Guest wrote:I asked and found a fix.

What fix? Could you describe it for other users?

I can only add once more that copy-and-paste link from a browser to FDM doesn't work in many cases. I have explained it many times: install FDM extension in your browser, open download page, click needed link and let FDM catch download with all bells-and-whistles (referrer, session ID etc.).

Read the reporting rules and older messages if you want to know more details:

search.php?st=0&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&keywords=Copy+and+paste&author=Usher&ch=-1

darkseid wrote: if a link is missing referrer

Referrer is missing when you copy and paste link directly into FDM rather than allow FDM to catch download link AND REFERRER from the download page.
It's user fault.

Just open links in your browser, follow instructions on the web page (if needed) and let FDM catch downloads. Copy and paste won't work in most cases, they aren't links for direct download.

Alex wrote:

Usher wrote:* FDM extension for Firefox. I don't know exactly, what is needed to fix this problem, but other extensions already work, for example uBlock Origin, well known and recommended by Firefox itself.

As I have said already, it's not possible to create FDM extension for a browser for Android platform due to its limitations.

As I have already said:
- Existing FDM extension did work with Firefox 68 for Android, it was blocked only after upgrading Firefox to version 80.
- Some other extensions are compatible with Firefox 80 and work OK.
So what limitations do you mean? How to pass downloads from Firefox 80 to FDM? Manual copy-and-paste is NOT a solution, why should I do it instead of using downloader embedded in the browser?

Alex wrote:

Usher wrote:- FDM seems to kill the internet connection when open for many hours with torrent download active. I need to restart the device to get connected again.

Android version? What do you mean "kill"? Your device stops seeing wi-fi? Or, it's connected, but web browser can't browse any web sites? Something else?

Tablet with Android 8.1. It shows active Wi-Fi connection, but all apps have problems with downloading anything - browsers can't reopen webpages, Google Play can't check for updates, etc. I cannot successfully reconnect even when I kill FDM working in background.

Alex wrote:

Usher wrote:- From time to time FDM reports error when re-reading *.torrent properties, f.e. can't read file size.

Could you please provide some details so we can reproduce this on our side?

I will send report when it happens again.

Alex wrote:

Usher wrote:* Cannot rearrange downloads on the list.

What do you mean? There is an option to sort the list in different modes.

It's not helpful, when I want to move a single download to top or to bottom of the list.

Alex wrote:

Usher wrote:* Site/password manager.

What exactly do you want from this feature?

The same as it does in FDM 3.9.7. It's a request for all systems, not for Android only. Now it's not clear whether FDM keeps any credentials and how to change them when needed.

Alex wrote:

Usher wrote:I can't see this disclaimer in the program description.

This is stated (using bold font) in the program's descritpion on Google Play store. But who reads these descriptions, isn't it?

I meant description on the forum and on the download page. I won't go to Google Play when I browse the Internet on my PC. Any mention about known issues/limitations would be more helpful and user friendly - like more details in changelogs.

It's a general error message. The link may just expire. You should go to the download site in your browser and click "download" there rather than copy-and-paste any link to FDM. The copy-and-paste method in most cases work only when you keep connection open in your browser.

Do you catch the download in your Firefox or copy-and- paste the download link to FDM?

tipar wrote:Copy/paste the link

For most file/video hosting services you must copy/paste the link to your browser rather than directly to your download manager. It's been explained so many times that "file video" keywords are excluded from search, see the results: search.php?keywords=file+video+hosting+services&terms=all&author=Usher&sc=1&sf=all&sr=posts&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=-1&t=0&submit=Search
Some more detailed explanations you can find for example here:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17741&p=44907#p44907
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17646&p=44282#p44282

And if you don't visit the download site, you won't know whether anything will change in the site organization.

tipar wrote:Additional specific information.

You haven't provided the download link, which is ALWAYS necessary.

Clive Sorensson wrote:To add multiple links to FDM download list, please follow the steps.
1. On the page in the browser, select multiple links, then, open the context menu - there will be an option "Download selected with FDM". All selected links will be added to FDM download links.
2. If you upgrade to the latest released version:
on the web page or in a text document, select multiple links and copy them to the clipboard.
In the FDM menu, select "Paste URLs from the clipboard".
All copied links will be added to the download list.

Is it the feature you meant?

It's still not a feature available in FDM 3.x that allows to use wildcards.
Do you have any problem with checking how creating batch download is implemented in FDM 3.9.7?

Guest wrote:

Usher wrote:What browser do you use? Provide full name and version.

= I do not use integration. Opera 32.0.1948.69 (and Vivaldi 1.0.291.18 (https://vivaldi.net/blogs/teamblog/)

Usher wrote:- copy and paste link to FDM

: classical link , and filehost as a premium user and generate a direct download link for you (service type linksnappy)

Many links (especially from file hosting services) DO NOT work with copy and paste, some don't work like that even for premium users. They may require to watch ads, solve captcha, pass User Agent, Referer, session ID, other cookies or metadata from the browser, etc.

Guest wrote:

Usher wrote:- Have you tried to completely uninstall the old FDM version before installing the new one?

