Download Manager

Sothink Web Video Downloader for Firefox is a simple Firefox extension that enables you to quickly capture and download videos and Flash files from internet sites. It supports flv, swf, wmv, asf, avi, mov, rm, and rmvb formats.

YoutubeGet enables you to download videos from YouTube and automatically convert them to MP4, 3GP, AVI, WMV, or MOV format. The program is easy to use, just drag and drop the YouTube video link into the drop target and select the desired output format, and it will start downloading your video. The registered version also includes a FLV converter that you can use to convert existing FLV files to any of the supported formats.

Internet Download Manager is a tool to increase download speeds, resume and schedule downloads. The program features an adaptive download logic accelerator, dynamic file segmentation and multi-part downloading technology, and it reuses available connections without additional connect and login stages. Internet Download Manager can also dial your modem at the set time, download the files you want, then hang up or even shut down your computer when it is done. It dynamically adopts all settings to your particular connection type in order to maximize your download speed. The program supports firewalls, proxy and mirror servers, FTP and HTTP protocols, redirects, cookies, download queues, user authorization, mp3 content processing and a large number of different server platforms. It integrates seamlessly into Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, MSN Explorer, Opera and Mozilla to automatically handle your downloads, or you can use the alternate drop basket to drag and drop download links for processing. Internet Download Manager is easy to use and uses proven methods to actually increase your download speeds in most cases, often up to 500%. We were able to achieve excellent results in our tests.

HiDownload is a multi-threaded download manager that allows you to download individual files (or lists of files) from web and FTP sites while maximizing the potential of your internet connection. It also supports multimedia streaming and and RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) with optional resume, enabling you to download movies, music and capture/record live broadcasts. HiDownload also offers a tool to analyze MMS/RTSP URLs, as well as a built-in Broadcast Manager. In addition, it provides all the standard features of a download manager, including scheduling, drop basket, download history, clipboard monitoring, download categories as well as zip preview and more.

Mass Downloader (MD) is a program that allows you to download individual files (or lists of files) from the Web and FTP sites at the maximum available speed. Multiple downloading channels technology significantly decreases the time necessary to download files. MD also allows you to browse Zip archives before loading them and to choose only the desired files to download, a feature offered by no other file downloading program. It has an excellent Internet Explorer-like user interface.

PG Offline is a message reader and downloader for Yahoo Groups. It allows you to download messages and attachments from Yahoo Groups, so you can read them at your leisure, without having to visit the Yahoo site. You can choose to download all the messages with their attachments, import or export a range of messages for a group as one file, sort by author, date, message number or subject. In addition, you can search for messages by author, subject or content even across multiple groups.

YouTube Robot enables you to download videos from YouTube and automatically convert them to be viewed on your Video iPod, Zune, PSP or other portable device. The program provides direct access to YouTube categories, allowing you to browse and download videos from within the application interface. You can also schedule to download videos from a specific URL on a daily basis.

Download Direct is a multi-threaded download manager that accelerates your downloads and helps you manage them from a single interface. It can automatically search for file mirrors, retry failed downloads and lets you schedule downloads for later. Other features include file preview while downloading, support for BitTorrent, download resuming and more.

GetRight is a download manager that supports error recovery, download resuming, and many other advanced features. It can recover and resume downloads from a variety of errors that occur (such as having the computer shutdown or the modem disconnected). You can also find and track many different servers from where a file can be downloaded and the program will automatically find and use the fastes one and switch to a different server for resuming the download if the original server is becomes busy. Additional features include scheduled downloads, hanging up the modem or turning off the computer when it is done downloading your files process and more. GetRight integrates with both Netscape Navigator/Communicator and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (or higher).

Internet Download Accelerator is a HTTP/FTP download manager that uses multi-section downloads to provide the best possible performance for all connection types. It allows you to create your won categories and automatically sort your downloads based on the file extensions. The program supports download resuming, scheduled downloads, search for file mirrors, as well as automated virus scanning (using your existing AV software). Internet Download Accelerator also integrates a service that will report user downloads to an online database, allowing you to see what other files are popular among IDA users - these feature can be turned off. Other features include browser integration, floating drop target, support for site authentication and more.

