DownloadStudio
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DownloadStudio is a shareware
Shareware
The term shareware is a proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience. Shareware is often offered as a download from an Internet website or as a compact disc included with a...

 download manager
Download manager
A download manager is a computer program dedicated to the task of downloading possibly unrelated stand-alone files from the Internet for storage...

 and download accelerator
Download acceleration
Download acceleration, also known as multipart download, is a term for the method employed by software such as download managers to download a single file by splitting it in segments and using several simultaneous connections to download these segments from a single server.The reason for doing so...

 developed and published by Conceiva.

DownloadStudio can download files, programs, images, documents PDF
Portable Document Format
Portable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....

, Flash files, entire Websites, FTP sites, streaming audio and streaming video from the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

.

DownloadStudio has been awarded by PC Magazine
PC Magazine
PC Magazine is a computer magazine published by Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. A print edition was published from 1982 to January 2009...

as the best download manager in its Utility Guide 2004.

Features

  • Interfaces well with Internet Explorer
    Internet Explorer
    Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year...

    , Opera
    Opera (web browser)
    Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,...

    , Mozilla Firefox
    Mozilla Firefox
    Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. , Firefox is the second most widely used browser, with approximately 25% of worldwide usage share of web browsers...

    , Flock
    Flock (web browser)
    Flock was a web browser that specialized in providing social networking and Web 2.0 facilities built into its user interface.Earlier versions of Flock used the Gecko HTML rendering engine by Mozilla....

    , Google Chrome, Netscape
    Netscape Navigator
    Netscape Navigator was a proprietary web browser that was popular in the 1990s. It was the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corporation and the dominant web browser in terms of usage share, although by 2002 its usage had almost disappeared...

    , Mozilla
    Mozilla
    Mozilla is a term used in a number of ways in relation to the Mozilla.org project and the Mozilla Foundation, their defunct commercial predecessor Netscape Communications Corporation, and their related application software....

    , Maxthon
    Maxthon
    Maxthon is a free web browser for Microsoft Windows. The latest release, Maxthon 3, supports both the Trident and the WebKit rendering engines....

    , NetCaptor
    NetCaptor
    NetCaptor was an Internet Explorer shell that was in development from 1997 to 2005. It used the Trident layout engine of Internet Explorer in conjunction with additional programmed features to create an alternate browsing experience with a tab-based interface and an expanded feature set...

    , Avant browsers.
  • Can download entire web and FTP sites
  • Can download a sequence of files using simple rules
  • Can download Flash Video (FLV) from popular video server sites like YouTube
  • Can automatically extract compressed files and combine and extracted multipart zip files after download
  • Can download from file hosting sites, including RapidShare and Megaupload
  • Can download digital media from SHOUTcast servers
  • Can capture streaming video clips and audio clips, including live broadcasts
  • Can download search engine
    Search engine
    A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits. Search engines help to minimize the time required to find information and the amount of information...

     results
  • Can schedule downloads for different times of day
  • Can pause and resume downloads
  • Has a visual web and FTP site explorer to scour websites
  • Has support for FlashGot
    FlashGot
    FlashGot is a free and open source Mozilla extension meant to handle single and massive downloads with several external download managers.-Metalink support:...


See also

  • Download acceleration
    Download acceleration
    Download acceleration, also known as multipart download, is a term for the method employed by software such as download managers to download a single file by splitting it in segments and using several simultaneous connections to download these segments from a single server.The reason for doing so...

  • List of download managers
  • Comparison of download managers
    Comparison of download managers
    List of notable download managers. A download manager is a computer program dedicated to the task of downloading possibly unrelated stand-alone files from the Internet for storage.- General information :...


External links

  • Conceiva
  • The Best Internet Download Manager by PC Magazine Editor's Choice in 12th Annual Utility Guide, June 8, 2004 Review
  • Streaming-Audio Capture Tools by PC Magazine, November 30, 2004 Review
  • Download Managers - A Better Downloading Experience, Conceiva 2005, PDF, 220KB, White Paper
  • How To Download Content From The Internet, Conceiva 2005, PDF, 1.9MB, White Paper
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