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Orbit Downloader, leader of download manager revolution, is devoted to new generation web (web2.0) downloading, such as video/music/files/flash/flv from Myspace, YouTube, Imeem, Pandora, Rapidshare. Also RTMP flash streaming support. And to make general downloading easier and faster.
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Latest version: 2.8.17 (October 14, 2009) Download sites: Download from author site Windows Sections/Browse similar tools: Video Streaming Recording Alert me! when this software has been updated. |
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Version history:
Orbit Downloader V2.8.17 ( Oct 14,2009) Hide changelog * * Add: 'OneClick YouTube Downloader' add-on on Firefox * * Improve: The process of 'GetIt' button * * Fix: some bugs may cause IE crash when operating Grabpr Orbit Downloader V2.8.16 ( Sep 2,2009) * * Add: 'Getit' support Firefox Orbit Downloader V2.8.15 ( Aug 4,2009) * * Fix: some bugs may cause IE crash by Grabpro * * Fix: some bugs may cause Grab++ crash Orbit Downloader V2.8.14 ( Jul 9,2009) * * Fix: some bugs may cause IE crash when operating the lists of Grabpro * * Fix: some bugs may cause Grab++ crash Orbit Downloader V2.8.13 ( Jun 26,2009) * * Fix: some bugs may cause Orbit crash in http downloading progress Orbit Downloader V2.8.12 ( Jun 9,2009) * * Fix: some bugs in GrabPro * * Fix: Silent Mode doesn't work Orbit Downloader V2.8.11 ( May 19,2009) * * Add: Grab++ support Google chrome * * Improve: The process of 'GetIt' button * * Fix: some bugs when download from eSnips by GrabPro Orbit Downloader V2.8.10 ( May 4,2009) * *Fix: Grab++ doesn't work in IE8 * *Improve: The user interface of 'GetIt' button Orbit Downloader V2.8.9 ( Apr 20,2009) * *Fix: "Get It" button doesn't show in IE8 Orbit Downloader V2.8.8 ( Apr 7,2009) * *Improve: HTTP streaming download from Windows Media Serve Orbit Downloader V2.8.7 ( Mar 18,2009) * *Fix: conflict with AVG Orbit Downloader V2.8.6 ( Feb 27,2009) * * Fix: some bugs of downloaded location setting * * Fix: when Orbit updated, it always starts on system startup Orbit Downloader V2.8.5 ( Feb 20,2009) * * Fix: some bugs when Orbit deal with the referer * * Fix: location of downloaded files could contain blank sub directory * * Fix: create zero size file by GrabPro Orbit Downloader V2.8.4 ( Feb 4,2009) * * Improve: Download Windows Media streaming * * Fix: some bugs Orbit Downloader V2.8.3 ( Jan 20,2009) * * Fix: some bugs in Firefox Orbit Downloader V2.8.2 ( Jan 16,2009) * * Add: Integrate Orbit Downloader support Google Chrome * * Improve: make Grab Pro download RTMP video more efficiently * * Fix: some bugs Orbit Downloader V2.8.1 ( Dec 19,2008) * * Add: Grab Pro feature: grab and download RTMP video * * Improve: make Grab++ grab streaming media more efficient * * Add: Integrate Orbit Search (powered by Google) to Internet Explorer * * Fix: some bugs Orbit Downloader V2.7.9 ( Nov 25,2008) * * Improve: Make Grab Pro more efficient * * Fix: a bug may cause Grab++ can not grab streaming media URL * * Fix: a bug may cause Grab Pro can not display file name suffix Orbit Downloader V2.7.8 ( Oct 31,2008) * * Add: Orbit Downloader 2 Years commemorative edition toolbar icon * * Improve: detect file format more correctly in Grab++ and Grab Pro Orbit Downloader V2.7.6 ( Sep 19,2008) * * Improve: connection management algorithm Orbit Downloader V2.7.5 ( Sep 4,2008) * * Fix: a bug may cause 'retry limit' error * * Fix: a bug may cause wvx file download crash Orbit Downloader V2.7.4 ( Aug 22,2008) * * Improve: HTTP streaming download from Windows Medai Server * * Improve: forum and email attachment download (in IE) Orbit Downloader V2.7.3 ( Aug 1,2008) * * Add: Softonic.com search option in Orbit Downloader * * Improve: MMS protocol download * * Fix: a bug when fetch YouTube URL using GetIt button Orbit Downloader V2.7.2 ( Jul 22, 2008) * * Improve: can use Orbit Downloader Grab++ and Grab Pro at the same time * * Improve: Firefox addon to support Firefox 3.0.1 * * Fix: a bug when fetch YouTube URL using GetIt button. Orbit Downloader V2.7.1 ( Jun 10, 2008) * * Add: Grab Pro in IE to support media download from sites which use anti-leeching technology like YouTube, imeem, etc * * Add: Search bar in main window to search web, video, images, blog directly * * Improve: run Orbit Downloader in Vista more smoothly * * Fix: a bug in Grab++ which may cause Grab++ crash * * Fix: a bug in Grab++ which may cause Grab++ can not grab URL * * Fix: a bug in Grab++ which may cause file extension missing Orbit Downloader V2.6.5 ( Apr 2, 2008) * * Fix: a bug may cause buffer overflow * * Fix: a Firefox add-on bug when integrates Firefox Beta 5 Orbit Downloader V2.6.4 ( Mar 21, 2008) * * Improve: addon for Firefox 3 Beta 4 - Thanks Nelson * * Fix: a bug may cause Orbit Downloader can not remember maximization of the main