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Wittyguy (0)
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Just to be curious, what kind of program and/or hardware does one use to download a site? I don't know if I would be interested in doing so on a site the size of Karups but it might be useful on smaller ones.
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04-01-08 02:05pm
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badandy400 (0)
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REPLY TO #1 - Wittyguy :
Well there is a lot of things to choose from. It really would depend on if you are willing o pay for a program or want a freebie. My thinking is that if you are willing to pay $30 for a website you better be willing to pay that for a manager to download it. Also, it is sites like Karups that the managers are extremely useful, they can save you a lot of time and the need to babysit the computer while you are downloading. I let mine run 24/7 now! Using a manager it is possible for me download about 1 TB per month on a 3 MBit/s internet connection since they keep the downloads going all the time without me needing to be there.
What it breaks down to is personal preference. Go to download.com and look for a download manager. Try a few of them out, most let you try them out for free for a few weeks. Some will download and reconstruct entire website, scan for certain file types (videos, zips, etc.) and accelerate downloads by splitting downloads into several connects. Personal I use Internet Download Manager which has a free trial. I like it because it can schedule downloads. For example I am downloading from Bang Bros right now. It has been running with me watching it for more than a day, and downloading 4 videos at a time. When one is done it begins the next. I usually manually queue my downloads so that i get everything and do not end up missing things or downloading the same video twice. Some sites can be queued up in a matter of minutes, others take hours by manually grabbing the links, or I can let the program do all the work.
Keep in mind though that the managers are not intelligent. They will only do what you tell them to do. If you say download all the WMVs that is exactly what it will do. It will grab the full video and the chunks. Or can say all WMVs larger than say 300 MB, but if a video you want is 299.99 MB it will skip over it. So, they have their ups and downs. Another plus though is that most will allow you to pause the downloads and resume them later on, even days later.
If you have any specific questions please let me know. I would be glad to try to answer! :) Good luck!
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04-01-08 04:52pm
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Wittyguy (0)
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REPLY TO #2 - badandy400 :
Thanks for the info. Useful info. I might try some downloaders out in the future.
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04-04-08 12:03am
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badandy400 (0)
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REPLY TO #3 - Wittyguy :
Let me know if you have nay questions about them, or many of the others on this forum could answer many of your questions. Once you start using them you will wonder how you every got by with out them, they make life so much easier, plus you will download more, faster!
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04-04-08 09:44am
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