Main program window
Open Chrome Developer tools and click the Network tab. Navigate to the page with the video and get it to start playing. Filter the list of files to 'm3u8'. Find master.m3u8 or index.m3u8 and click on it. Save the file to disk and look inside it. If the file contains a single m3u8 master url, copy that one instead. Run the program m3u8x.
The main window shows a list of downloaded files. This list includes additional information about downloaded files like file size, download status, estimated time to complete, current download speed and download description. You can sort the list by any column by clicking on a column header.
Download control buttons (Add URL, Start/Resume, Stop, Stop All, Delete, Delete All Completed, Options, Scheduler, Tell A Friend) are located above the list. They can be in active or disabled state depending on what actions are possible for the current selection of downloads.
Click on Tell a Friend button to tell your friends about Internet Download Manager!
You can add a new file to download with Add URL button. You can either enter new URL in the text box or select URL from existing ones. You can also specify login information if the server demands authorization by checking 'Use authorization' box.
If URL format is valid, 'Save As' dialog will appear where you can type file description and choose the path where the file is to be saved. Alternatively you can add description later in 'Download Properties' dialog. There are three buttons on the bottom of the dialog window. If you want to cancel the download, press on Cancel button.
If you want to start downloading immediately, press on Start/Resume Download. That will bring file IDM file download dialog. The dialog let you get an additional control over the download. It also shows download progress, average download speed, estimated time to complete, current download state, whether resume is supported by the server, etc. The dialog also has a chart to display download progress for each downloaded file segment.
You can press Pause button to postpone downloading, or Cancel to stop download and to close the dialog. You can always resume download at any time. Note that Resume button restarts download from the last saved position only if remote server supports this function.
Stop button stops downloads for selected files. You can also stop download by pushing Cancel button in File Download dialog or by closing the dialog. Stop All button stops all downloads in progress.
Delete button deletes selected files from the download list. It's enabled only for complete or paused file downloads. If file download is not complete, IDM will ask for the confirmation to delete it from the list.
Delete Completed button (available only in registered versions) deletes all complete downloads from the list.
Scheduler button starts Scheduler dialog window where you can set timer to execute download tasks. Q column shows whether the file is in download queue. You can add/delete file from the queue by right clicking on file name and picking 'Add to Queue' and 'Delete from Queue' menu items.
All main controls are also available in File menu as well as in Popup menu with the right mouse click on a file in the Download List.
You can pick Properties item in popup menu to see/edit properties of the selected file. You can change the location to save file, add description, change URL or server login information (username and password).
Categories
In the left side of the main part of the window is a tree of download categories. Internet Download Manager offers the categories feature to organize and manage your files. If you don't need it, you may simply close Categories window and don't select any categories when downloading files. Every download category has a name, a default download directory and a list of associated file types. IDM has several predefined categories like Music, Video, Programs, Documents, etc. You may delete, edit them, or add your own categories.
Right clicking on a categories item will show a menu to allow you to add a new categories, or to edit or delete existing items. When adding a category, you may choose the file extensions to associate with the category, and you may select the default download directory where to place the files of this category.
For example, Documents category could have the following extensions 'doc pdf xls txt' and the following default download category 'c:downloadsdocuments'.
IDM will suggest the category and the folder automatically when you download or save files that match the list of file types. If you disable save file dialogs in IDM options, IDM will place downloads to their designated folders automatically.
The customization of the look of IDM main window
Internet Download Manager has a feature to customize columns and the look of the toolbar.
The standard version of Internet Download Manager has 4 built-in toolbar looks: Large 3D buttons, Small 3D buttons, Large Classic buttons and Small Classis buttons. You can select the toolbar look that you like from these choices, or you may download a new look from Internet Download Manager home site. If you are familiar with graphics design basics, you may also draw your own toolbar for your Internet Download Manager. You may also customize what buttons should appear on the toolbar and in what order.
To customize IDM toolbar look, please right click on the toolbar and the right click menu will appear (look below).
You can select the toolbar style and the toolbar button size from the choices available in this menu. If you need to download new toolbar look for Internet Download Manager, please pick 'Look for new' menu item.
To customize toolbar buttons, please select 'Customize...' menu item.
In this dialog you can control what buttons should appear on IDM toolbar and in what order. Left pane of the window shows the list of available buttons. Right pane shows the list of buttons in IDM toolbar. You can order buttons by selecting a button in this list, and pressing 'Move Up' or 'Move Down'. You may add and remove buttons by selecting a button, and pressing 'Add' or 'Remove'.
To customize IDM columns on the main window, right click on a column header.
You may select what columns should appear, the width of columns, and the columns order. To enable a column, you should check the corresponding check box for the required column. You may move the column to another location by selecting it, and using 'Move Up' and 'Move Down' buttons. You may also change the order of columns by dragging and dropping a column header on the required place in IDM main window.
How to download flv video content with IDM? We already discussed about How to download torrent files faster using IDM (Internet Download Manager). IDM is one of the most popular download manager due to its incredible ability to make downloads faster. IDM can be used for the fast download from internet that includes almost all file formats like video files, audio files, picture files, documentaries etc.Another important feature is that it can be integrated into almost all the internet browsers. Moreover it provides virus protection, download resume and download speed acceleration facilities. Here I am going to give you a small tutorial on how to add new file extensions to IDM.
How to add file types in IDM?
Though by default IDM supports many file formats it cannot identify some files. This problem can be solved easily by manually adding those extensions you need. So the next time IDM will be able to recognize those files and start downloading as usual.
Here is what you have to do to enable new file extensions in IDM.
Step 1:
Open IDM from your computer and go to the Downloads tab. Then select options from there.
Here is what you have to do to enable new file extensions in IDM.
Step 1:
Open IDM from your computer and go to the Downloads tab. Then select options from there.
Step 2:
Then you will be taken to a new window ‘Internet Download manager configuration’. Now go to File Types tab. There you can see a text box with the default supported files. Add the file extension that you want to add after a space.
Then you will be taken to a new window ‘Internet Download manager configuration’. Now go to File Types tab. There you can see a text box with the default supported files. Add the file extension that you want to add after a space.
For example see how I have added FLV there.
Now you are done with the addition of new file format to IDM. Next time you can see IDM automatically detect the added file format and download them instantly.
Now you are done with the addition of new file format to IDM. Next time you can see IDM automatically detect the added file format and download them instantly.