Author Topic: Download manager (Read 17151 times)

Midnight Rambler · « **on:** January 19, 2017, 06:16 PM »

Now that Net Transport (NetXfer) is no longer functioning and the author isn't responding to emails, need to find a new freeware download manager. Any recommendations? Thanks.

Target · « **Reply #1 on:** January 19, 2017, 06:41 PM »

visualwget is a standalone (gui for WGET), or downthemall is a great FF addin

Shades · « **Reply #2 on:** January 19, 2017, 06:50 PM »

+1 for the FireFox plugin 'DownThemAll'

eleman · « **Reply #3 on:** January 19, 2017, 11:42 PM »

+1 for the FireFox plugin 'DownThemAll'
-Shades (January 19, 2017, 06:50 PM)

+2

4wd · « **Reply #4 on:** January 20, 2017, 05:55 PM »

+3 for DownTheMall for FF

GetThemAll + Chrono Download Manager for Chrome based browsers

Midnight Rambler · « **Reply #5 on:** January 24, 2017, 09:15 AM »

Installed DownThemAll as an FF Add-on and found good results, thanks. I'll miss Net Transport though as a stand-alone program.

htimsnivek · « **Reply #6 on:** January 25, 2017, 01:12 AM »

I've been using JDownloader 2 for a few months and really like it. You can even paste a youtube link and it will allow you to download the video and/or audio file. Automates a lot of the wait screens for download sites too. It handles prompting for captchas and reconnecting to resume downloads. Give it a shot!

http://jdownloader.org/

Midnight Rambler · « **Reply #7 on:** January 25, 2017, 09:31 AM »

I've been using JDownloader 2 for a few months and really like it. Give it a shot!
http://jdownloader.org/
-htimsnivek (January 25, 2017, 01:12 AM)

I like that it's open source and stand-alone. Downloaded but Panda AV neutralized many of its files during installation so I canceled. Do you think they're all false positives?

Tuxman · « **Reply #8 on:** January 25, 2017, 09:35 AM »

I mostly use wget.

tn_dang · « **Reply #9 on:** January 25, 2017, 11:04 AM »

I use FlashGet v1.73 build 128. It still works fine in Windows 10.

Curt · « **Reply #10 on:** January 25, 2017, 04:03 PM »

JDownloader.org should be safe:

Tuxman · « **Reply #11 on:** February 20, 2017, 02:37 PM »

mwb1100 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 20, 2017, 09:20 PM »

I've been using JDownloader 2 for a few months and really like it. Give it a shot!
http://jdownloader.org/
-htimsnivek (January 25, 2017, 01:12 AM)

I like that it's open source and stand-alone. Downloaded but Panda AV neutralized many of its files during installation so I canceled. Do you think they're all false positives?
-Midnight Rambler (January 25, 2017, 09:31 AM)

Apparently JDownloader's default installers are infested with adware. There's a post with a link to installers that are supposed to be adware-free:

https://board.jdownl...4861&postcount=1

I haven't tried anything to do with JDownloader, so I can't vouch for the link in the post. I'd suggest taking whatever precautions you might think are appropriate.

Midnight Rambler · « **Reply #13 on:** February 21, 2017, 08:55 AM »

Apparently JDownloader's default installers are infested with adware. There's a post with a link to installers that are supposed to be adware-free:

https://board.jdownl...4861&postcount=1

I haven't tried anything to do with JDownloader, so I can't vouch for the link in the post. I'd suggest taking whatever precautions you might think are appropriate.
-mwb1100 (February 20, 2017, 09:20 PM)

Thanks for the suggestion. The link leads to other links that contain adware bombs. Think I might just pass on JDownloader for now.

In the mean time, DownThemAll has been fine and the author of Net Tranfser refuses to acknowledge the lifetime license I won here. Shame on them.

Tuxman · « **Reply #14 on:** February 21, 2017, 08:56 AM »

DownThemAll will be gone soon, sadly. Thank you, Mozilla.

eleman · « **Reply #15 on:** February 21, 2017, 09:27 AM »

DownThemAll will be gone soon, sadly. Thank you, Mozilla.
-Tuxman (February 21, 2017, 08:56 AM)

But why? Care to elaborate?

Tuxman · « **Reply #16 on:** February 21, 2017, 09:31 AM »

Firefox 57 won't support XUL anymore.

eleman · « **Reply #17 on:** February 21, 2017, 09:50 AM »

Firefox 57 won't support XUL anymore.
-Tuxman (February 21, 2017, 09:31 AM)

Why would anyone use a Firefox version other than ESR is beyond me.

Firefox 52 based ESR will be around for a long while.

Tuxman · « **Reply #18 on:** February 21, 2017, 09:52 AM »

So you can use DownThemAll until 2018. Yay, I guess.

antekgla · « **Reply #19 on:** February 21, 2017, 04:27 PM »

Please don't deprive yourself of an excellent program as JDownloader 2 because the installer have a offer of ad-aware!
Just deny this install and continue..

JDownloader 2 it is the best Downloader I ever tried. And I tried a lot of programs...

For me the only catch of JDownloader is what is made in Java so it is painfully slow to start.
For the other hand, this (made in Java) allows me to run in my NAS 24/7...

Tuxman · « **Reply #20 on:** March 11, 2017, 12:53 PM »

Which is dead.

eleman · « **Reply #21 on:** March 11, 2017, 01:01 PM »

Which is dead.
-Tuxman (March 11, 2017, 12:53 PM)

Again, exaggerating does not help.

Tuxman · « **Reply #22 on:** March 11, 2017, 01:08 PM »

This is not an exaggeration. The author of DownThemAll! has left the Mozilla ecosystem and the extension will stop working before the end of 2017 without any chance for a decent replacement.

IainB · « **Reply #23 on:** March 11, 2017, 06:03 PM »

DownThemAll will be gone soon, sadly. Thank you, Mozilla.
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-Tuxman (February 21, 2017, 08:56 AM)

Yes, yet another reason for this Firefox fan to be forced to abandon his favourite browser in favour of something else that still works OK - Slimjet.
...Wow! What have we here? Oh no! Eyes hazing over with red...anger...must destroy...cannot stop...nooooooo!...not that!...not a rant!...

/rant off

Phew! Just managed to stop that in time before rage completely took over.

Midnight Rambler · « **Reply #24 on:** November 06, 2017, 06:21 PM »

Recently have been using Free Download Manager with good results. Thing is, the most recent version, 5.x, is complained about as bloatware with decreased functionality. Advice which I took was to install the last good version, 3.9.7 build 1627 available at Filehippo. Integrates as seamlessly with FF plugin Flashgot as NetXfer did.

DownloadThemAll! worked great but this works a little better.