However, with a much smaller market than the Windows’ user base, Linux tools providers spend much less money on publicity, so they are harder to find. Systems like Download Accelerator Plus and RealDownloader manage video downloads speedily but these great free tools aren’t available for Linux.įortunately, there are some excellent free download managers for Linux out there. IDM does not support any third party tools to download YouTube playlists and cannot get correct file names if you use them with IDM.Windows users enjoy a lot of options when they want to use a download manager. You need to add each video in IDM manually. You can get more information about FLV player.Īlso currently IDM cannot download all videos from web page or site automatically or all videos from a play list.

You should have an FLV player (or codec or video converter) installed to play FLV videos. This way you can download videos from almost any website. You can also edit the filename,Īdd a description, and change its path or category on this dialog. If the server has not specified the file name explicitly, IDM will name the file based on the web page title.

IDM will start downloading the video and show its standard download dialog. Read what to do if IDM does not show video download panel And you can download more than one video at the same time. The download will proceed in the background even if you pause or stop watching. What's more, you can choose to download a clip at any point during the video, and the scene will be captured from the start. It's as simple as that you do not have to separately launch Internet Download Manager. IDM all will offer you all video formats and qualities that are available for the video. Click on this panel to start downloading ( arrow 2 on the image). Then IDM will show video download panel and offer you to download this video. You need to start playing the video in your browser ( arrow 1 on the image). In such case IDM will just download a source code of that web page instead of a video.Īfter installing IDM, a 'Download This Video' button pops up whenever you are watching a video anywhere in cyberspace (shown in the picture below). Why does it happen?ĭo not try to add address of a web page with video in IDM downloads with 'Add Url' tool bar button or some other way. How can I download a streaming video with IDM? IDM downloads HTML page instead of a video.

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