= the old version was not installed. (3.x)

I mean ANY old version, including 5.x older builds.

Guest wrote:

Usher wrote:- Have you tried to test FDM with your browser on a new Windows user profile?

no, another computer under Windows 10 x32. Build 4726.1 was installed and works correctly. Build 5140 same problem : add a download link, the application closes immediately

It seems you did the same wrong thing once again - ignored suggestion to ALWAYS MAKE BACKUP of your FDM service files (*.sav) when dealing with alpha/preview builds.
The structure of *.sav files may be changed in alpha/preview builds without warning. Some changes may be incompatible so the service files may need conversion. In some cases FDM can't properly convert older files and may crash immediately after start or after adding a new download. See similar case for FDM 3.9.5: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17053&p=40412#p40412

BTW. Stop your strange way of answering and quoting, please. Use the forum editing tools (f.e. click (”) button to answer, cut unneeded quoting, use BBCode tags to properly format quoted text) and do not post your answers to random topics.

I'm afraid you are ignoring the reporting rules, so answer my questions, please:
- What browser do you use? Provide full name and version.
- What way do you use to get download link - click mouse, right click and select "Download..." from the context menu, copy and paste link to FDM, any other way? Provide URL for the webpage with
download link.
- Have you tried to completely uninstall the old FDM version before installing the new one?
- Have you tried to test FDM with your browser on a new Windows user profile?

Look at the code for download link:
There is an onclick action defined here - and it is javascript code. If FDM doesn't run that code it will work the same way as without javascript at all.
There may be also a problem with user agent (or other metadata) passed by FDM - if it is different than the user agent passed by the browser, the server-side may start a new session and pass the webpage for the first time.

You can force FDM to download using context menu or just copy and paste the link to FDM. No matter what you choose, FDM will download index.php webpage. To me the problem is NOT in the words, I can find working links to index.php with download parameters or to some strange redirections when FDM downloaded proper files under index.html name. To me the problem is in abusing the same URL for two different things at the same time and in forcing some strange way of tracking instead of more usable statistics.

FDM has no problem with @ in login name. I suspect you have a problem typical for file hosting services, but you should provide more details, as it is described in reporting rules.
I can only give you some general suggestions for now:
- Always allow cookies for download sites.
- Never use two or more download managers/helpers at a time. If you want to use FDM, you should disable other download managers (like Flashget). If you want to use download helpers (like Flashgot), you should turn off monitoring in FDM.
- Copy-and-paste works only for permanent links provided for premium users. In other cases you should login to the download site in your browser, open the download link and follow the actions requested by the server side - solve CAPTCHA, tick that you're not a machine, etc.

You should also read older topics about file hosting services before posting again - they may contain some more needful explanations.

FDM has no problem with downloading DVD/BD ISO images on NTFS partition, so I'm pretty sure it's a server-side limitation for anonymous/free users.
You should first ask the webmasters of put.io site, what is wrong with their support for FDM.

Or maybe it's some issue with your software? Follow suggestions listed below and do test again:
- Turn off antivirus and other add-ons in your browser (two download helpers cannot be active simultaneously, at-a-time), allow cookies for put.io site.
- Open Site Manager in FDM, make sure that the options for put.io are marked as permanent and valid for all subdomains and all protocols.
- Open the website and login to your account, let the browser to remember your credentials and the website to keep you logged in.
- Go to the download page, but don't copy-and-paste download link to FDM – just click the link or "download" button in the browser and allow FDM to catch the download with proper Referer, cookies and other session info from your browser.
- Leave a tab with download page open in your browser, don't log out or close the browser.

@bovirus:
STOP ADDRESSING YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO ME ONLY, please.
I'm neither FDM developer nor Poedit mastahacka. I'm only FDM user trying to make simple and clear, step-by-step, instructions for users willing to make translations on their own.
So, if you want anyone to follow your suggestions, make them as clear and simple as my instructions are, please. Do write separate step-by-step suggestions for translators and separate ones for developers, if you have any, please.

Now some remarks.
1. I browsed Polish translation used in FDM 5 and noticed that some translated strings are outdated, so I created a new file using current translation for FDM 3.x - it's faster to copy-and-paste to empty space...
2. Most of lng files are outdated - created for FDM 3.8 and older versions so they probably aren't maintained any more. However, existing strings may be almost automatically moved to 5.x even for unknown language, if you use some good programmer's editor with macro support or other tool for automation. And in this case it is also easier to create new translations than to update existing ones, containing unknown number of strings translated.

D. Yessa wrote:

Usher wrote:My configuration is well known

In another topic

In MANY other topics ;-P

D. Yessa wrote:

Usher wrote:I do always do all possible tests (click direct link, right click direct link, repeat the same on the original web page, test http instead of https, copy and paste, etc.)

And which of these does not work?

This is rhetorical question, I presume.

D. Yessa wrote:Copy & paste the direct link works great. You finally provided the "original" URL - ok, just added a download from there - also works great.
That's why we have FAQ here. The reporting rules are common for everyone.

Including you. So where is YOUR working config?
Note that it's not me that reported the problem - it's me that did research and found the original URL for you, developers. Many thanks for underestimating my volunteer work.