jDownloader – For all your (~pirated~) downloading needs

If you have an unlimited internet connection, chances are that you download a lot of movies, music and games. The most common method is through torrents but in some cases people prefer normal HTTP downloads (eg: when there aren’t enough seeders). Rapidshare, Megaupload, Mediafire etc. have emerged on the scene providing upload space where people upload such files, often in parts of 100 or 200 MB (Mediafire’s best, if you ask for my opinion)

jDownloader is a free, easy-to-use download manager which does all the dirty stuff of downloading each part one-by-one (or a few at a time) once you provide the links. The links, of course, are easily available all over the net on warez forums.

What makes this program stand apart is all the features crammed into it. Once you copy the links in your browser (don’t even have to paste it), the LinkGrabber module automatically checks if each part is online… so that you don’t have to go through the agony of downloading 99 parts and finding that the last part has been removed. It also has a built in extraction feature which automatically extracts .rar and HJSplit files after downloading. It also compatible with most download sites, the popular ones are certainly covered. Another interesting feature is although Rapidshare and some other sites don’t allow you (ie your IP address) to download more than a few files daily, the reconnection feature can be set up such that it automatically disconnects and reconnects (to obtain a new IP address) after each download. You can also set the password for files which require one so that the download process doesn’t pause in between to ask for it. Files can also be prioritized, those which have higher priority are downloaded first and so on.

The program is open-source and is available on all platforms. You’ll need the Java Runtime Environment to run it.

PS: A temporary bug, as of 6-Oct-09, shows a plugin out-of-date error while downloading from Mediafire through jD. This is supposed to be fixed ASAP but meanwhile you can try replacing your <jDownloader folder> \jd\plugins\hoster\MediafireCom.class with this. (Updating to the next version will remove this patch)

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