ReGet Deluxe resumes broken downloads and speeds up your download activity. It supports FTP/HTTP/HTTPS servers and online drives and works correctly with forms and redirection scripts. ReGet Deluxe comes with an advanced scheduler and site manager, a history feature that can remember all your downloads and advanced browser integration. The program also supports multithread downloading which enables it to split files into virtual sections and download all the sections at the same time, thereby speeding up the download time. Reget supports all popular browsers including Opera, MSIE and Netscape Navigator 6.

DownloadStudio is an internet download manager that helps you download files, programs, pictures, (streaming) audio, (streaming) video, as well as complete web sites and FTP sites. It supports multi-connection downloading, scheduled downloads and categories to organize your downloaded files. The program also comes with a handy file explorer that allows you to explore web sites in a tree-view and quickly find/download the files that you are interested in. Downloaded web sites and files are automatically organized and displayed as small thumbnail images. Additional features include a RSS feed, blog and podcast downloader, built-in image and file viewer, download toolbar add-on for IE, drop target icon and more. A nice download manager with some attractive features.

VideoGet enables you to download streaming videos from a variety of websites, including YouTube, Google Video, MySpace and about a dozen others. The downloaded video can be automatically converted to AVI, iPod, MPEG 1, MPEG2, WMV and FLV format. The program will automatically extract the video from the input URL that is pasted into the Add URL dialog, and can also operate in batch mode to process a list of URLs. The trial version allows you to download up to 20 video files.

Download Toolbar for Internet Explorer is a convenient download manager and image viewer that integrates into the IE interface. It offers special features for image downloaders, but can be used for all other file types as well (mp3, exe, zip etc.). When used with images, you can simply click the download button, and it will start downloading all images from the site your are currently viewing, and immediately presents them to you in a slideshow, while they are downloading in the background. The toolbar can be configured to only download files that meet your criteria. For example, during our review, we visited the NASA web site, entered an image gallery and clicked the download button - the Download Toolbar started downloading while presenting a slideshow of all images it found. The images are automatically saved to a folder and you can navigate them from within IE, delete selected files and more. Even though the program can be used for other downloads as well, we found it particular handy for image downloads.

Download Druid adds a mass download option to Internet Explorer. It allows you to list and download all files that match your file type criteria (filtered by extension) and can be used to download programs, images, mp3 files or any other file type you wish. By using Download Druid, you can instantly see what files are available from the current page, which links are broken and select the ones that you want to download. Additional features include resuming downloads, default download folder, error logging and more.

GetBot is a web site and file downloader, that allows you to easily get all the pictures on a page, or for example every MP3 file at an entire site. The program displays a web site as a tree structure and lists the files on each page. It can tell if a picture is a button, an image map, a video capture, or a thumbnail. GetBot works standalone or from within Internet Explorer, enabling you to download as you go. You can simply right-click on links and add them to the download list for later. Additional features include download resuming, auto-dial, site authentication, referrer validation and more.

Net Transport is a multi-threaded manager that supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MMS (Microsoft Media Services) and RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol). It speeds up download times by using multiple connections (if supported by the server) and helps you organize your downloaded files with the built-in file manager. Additional features include support for password authorization, cookies, IE integration, file drop basket, batch downloading, proxy support, modem disconnect and more. Net Transport also offers special support for streaming content.

Flash Miner is a tool to mass download Flash (swf) files from a given URL. It can spider the site to find files that are linked from other pages as well. You can set additional filters to exclude or include certain parts of the site based on keywords in the URL and also set a limit to the number of files and their sizes. Flash Miner comes with an integrated Flash viewer to play the downloaded files.

LoadScout allows you to get information from media and archive files on the web without downloading them. It works by extracting the required data and presents you with detailed information without downloading the entire file. You can preview the contents of ZIP files, extract only parts of the archive, view details on MP3 files and more. LoadScout integrates with Internet Explorer and adds a `Open with LoadScout` option to the right-click menu. In addition LoadScout includes a download engine to download multiple files, resume downloads and more.

Clone Download Killer is a download tool and file manager, that helps you identify files that you have previously downloaded. It initially scans your collection of downloaded files (programs, music, videos etc.) and creates a database to which it can compare any new file that you are about to download. It then displays a report that shows you whether the file has been download before. The program can integrate with Internet Explorer and also offers a drop box for easy dragging of new files from any browser. Clone Download Killer ca integrate and import from most popular download managers. Additional features include manual file comparison, duplicate searching and more. Documentation is provided in broken English.