window * * Fix: a bug may cause download failure via Grab++ * * Fix: a bug may cause download failure via RTSP protocol Orbit Downloader V2.6.3 ( Feb 25, 2008) * Add: a menu item linked to 'Essential freeware' in 'Help' menu * Fix: a bug may cause 'Target category does not exist' error Orbit Downloader V2.6.2 ( Feb 21, 2008) * * Improve: create 'Save to' directory on 'Restart download' if it does not exist * * Fix: some bugs Orbit Downloader V2.6.1 ( Jan 29, 2008) * * Improvement: add index information to WMV file which is downloaded via MMS protocol * * Improvement: increase connection limit for Windows xp sp3 * * Fix: a bug may cause Orbit Downloader crash when download via RTSP protocol * * Fix: a bug may cause Orbit Downloader download failed via RTSP protocol * * Fix: some interface bugs Orbit Downloader V2.5.2 ( Jan 7,2008) * * Fix: a bug may cause Orbit Downloader can not run in Windows 2000 * * Fix: Orbit Downloader can not remember maximization Orbit Downloader V2.5.1 ( Jan 3,2008) * * Improvement: make Youtube video download more smoothly * * Change: retry times to 99 by default per download * * Fix: files can not be created when file names contain special characters * * Fix: a bug may cause downloaded file name error * * Fix: connections stalled in rare cases * * Fix: a bug may clear downloading and completed list in rare cases Orbit Downloader V2.4.3 ( Nov 29,2007) * Improve uninstall process * Fix: the bug which may cause Grab++ can not grab video with IE * Fix: the bug caused download failure when URL contains space Orbit Downloader V2.4.2 ( Nov 6, 2007 ) * Improve: install interface * Fix: the bug which may cause orbitnet can not be exit Orbit Downloader V2.4.1 ( Oct 31, 2007) * Greatly improved download speed by optimizing chunk-downloading algorithm * Optimized mirror and peer selection algorithm, improved download efficiency * Fix: downloads stalled in rare cases * Fix: rare crash bug when downloading * Fix: Grab++ failure with IE * Change: make update process more smoothly Orbit Downloader V2.3.1 ( Sep 20, 2007) * Fix the bug may cause Orbit Downloader crash Orbit Downloader V2.2.1 ( Sep 7, 2007) * Support 4 GB+ file download * Add 'Make a donation' item to 'Help' menu * Add 'Move up' and 'Move down' item to Downloading context menu * Remember window properties of Grab++ * Fix some bugs Orbit Downloader V2.1.7 ( Aug 24, 2007) * Improve download logic to promote download speed * Fix a bug may cause Orbit Downloader crash Orbit Downloader V2.1.6 ( Aug 9, 2007) * Improve Grab++ * Fix the encoding error in some Eastern Language OS * Improve the Opera addon * Fix the bug: DropZone may cause some games minimized * Fix some bugs Orbit Downloader V2.1.5 ( July 26, 2007) * Improve Firefox addon ( Thanks Nelson) * FixDropZone bug: DropZone may cause the full-screen mode exit * Improve Tray Icon feature: Show mail window by one click * Add 'Clean list of completed downloads' feature to 'Edit' menu * Add TrayIcon for Grab++ * Fix some bugs Orbit Downloader V2.1.1 ( July 13, 2007) * Support Netscape browser * Support Download Youtube, Google, Metacaf, Dailymotion and Myspace video directly via borwser's context menu item 'Grab video by Orbit' * Add an option in Grab++'s preferences to delete the grabbed item after download it * Add an option in Grab++'s preferences to rename file by page title * Grab++ support multi-language * Add an option to set grid and colorful grid in Orbit Downloader's list view * Remember the Orbit Downloader's list view header when exit * The FireFox add-on support Arbic * Fix some bugs Orbit Downloader V2.0.5 ( July 4, 2007) * Fix the bug: In some occasion Grab++ might cause the browser crash Orbit Downloader V2.0.1 ( June 21, 2007) * Update 'Grab video' to 'Grab ++', support social music and video download, include Pandora, Yahoo, IMEEM... * Add an option to amend file extension when completed * Fix some bugs Orbit Downloader V1.5.7 ( June 12 , 2007) * Prompt user exit IE and Firefox when installing Orbit Downloader * Fix the bug: the username and password is swapped in batch download * Fix some bugs Orbit Downloader V1.5.6 ( May 30 , 2007) * Add "Silent Mode" feature * Fix some bugs Orbit Downloader V1.5.5 ( May 11 , 2007) * Add an option to "Exit Orbit" or "Close Main Window" when click the close button on Main Window * Add an option in the batch download filter dialog to mark all items * Improve the DropZone Open/Close feature * Improve the batch download feature * The FireFox Add-on support Ukrainian * Fix some bugs Orbit Downloader V1.5.4 ( Apr 23 , 2007 ) * Add an option to overwrite or rename the file if exists * Add a timeout setting for the tray balloon * Fix some bugs Orbit Downloader V1.5.3 ( Apr 5 , 2007 ) * Add "IE Context" tab in the "Create New Download" dialog * Add "Add to Site Manager" option in the "General" tab of the "Create New Download" dialog * Improve the "Create batch