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What's New in DownloadStudio 4.0

Clearer, new-look user interface - user interface has been overhauled to make it easier to use.

Windows Vista is now fully supported.

Support for downloading large files (greater than 4GB).

Internet Explorer click monitoring is now able to detect and download more download links.

Internet Explorer 7.0 is now fully supported.

Firefox 2.x is now fully supported.

Opera 9.x is now fully supported.

Netscape 9.x is now fully supported.

Mozilla 1.7.x is now fully supported.

ATOM 1.0 support for RSS/podcast downloading.

Faster start up time - DownloadStudio now starts up faster for quicker downloading.

Add List Of Jobs dialog - lets you create multiple download jobs with one click. Get URLs from Windows clipboard, html file or text file.

Web Browser Integration dialog now appears when first starting DownloadStudio for immediate web browser integration.

Remember last download folder - lets you keep the last download folder when creating new download jobs.

Use web server date and time - lets you use the web site's date and time for downloaded files.

Show/hide file browser - lets you turn off DownloadStudio's built-in file browser and instead use Windows Explorer.

Link detection in M3U files so you can download more files from sites.

Streaming media WSX server-side playlists can be downloaded.

Streaming media live broadcasts can be downloaded.

DRM in streaming media downloads are now detected.

Streaming media multi-level meta files (ASX, WAX, WVX) is now supported.

Streaming media meta files are now displayed in Site Explorer mode.

Auto discover RSS feeds and podcasts on web pages.

Turn off and on Windows hardware acceleration when capturing video.

Turn off and on Windows Vista Aero theme when capturing video.

Better audio card support when capturing audio using DownloadStudio Audio/Video Capture.

30% faster when downloading web sites.

Rename, overwrite setting now applies to single file download jobs.

Find dialog now lets you find your downloaded files based on file size, date, name and more.

Link detection in JavaScript finds more URLs so you can download more files from sites.

What's New in DownloadStudio 3.0

Subscribe to and download RSS feeds and blogs. Supports all popular standards - including RSS, RDF & ATOM. Check for updates to feeds at regular intervals (hourly, daily, weekly, etc.). Download links in feeds for complete offline viewing.

Download complete podcasts. All music and video from podcasts are downloaded so you can play them on your computer or add them to your portable media player, such as an Apple iPod or Sony PSP.

New RSS Feed Reader lets you view and manage all your favorite RSS feeds, blogs and podcasts. Features include web preview, check for updates, layout styles and more.

New Quick Start mode gives you instant access to all tools and features of DownloadStudio. Organized for both beginner and expert users, you can now easily access all downloading tasks and tools, capture audio & video, configure your web browser and adjust DownloadStudio's settings.

Take instant snapshots of web pages in your web browser and add them to the DownloadStudio Scrapbook. Simply right-click in your web browser and click "Add to Scrapbook". The web page is downloaded and added to the special Scrapbook category. A great research tool!

Find "hard-to-get" URLs using the new DownloadStudio URL Sniffer application. DownloadStudio URL Sniffer lets you watch your computer's network and internet connection for any URLs that pass through this traffic. This is very useful to get URLs for streaming media from your media player when it plays movies and music.

Use download templates to define your regular downloading tasks. You now have full power and flexibility to create your own favorite downloading tasks!

View slideshows of all downloaded images on your computer. Simply click "Slideshow" in the DownloadStudio Instant Viewer.

New version of Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape Extension. Supports all the latest versions of these web browsers. Added more commands to right-click menus so you can now hide the toolbar and still get full access to all DownloadStudio features. Added "Click Monitoring" to toolbar and right-click menu to let you easily turn on/off click monitoring.

Updated tutorials help you learn how to get different types of content from the web.

What's New in DownloadStudio 2.2

The new DownloadStudio Monitor window is a compact, easy-to-read window that provides instant feedback about all your downloads. It will appear when downloads start or when downloads complete, so you know exactly the status of the files that are downloading.

Silent downloading is now available for no-click and no-dialog downloading. When turned on, downloading files from your web browser will start immediately with no further clicks or dialogs required - since DownloadStudio will use your preferred download folder and settings. This is the fastest way to download from web browsers.

Opera 8 web browser support added. DownloadStudio now detects and installs it's plug-ins and context menus into Opera 8.

New version of Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape Extension. Added more MIME types to catch for program files. Improved help file and messages to assist with integration problems.

Improved support of URLs with spaces and escapes. DownloadStudio now is able to download files that contain spaces or escapes and writes them to disk without escapes.

Browse Internet mode now displays MIME types for all URLs. Improved the detection of MIME types for URLs on web servers so that the URLs can be previewed.

Improved detection of streaming media files in WVX, WAX and ASX URLs.

Fixed several DownloadStudio Audio/Video Capture problems.

More flexible configuration of Expert mode, Download Wizard and silent downloading. Can now set up DownloadStudio to use which mode you prefer when creating and editing download jobs and which mode you prefer when clicking on downloads in your web browser.

Improved user interface and navigation to make Job Details, Job Conversation, Job Files and Job Graph more visible.

Web browser detection updated for new versions of browsers, and added manual selection of web browsers.

Fixed several install/uninstall issues - including "un3.dll" uninstall problem.

Help file has many new topics to assist configuration and downloading of files.

