Free Download Manager

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FDM was previously proprietary software, but with the release of version 2.5 it has been free software.[2] Starting with version 3.0.850 (15 April 2010), source code is no longer provided as a packaged download, but is available in the project's Subversion repository.[3] Free Download Manager received a 2007 Webuser Gold Award.[4]

Features

  • The GUI presents several tabs that organise types of downloads and allow access to different features in the program.
  • Download information view that shows each download's progress bar, file preview, community opinions if any are written for that download and a log showing connection status
  • Drop box for file drag-and-drop
  • HTTP and FTP download support
  • RTSP/MMS download support [5]
  • Batch downloading support for downloading a set of files
  • Splits large file into parts (specified in the settings of the software) and downloads simultaneously
  • BitTorrent support (based on Libtorrent)
  • Metalink support, for easy downloading from mirrors
  • Magnet URI scheme support.[6]
  • Flash video download from sites like YouTube and Google Video
  • Resuming broken downloads, if permitted by server
  • Download throttling via three fully customizable traffic modes: light, medium, and heavy
  • Import list of URLs from clipboard
  • Integrates with the browser being used to track URL or Copy functions if downloadable content is found
  • Remote control via Internet

Tabs

  • Downloads - This is the focal point of the program, which is simply a download manager. Users can also create groups with folders to which files with specific extensions will be downloaded.
  • Flash video downloads - This feature helps users to download FLV video files from YouTube, Google Video and many other site.
  • Torrents - Allows to download torrent files
  • Scheduler - Users can create and manage lists of tasks to be executed at a preset time. Tasks include launching external programs, starting and stopping downloads, and shutting down the computer in all possible ways.
  • Site Explorer - This feature is an FTP client.
  • Site Manager - This feature allows users to tell FDM how to act with specific sites, such as websites that require authentication, or how many download connections a website can accept simultaneously from the user.
  • HTML Spider - This feature can download a website by following and downloading links recursively.

See also

References

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External links

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  6. ↑ http://www.idmfullindir.com
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