JDownloader download manager for RapidShare

by Brad Linder Feb 18th 2008

If you download a lot of files from free file hosting sites like RapidShare and MegaUpload, but are tired of entering Captchas and waiting for your downloads to begin, jDownloader can help. jDownloader is a download manager that works with both sites, plus a few others. It lets you queue up a bunch of files which it will then proceed to download in the background. It can even read Captchas, which means you don't have to be near your computer when the downloads start.

The program does have a few quirks. First, jDownloader requires Java to run and you don't install it like a regular Windows application. Rather, you download and extract the contents of a ZIP file and then click the jDownloader.jar file to start the program.

Second, jDownloader's file menus are all in German. You can change the language to English, but you'll still find a few German words scattered around. In case you don't speak German, here's how to change the language:

Click the Extra button
Select Konfiguration
Select the Benutzeroberfläche tab
Under Sprache, select English
Hit the Speichern und neu starten button to save and restart in English

Now you're almost ready to go. But before you can download any files you'll have to accept the terms of service for each site you want to download files from.

Click the Extra button
Select Configuration
Select the Hosts tab
Check the boxes next to any file hosting service you expect to use.

Now you're ready to start downloading. Just click the Add Links button and add links to any files you want to download, then click the Start button to begin downloading.

[via gHacks]

Tags: jdownloader, megaupload, rapidshare

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Eddiettr said 12:17PM on 2-18-2008

The real question though is, does this get around the one download every 24 hours limitation?

Jay said 1:04PM on 2-18-2008

Ive found the only way you can get around that if you have a dynamic IP is if you disable then re-enable your WAN, it should let you download your next part.

NyaR said 6:53AM on 2-19-2008

rapget does the job for me.. works for megaupload and some others as well
http://www.rapget.com/en/

Steve said 7:45AM on 2-19-2008

It doesn't get around it, it's meant for users who have an account. I use Rapget myself though. If you don't have an account it can probably wait an hour on each file, Rapget can anyway.

Kieron said 7:51AM on 2-19-2008

It's alot easier to just buy premium account, it isn't that expensive when you consider how much you will be downloading.

sherif taher said 7:39AM on 2-27-2008

wow nice prog.

ame said 8:09AM on 2-29-2008

Can someone help me with whether I can authenticate proxy in this program or not

wind said 7:42AM on 3-01-2008

Please send to me "Jdownloader" program. Thanks a lot!

Reban said 10:33AM on 3-09-2008

Just to drop by a note,
RSConsole is a Rapidshare.com Premium file download accelerator and scheduler for Linux, Unix and BSD.

I've just tried it, and it works like a charm. Probably the best Rapidshare Premium downloader around that's open source.

You can find it here:
http://www.addedworth.com/rsconsole.php
Cheers,
Reban

GankGonk said 4:30PM on 3-17-2008

Great, i wish that it has automated retry the disable link and set it to enable and reset the status and try to download the file again. I find i should enable the link and reset the link status manually. Would you please fix the problem. And what is the pluggin? Is there any pluggins for JDownloader out there? I'd like to have it, at least one...

Mohsin said 10:11PM on 4-30-2008

it's good i think so because i don't where to download

fernando said 11:36AM on 5-04-2008

thanks 4 the great add of this program

fernando said 11:36AM on 5-04-2008

thanks 4 the add of this program

Juan Alejandro Urquizo Soriano said 1:28PM on 5-11-2008

I downloaded the program and tried to install it and I couldn't. Just open a little window asking something in german
Thanks
Juan

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