What's New in DownloadStudio 2.1

DownloadStudio 2.1 now works with all popular web browsers:

• Firefox 1.0 or higher
• Mozilla 1.0 or higher
• Opera 7.0 or higher
• Netscape 7.0 or higher
• Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
• Internet Explorer-based browsers, including:
  • Maxthon
  • NetCaptor
  • Avant Browser

DownloadStudio adds a special download toolbar into your web browser (Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, Internet Explorer only) that helps you download all the files and web pages as you browse the internet.

Advanced click monitoring techniques catch all your browser download clicks so you will never have to download the slow way again!

Right-click context menus in your web browser let you download images, links, pages and sites.

Drag and drop of selected web page content from your web browser into DownloadStudio Drop Window for quick downloading (Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, Internet Explorer only).

".dstudio" file extension added to files while downloading.

Popup blocking added to Browse Internet mode Preview.

Last mode (Download, Browse Internet, Browse Computer) restored when starting DownloadStudio.

File range downloading improved to handle more types of URLs.

Improved support for capturing audio from the latest audio cards

What's New in DownloadStudio 2.0

DownloadStudio is your ultimate download manager and download accelerator! It will accelerate your downloads up to 500% (depending on your internet connection) and assist you to get all the files that you need from the internet.

Version 2.0 has over 100 new features and improvements!

New Downloading Features
New Browse Internet Features
New Browse Computer Features
New Capturing Audio and Video Features
New Internet Explorer Features
Other New Features

New Downloading Features!

Easy-to-use Download Wizard guides you through all the steps to download files from the internet.

Expert mode lets you create download jobs with one click. All information is pre-filled with your preferences.

Switch between Download Wizard and Expert mode at any time.

Web site downloading has been improved and is now up to 30% faster.

Improved streaming audio and video downloading from Windows Media Servers, including file splitting technology and meta file parsing (WVX, ASX, WAX).

New synchronized downloading option lets you download just the changes that appear on a web site or FTP site.

Unlimited link depth lets you download a complete web site or FTP site.

Keyword matching lets you download specific web pages of interest. DownloadStudio matches text in web pages' title, description, keywords and display text.

Download files from Flash-based web sites. DownloadStudio can now extract links from Flash content (SWF).

Download topics and threads from Yahoo Groups.

Download topics and threads from web sites containing MiniBBS forums.

More information about downloads is displayed in the job details view.

URL re-redirection improved.

FTP login access and downloading improved.

Cookie support improved.

More configuration options added for download log file.

Download web pages from your Internet Explorer favorites.

Auto-complete technology added to windows so that folder and file edit boxes have fast entry.

New Browse Internet Features!

Preview pane added to Browse Internet mode for instant viewing of web pages, graphics and Flash content.

Related text column added to Browse Internet mode.

Improved folder display and removal.

New Browse Computer Features!

Print all the images that you have downloaded with the easy-to-use Print Wizard. Print high quality single image prints or contact sheets.

File types are now fully customizable so that you can add new file types for downloading and viewing.

New command to let you remove categories.

Capturing Audio and Video

DownloadStudio Audio/Video Capture has a re-designed user interface that makes it easier to record audio and video from other applications such as Windows Media Player or Internet Explorer.

More recording settings assist you to customize the way you wish to record audio and video.

New status bar displays key information such as number of frames, recording time and file size.

Recording time is now unlimited (even on FAT/FAT32 file systems where there is usually a 2GB/4GB limit!) so that you are only limited by your hard disk space.

Smart-spanning automatically creates multiple output files based on your suggested file size limit. You can use this for creating recordings suitable for CD or DVD media.

Synchronization of audio and video has been improved so that recordings are always synchronized.

Easier setup - the recommended audio device for recording audio is automatically detected when first starting DownloadStudio Audio/Video Capture.

The aspect ratio of Windows Media Video files can now be maintained for all standard Windows Media profiles.

Improved highlighting when selecting a capture window for recording.

Internet Explorer Integration

New-look DownloadStudio Toolbar that contains more features and flexibility.

Toolbar buttons let you to download the current web page being viewed in Internet Explorer, or download the complete web site being viewed in Internet Explorer, or view all links on the current web page.

Download images and links from a selection in Internet Explorer.

Right mouse context menu can now be customized.

All images and Flash content (SWF) can be viewed in the new DownloadStudio Image/Flash Viewer. View content for the current web page or for all content stored in your Internet Explorer cache. You can select individual items or all items to save to your download folder.

Auto-highlighting on Flash content tells you when you hover your mouse over Flash content (SWF) in Internet Explorer.

Floating toolbar displayed over Flash content (SWF) to assist saving Flash files to your download folder.

Extra menu items added to Flash right mouse button context menu to assist you to save Flash files (SWF) to your download folder.

More control over Internet Explorer click monitoring - start and stop without closing all open Internet Explorer windows, and ignore clicks on URLs with parameters.

Other New Features

New-look user interface with clearer and easier-to-understand menus, toolbars and views. Navigation within DownloadStudio has also been improved.

More options let you customize how you want to use DownloadStudio, including clearing history to remove all URLs, user names and passwords used so far, and choosing the folder location to be used for temporary files when downloading.

System tray icon now displays tooltip status information about download progress.

Drop window now displays tooltip status information about download progress.

Uses less CPU and memory - making it easier to use DownloadStudio with your other applications while downloading.

System files and database regularly analyzed when closing DownloadStudio to maintain integrity.