download" feature * Fix some bugs running in Windows Vista * Fix some bugs Orbit Downloader V1.5.2 ( Mar 22 , 2007 ) * Improve the default download-path setting. * Improve the FireFox add-on. * Improve the embedded YouTube video downloaded * Fix some bugs Orbit Downloader V1.5.1 ( Mar 13 , 2007 ) * Improve "Grab Video" feature to support most of video sharing websites' video download. * Add a block list in browser monitoring feature. * Improve "Anti-Virus" feature * Fix some bugs Orbit Downloader V1.4.6 ( Mar 1 , 2007 ) * Improve FireFox integration, support FireFox3(Gran Paradiso) * Fix the Albanian, Vietnamese and Brazil language files format error. Orbit Downloader V1.4.5 ( Feb 12 , 2007 ) * Fix a bug in FireFox add-on when download from SourceForge * Support download from Uploaded.to * Improve pre-download feature * Fix some bugs Orbit Downloader V1.4.2 ( Feb 6 , 2007 ) * Fix a bug in English language file * Improve the integration with IE7 in Vista Orbit Downloader V1.4.1 ( Feb 5 , 2007 ) * Add scheduler feature to schedule downloads * Add ZIP preview to view the contents of a zip file before downloading it * Add tray icon ballon to check your download progress quickly * Add Unresume Hint * Add "Disk Cache Size" setting * Add "Automatically Exit when Done" setting * Add Bug Report to report bug or feature suggestion to us * Add hotkeys: Ctrl + Alt + Click: Download with Orbit Downloader and Alt + Click: Download NOT with Orbit Downloader Orbit Downloader V1.3.2 ( Jan 1 , 2007 ) * Improve FireFox integration * Fix a bug: press [Esc] than close Orbit downloader's windows * Fix a bug in language file. Orbit Downloader V1.3.1 ( Dec 30 , 2006 ) * Add an add-on for FireFox, support download Youtube video and flash in FireFox * Support Metalink download * Support Magnet download * Support pre-download * Support download all images from webpage * Compatible with all Windows Vista x32 and Windows Vista x64 * improve drag&drop function in Windows Vista * Add an opinion to change "Use sever date/time for the downloaded file" setting * Add an opinion to add sound event when download finished or failed Orbit downloader V1.2.1 ( Dec 15 , 2006 ) * Improve HTTP POST method. * Support most of file-sharing service websites,including RapidShare, megaupload, badongo, sendspace, sexuploader, yourfilehost, uploading, filefront, 4shared, turboupload, depositfiles, filefactory, more.... Orbit downloader V1.1.1 ( Dec 5 , 2006 ) * Support https protocol * Support download from RapidShare.com * Improve download Flash videos,including stuff from Youtube, Google, MySpace, MetaCafe, DailyMotion,etc * Support adding mirror manually * Improve preferences setting Orbit downloader V1.0.3 ( Nov 20 , 2006 ) * Add a manual setting to enable/disable p2p connection. * Fix a bug in Drop Zone. * Fix a bug in Orbit update. Orbit downloader V1.0.0.2 ( Nov 8 , 2006 ) * Fix a bug of wrong warning of anti-virus program. * Fix a bug in multilingual interface support. * Display Drop Zone by default. All features / Full description: 1. Download social music, video and streaming media Orbit Downloader is devoted to new generation web application downloading and provides a total solution to download music and video. So you can download streaming media, social music, social video, movie, flash and file from anywhere include Pandora, YouTube, Yahoo, Myspace and Rapidshare more simple and easy. 2. Extreme download acceleration In general, Orbit Downloader is based on P2P technology. It has a smart download logic accelerator that features intelligent dynamic file segmentation. And Orbit Downloader has advanced robust multithread download algorithm implemented with high quality. It can speed up to 500% faster with great acceleration. 3. Super Light: micro-sized and resource-friendly Orbit Downloader is written with efficiency in mind, it typically uses less than 3MB of memory and 3% of cpu when downloading. Additionally, the installation package is less than 2MB. 4. Support Rapidshare download. Orbit downloader Support HTTPS and HTTP POST method. Orbit downloader can make your downloads from file-sharing service websites include RapidShare much faster, safer and more stable. See more... 5. Support IE, Firefox, Maxthon, Opera. Orbit Downloader supports IE, FireFox, Maxthon and Opera. 6. Support Metalink download. Orbit Downloader supports Metalink download and gives you extremely fast download speeds. 7. Support HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MMS, RTSP and RTMP protocols. You can easily download files with a browser click from any remote server via HTTP/ HTTPS/ FTP/ RTSP/ MMS. And the RTMP protocol will be supported soon. 8. Support Proxy server configuration. You can set Orbit Downloader to use a proxy server. Orbit Downloader can work well with HTTP,HTTP and SOCKS5 protocols. 9. Support download pause and resume Orbit Downloader can resume broken downloads. So you needn't start the downloading process from the very beginning after casual interruption. You can resume unfinished download from the moment when it was interrupted. 10. General download management. Orbit Downloader's easy-to-use management features and simple-yet-powerful configuration options can make both your downloading process and downloaded files management as easy as never before. Similar tools/Alternative to Orbit Downloader: Net Transport, Replay Media Catcher, VDownloader, Video DownloadHelper, WM Recorder / RM Recorder, xVideoServiceThief Sponsored tools: Guides and How to's:
