I have a lot of downloads stuck in the queue (blue tagged button in DLH) that aren't continuing to download. Send help.
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HehHehGetUp
Apr 29, 2018, 3:50:13 PM4/29/18
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Firefox 59.0.2 (64-bit)
Video DownloadHelper
Version 7.2.2
Browser locale: en-US
Production build
How can I get these started again? I don't want to lose my queue because it would take a long time to find the downloads again.
mig
Apr 29, 2018, 6:16:55 PM4/29/18
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If you are sure downloads are stuck, what you can do is use the details action (pass the mouse over each entry, click the "..." sign, pick "Details"). From there, you will have access to each page URL containing a video and store that somewhere. Restart Firefox and reload each page to restart downloads. I'm afraid this is the best way to go.
HehHehGetUp
Apr 30, 2018, 3:27:37 AM4/30/18
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I have too many downloads going to do that individually (I'd probably give up and lose everything before I'd do that). Is there a way I can grab all of the links at once? And if I'm really going for broke is there a way I can feed the list of links back into DL helper to retry them?
mig
Apr 30, 2018, 3:44:11 AM4/30/18
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Sorry, there is no way to do export nor restore the downloads.
But if you have that many pending downloads, it is normal that many of them show as "queued...". By default, only a maximum of 6 downloads are being performed at the same time. If those 6 downloads are being blocked, the other ones are waiting forever. Did you try to cancel the downloads showing "downloading..." so that VDH can resume the next downloads ?
But if you have that many pending downloads, it is normal that many of them show as "queued...". By default, only a maximum of 6 downloads are being performed at the same time. If those 6 downloads are being blocked, the other ones are waiting forever. Did you try to cancel the downloads showing "downloading..." so that VDH can resume the next downloads ?
HehHehGetUp
May 6, 2018, 8:49:50 PM5/6/18
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There has to be a way to grab the links either out of RAM or from disk.
What are your credentials? Do you have access to in depth info as to how this might be done?
Wild Willy
May 7, 2018, 1:06:13 AM5/7/18
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If you have a lot of stalled downloads like this, and if they're actually important to you, then you'll make the effort to do what I'm about to describe. It will be worth it to you & you'll be careful about doing it. Take your time. It's mildly tedious. But like I say, if you're sufficiently motivated to get those downloads completed, you'll do this even if it's not the ideal thing to do. This isn't an ideal world & sometimes you have to let go of certain lofty ideals & just git'r'done.
Make note of the web pages from which you were downloading videos. You could do this in a simple text file using Notepad or something analogous. If all the windows are still open, just copy/paste the page URLs into your text file. If they aren't all still open, there's Plan B. In Firefox, on the Downloads page, there is a popup context menu on each entry in the list showing "Go To Download Page." This can be a big help. Don't clear the entries from this page. If you're worried you might lose the contents of the download list, you can use the "Copy Download Link" entry in the popup context menu to save the download URLs off to your text file. If there are no entries on the Firefox downloads page, as may be the case for certain downloads using the CoApp, then you can get the information out of VDH one by one for your in-progress downloads. Tedious? Yes. But like I say, if you're actually motivated to get this accomplished instead of just complaining that it's not easy, then you'll do it. When you click the blue button & VDH shows you the list of in-progress downloads, hover your mouse over each entry. On the right end of the entry, a little box with ... and an arrow will appear. Click that. Another menu appears. One of the entries on this menu says "Details." Click that. You get a list of information concerning your download. Look at the one labeled "referrer." It shows the URL of the page from which you are downloading a video. That URL can be highlighted & copied to the clipboard using standard operating system techniques. Just copy/paste the URL into your text file. Once you've collected all the URLs, cancel everything & close all browser windows.
Now relaunch the browser & revisit all the pages whose URLs you collected above. If the browser Downloads page still contains the entries for your downloads, you can use those entries to revisit the pages & you won't need your text file. You may need to use a mixture of the Downloads entries & things you saved to your text file. If you're really a geek, you can turn the text file into a script & semi-automate re-opening the pages.
Or you can just ignore me & continue to complain about how things aren't the way you'd like.
Make note of the web pages from which you were downloading videos. You could do this in a simple text file using Notepad or something analogous. If all the windows are still open, just copy/paste the page URLs into your text file. If they aren't all still open, there's Plan B. In Firefox, on the Downloads page, there is a popup context menu on each entry in the list showing "Go To Download Page." This can be a big help. Don't clear the entries from this page. If you're worried you might lose the contents of the download list, you can use the "Copy Download Link" entry in the popup context menu to save the download URLs off to your text file. If there are no entries on the Firefox downloads page, as may be the case for certain downloads using the CoApp, then you can get the information out of VDH one by one for your in-progress downloads. Tedious? Yes. But like I say, if you're actually motivated to get this accomplished instead of just complaining that it's not easy, then you'll do it. When you click the blue button & VDH shows you the list of in-progress downloads, hover your mouse over each entry. On the right end of the entry, a little box with ... and an arrow will appear. Click that. Another menu appears. One of the entries on this menu says "Details." Click that. You get a list of information concerning your download. Look at the one labeled "referrer." It shows the URL of the page from which you are downloading a video. That URL can be highlighted & copied to the clipboard using standard operating system techniques. Just copy/paste the URL into your text file. Once you've collected all the URLs, cancel everything & close all browser windows.
Now relaunch the browser & revisit all the pages whose URLs you collected above. If the browser Downloads page still contains the entries for your downloads, you can use those entries to revisit the pages & you won't need your text file. You may need to use a mixture of the Downloads entries & things you saved to your text file. If you're really a geek, you can turn the text file into a script & semi-automate re-opening the pages.
Or you can just ignore me & continue to complain about how things aren't the way you'd like.
Wild Willy
May 7, 2018, 1:13:26 AM5/7/18
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Forgot one idea. As a last resort, your download pages will be in your browser history. But that can be very difficult to find all the relevant pages so this really would be a last resort.
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