Questions tagged [downloaders]
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How to select video quality from youtube-dl?
I have installed youtube-dl in my 14.04.
I can download video by following command,
$ youtube-dl [youtube-link]
But I want to know how to select available pixel quality of youtube video(i.e 1080p, 720p, 480p, etc).
In software description they…
A J
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Google Books downloader for Ubuntu
I want to download free Google books in pdf format.
Is there any Google Books downloading tool available for Ubuntu?
APLUS
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What does CN mean in aria2 downloading info?
After I used aria2 to download a link, in its download link's info there is CN:1!
[#678707 16MiB/22MiB(73%) CN:1 DL:45KiB ETA:2m15s]
What does it mean?
Farshad Foroughi
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What downloaders are available for downloading large (over 1 GB) files part by part?
Possible Duplicate:
Can someone recommend a download manager?
I have tried several downloaders but none of them work for large files (over 1 GB) - the problem is I have only 30 KBPS Connection and therefore I need to download a file (Over 1GB)…
Curious Apprentice
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What GUI are there for Axel or for other such downloaders that use multiple connections?
In order to enjoy my maximum download speed, I use and like Axel very much, but from time to time I download multiple files and having so many windows opened has some disadvantages.
I use Axel with FlashGot in Firefox (Seamonkey etc) but I would…
user47206
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How to use external downloaders like Axel and Aria2 in Chrome or Chromium?
I use Axel with FlashGot in Firefox.
Could I use it as easily in Chromium or Google Chrome?
Some Chrome extensions were supposed to be similar to FlashGot but they had a short life or, if they are still available on the extension site, have stopped…
user47206
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Multithreaded HTTP Downloader
I am looking for a command line tool that can download multiple urls with multiple threads e.g.
wget2 -n 5 http://stackoverflow.com/ http://askubuntu.com/ http://bobo.com/
Where -n = number of threads. I have come across Axel, but when I give it…
Kohjah Breese
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Can I make a downloaded file's folder be opened after Axel ended its job?
I prefer using Axel in Firefox through Flashgot but didn't yet make it the default, and keep it just for bigger files, because I cannot easily open the download folder as I can in the normal Firefox window with a right-click, and so using it for all…
user47206
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How to download video from arte+7, arte-tv and similar sites?
Arte tv has a website called arte+7 where some videos are provided for a period of time. But these are not as easy to download as those on youtube and other such websites.
Is there a program that can do that?
user47206
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Download speed in ubuntu
When I use IDM to download anything on my Windows I get a speed of around 4-5 Mbps but for the same connection speed in Ubuntu (12.04) is around 600kbps. I tried wget, Kget Uget and so many other download managers but no increase in speed.Also none…
Shagun Sodhani
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Problem downloading Rapidshare file (URL encoding)
I installed Plowshare knowing that it can download rapidshare files from terminal, but if there are any parentheses () or brackets [] in the link then it can't download the link.
Can this problem be solved by any means? I mean by editing the…
rim
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Problem with Xtreme Download Manager notification icon
XDM had been working fine for, but I think the problem arose once I updated it. Instead of the notification icon being in the tray, it now floats on the screen. This is really annoying because it blocks other items on the screen.
It looks like…
ed0777
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How to configure Internet Download Manager 6.11 with Wine?
I've been using IDM 5.01 Configured with on Wine on Backtrack 5 R3 (Ubuntu 10.04 lucid) [working fine].
Now I decided to change the version of IDM to 6.11 and when i add the URL and press download now the page that should come up, suddenly…
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How heavy is wine on my system?
I am looking to use a good download manager on ubuntu 12.04 I have tried some such as MultiGet etc but really none of the in my view compare up to Orbit Downloader which works perfectly under wine.
I want my download manager to always be running (I…
Hailwood
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How to change default downloader on Firefox
I want to change default downloader of Firefox because it is very slow. I want to set uGet. I installed uGet downloader, but when I click some download link it start with Firefox's own downloader. What do I have to do?
