Recommend me a HTTP download manager with scheduler

Craig321

Craig321

Craig321

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I've tried most of the popular download managers, but I find most of them make their own temporary file-types which can't be resumed properly, or used by any other program in case the file needs to be resumed from e.g. a mirror source.

My favourite download manager has to be wget - it doesn't use temporary files to store file parts and it can resume any file with ease, even if the file is being downloaded from a different location.

I've tried WinWget, which is pretty good, but it doesn't have any scheduling as far as I can tell.

Basically I need downloads to run from 2am-9am every day.

Is there maybe a wget GUI that has the ability to schedule? Or another download manager that works in a similar way to wget?

Thanks,
Craig.
 
I'd found a link on Lifehacker then I realised it was WinWget. :D

Does http://lifehacker.com/161202/geek-to-live--mastering-wget help? More commandline based.

Btw the WinWget seems to have some scheduling power if you look at the paragraph beginning "What if you want to use WinWget on a scheduled basis, to grab the same file over and over?"

Not used wGet before but I would have thought its real power lies in manipulating the commandlines. :)
 
Thanks for those links :)

Juding by what was posted on the Lifehacker website above I think you'd need to use the Windows Schedule to make downloads run/stop at certain times, which is a bit of a hassle really.

WinWget is actually a GUI for the wget command line. I've used it before, but found no real need for it as I could do everything I needed (apart from scheduling) from the command line anyway.

Wget's power does lie in the command line, I've used it a lot before and have found it to be by far the best download manager available, I was just hoping someone had made a GUI front-end for it that includes scheduling.
 
internet download manager has the scheduler and if by http you mean rapidshare or something along those lines then it can do that too..
 
MarcLister said:
I'd found a link on Lifehacker then I realised it was WinWget. :D

Does http://lifehacker.com/161202/geek-to-live--mastering-wget help? More commandline based.

Btw the WinWget seems to have some scheduling power if you look at the paragraph beginning "What if you want to use WinWget on a scheduled basis, to grab the same file over and over?"

Not used wGet before but I would have thought its real power lies in manipulating the commandlines. :)
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welcome to linux my friend :)
 
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