpedia Website:
USA
26 Feb, 2015

Download Surgeon is an effective and reliable software solution developed to help you save videos or their corresponding audio stream, from various websites to your computer, including YouTube, Facebook, DailyMotion, SoundCloud and others.

In terms of appearance, the application is very small and compact, occupying as little space as possible on your desktop, so you can easily work with it and other windows simultaneously.

To read the rest go here:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Download-Managers/Download-Surgeon.shtml

Rating:
4/5
Roy:
United States
18 Feb, 2015

Download Surgeon provides access to Video/Audio files not accessed by Video Surgeon or Song Surgeon. Not only useful to musicians, but anyone wanting to access Video/Audio files for non-music related training purposes. Excellent value for your money.

Rating:
5/5
Tom:
USA
18 Feb, 2015

Super program, does everything well and is simple to use. Really like the video tutorials! Thanks for making this work!

Rating:
5/5
Michael:
USA
17 Feb, 2015

Nice Product. Hope you add more sites to the OS download over time.

Rating:
5/5
Denis:
Ukraina
17 Feb, 2015

Hę koleʒı, koležanki, vıċomgąme nartı, sanki, kėdı taka pėnkna źıma, nic nas v domu nė zatšıma!

Rating:
5/5