No guides/tutorials, submit guides here. Acronyms / Also Known As: Orbit
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Too bad this much admired tool did not work for me. It failed to get the flash stream just like the rest of the pack except the replay media catcher demo version i tried( not replay a/v). Worse still, it stole my home page and changed it point to its own web site. Now that is rude!
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Orbit worked for me to get the flash behind RMTP where practically every other application like Repaly AV, vdownloader, riptiger failed. Impressive.
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Orbit works for me on about 2/3 of the files I go after. (There can be some variations or improvements, from version to version, so best to follow the changelog and remain fairly current.) And that may be about the best one can reasonably expect. While I haven't gotten around to trying many of the others yet (SDP, Vdownloader, Net Transport, etc.), my strong impression is that *no single one* of these things is going to solve all your problems . . . which is probably why several of them should be available in one's toolkit. Example: the other day I wanted to grab an embedded flv clip that streamed out via HTTP. Orbit can't detect it, even URLsnooper could not uncover where it really lives. Obviously, the site does not want us to be able to download it. I think it's very possible that Replay or one of the others could get it, though. Get _that_ one, and fail to get a number of other kinds. But I doubt that any of these is going to be a "universal grabber" that just will not be denied.
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Works a little too good at times. But it still can not get files grom Hulu.com, except the commercials
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I tried SDP multimedia and Vdownloader but couldn't get it to work from the website I was trying to download but Orbit was a breeze. I love the application
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OK, since this tool has gone through a few revisions since I last tried it and found it frustrating to use and unreliable, especially in Opera, I figured I would now give it another shot. I am extremely happy with Orbit now. I don't know if the program improved greatly or I had a moment of clarity and figured it out, but I have to say it works GREAT with Opera now. Ease of use and reliability or excellent! I will recommend it to others.
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it is the most freeware fantastic tool for downloading and grabbing anything
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Finally a web video grabber that actually works. Even with a 6 Mbit DSL connection a lot of video gets "buffered" and the stuttering gets annoying. I also prefer watching things on my TV and with this I can download, convert and burn to DVD (using other software available here) very easily. Great job. Only complaint is I would like to have more options as to what I use it for when it comes to using it as an overall download manager.
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Have been trying to use this program for about 2 days now with little success and lots of frustration. Am trying to download some flv files. Have tried it with You Tube, Daily Motion, Live and some others. Can't get it to d/l anything in my browser of choice; Opera and have had limited sucess with IE7. WOrst of all is it hijacks that files like mpegs and wmvs that Opera loads natively and starts to download them without giving me a choice. I have better success with Keepvid. Shame, this software sounds promising but doesn't deliver and furthermore is very annoying.
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I'm a 57 year old guy, who operates computers since they were powered by coal and vapour, and have tested most of the download managers at our disposal. After DAP, IDM, Flashget, FDM, and tons of others alike, I say that Orbit is THE software. And surprisingly FREE. No nags, no adware, no spyware, no toolbars. Today I am proud of giving Orbit an oportunity to show its qualities. I live in Brazil, I don't have relatives working or depending on Orbit success.
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