Version 7.1.3 - November 15, 2024
 Improved video and music downloading;
Added ability to check SHA256 sum of downloaded files (Ctrl+2);
Added new variants of minimum size for opening a section;
The option to download videos on Windows 7 has come back;
Improved activation;
Bugs fixed.
Version 7.1.2 - February 2, 2024
Added support for magnet links to chatbot;
Improved chatbot functionality and stability;
External Downloader has been updated;
Bugs fixed.
Version 7.1 - January 19, 2024
BitTorrent support added (using third-party plug-in);
.torrent files and magnet links association added;
Improved video, music, and podcasts downloading;
Improved work with MD5 checksums;
Bugs fixed.
Version 7.0 - August 21, 2023
New languages added;
Added activation option;
Added new versions of plugins;
Improved video, music, and podcasts downloading;
Bugs fixed.
Version 6.27 - March 8, 2023
Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Edge extension integration has been redesigned;
Added integration with Brave;
Improved video, music, and podcasts downloading;
Improved
program stability;
Bugs fixed.
Version 6.26 - September 30, 2022
Added .m3u and .m3u8 playlists for download;
Added DASH download;
Improved video, music, and podcasts downloading;
Increased number of sites for downloading videos;
Bugs fixed.
Version 6.25 - August 16, 2022
Improved video download from video services;
Improved speed and stability of downloading from video services;
Improved HTTPS download;
Improved MyTopFiles.com integration;
Fixed bug with the first download from video services;
Bugs fixed.
Version 6.24 - May 18, 2022
Added option to set default video codec;
Improved video download from video services;
Improved downloading of panoramic videos (180° and 360°);
Improved automatic selection of video in the absence of the specified format;
Fixed bug when changing video quality;
Bugs fixed.
Version 6.22 - November 22, 2021
Increased download speed from video-services;
Improved video and music download from video-services;
Improved playlists download;
Bugs fixed.
Version 6.21 - August 12, 2021
Added possibility to try downloading a Video from any page;
Added integration with Microsoft Edge;
Increased the number of sites from which videos are automatically downloaded;
Improved downloading of video and music from video services;
Improved speed and stability of downloading from video services;
Improved playlist and video processing;
Improved handling of User-Agent;
Improved saving of the date when the file was edited (last-modified);
Improved storing of the date of file editing (last-modified);
Modified integration settings;
Fixed an error of combining video and sound;
Fixed an error with downloading of auto-translated subtitles;
Fixed an issue with file names when importing .txts download lists;
Bugs fixed.
Version 6.19.5 - April 21, 2020
Improved playlists download;
Reduced disk space requirements for download list reservation;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 6.19.4 - September 30, 2019
Improved downloading video and music from video-services;
Improved file name generation;
Improved search in the downloads list;
Added advanced selection of frame rates for video from video services (50/60 and 25/30 fps);
Auto high priority for playlists;
Fixed bug with not simultaneously downloading video and audio;
Fixed error detecting deleted downloads;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 6.19 - July 24, 2019
Improved downloading video and music from video-services;
If the video is not downloaded (blocked, deleted), then the error type is correctly reported;
Fixed portable version update;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 6.18 - July 5, 2019
Improved / restored downloading video and music from video-services;
Added additional download list reservation;
Improved updates for plug-ins and additional modules;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 6.17.4 - June 5, 2019
Improved download video from video-services;
Improved playlists download;
Fixed bug with downloading files with special characters in the description;
Improved work in Windows XP;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 6.17.3 - April 25, 2019
Improved download video from video-services;
Added export/import downloads to the * .txts file, which contains the paths to the files;
Fixed duplication bug in Telegram-bot;
Improved work with updates;
Fixed the bug when adding tabs to the file name;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 6.17.2 - January 22, 2019
Improved download 4K and 8K video, as well as video in low resolution;
Improved subtitle download;
Improved downloading files with non-standard characters in the URL;
Improved download video from Facebook;
Fixed bug with renaming text file with description;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 6.17 - October 12, 2018
Added subtitle download from video-services;
Added support for Google Backup and Sync;
Added user-agent option for command line parameters;
Added the ability to manually enter the User-Agent in the settings;
Improved handling of the VideoFreq parameter in a portable version;
Improved downloads of playlists containing videos with the same names;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 6.16 - April 11, 2018
Improved download from video-services;
Added interception of links from videoservices in the clipboard;
Added SOCKS-proxy support for HTTPS;
Added option for a playlist and channels monitoring (autoupdate) and automatic downloading new video;
Added ability to choose available format for video and audio when downloading from video services;
Improved integration into browsers;
Increased adding speed for a large number of downloads;
Added possibility to export/import URLs with Filenames to/from .txtn files;
Improved playlists download;
Improved downloading downloads deleting;
Improved saving pages with images;
Improved ability to choose available format for video and audio when downloading from video services;
Improved usability of Sounds category in Options;
Fixed form duplicate bug while simultaneously adding a large number of downloads (FileInfoForm_1);
Fixed History update bug;
Improved moved + renamed files deleting;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 6.14 - October 27, 2017
Added option to highlighting of the moved/deleted files in the download list (View - File availability);
New Opera, Chrome and Firefox extensions;
Added support for downloading videos from video-services with 50 FPS frame rate;
Improved download from video-services;
Added ability to choose available format for video and audio when downloading from video services;
Added fast params update for correct download from video services;
Improved dragging selected text onto the floating window;
Improved algorithm to determine correct file names;
Fixed a bug with video playback in the built-in browser;
Fixed bug with updating the Deleted folder;
Fixed bug with saving the list when automatic deletion of completed downloads;
The order of output of sound messages is corrected;
Fixed a bug with creating an extra .txt file when downloading from video services;
Fixed 00:00:00 time bug in the download scheduler;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 6.13 - May 15, 2017
New Opera, Chrome and Firefox extensions with on-page button for video download;
Improved downloading FullHD-video from video services;
Improved download from video-services;
Improved playlists download;
Improved dynamic archives download;
Added support for new versions of archives;
Added ability to select playlist or current video download;
Improved algorithm to determine correct file names for video;
Improved folder transfer for Chrome downloads;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 6.12 - February 17, 2017
Improved Google Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi and Chromium browsers integration;
Improved Opera, Chrome and Firefox extensions for easy video and music download from any sites;
Added new Firefox extension;
Improved adding Group of Downloads;
Improved importing files with downloads lists;
Improved export/import of program settings;
Improved handling of links containing characters in various encodings;
Added option to manually clear Search history and form data;
Added Highlight result option for search in the download list;
Fixed bugs.
Version 6.10 - October 20, 2016
Added Bot Master plug-in allowing to receive links to download from messengers (Telegram);
Added integration into Vivaldi browser;
Increased download speed from video sharing services;
Improved display of messages in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update;
Added ability to check SHA1 sum of downloaded files (Ctrl+1);
Modified processing of short links when downloading from video sharing services;
Increased probability of successful download from improperly configured servers;
Improved saving of movies from video sharing services in .mp3 format;
Fixed bug with incorrect cleaning of the Deleted category;
Fixed bugs.
Version 6.8 - April 1, 2016
Program optimized for work with huge download lists;
Increased processing speed for groups of downloads;
Increased download speed while simultaneously downloading a large number of small files;
Increased program speed and stability;
Improved download using HTTPS;
Improved dragging links onto the floating window to support the latest Firefox versions;
Improved download using non-standard HTTP ports;
Improved live preview in VLC;
Improved merging video and audio in large files if the PC turned off automatically, or when you close the program;
Improved processing of FTP-links containing password;
Fixed bug with incorrect Advanced Scheduler integration in Portable version;
Bugs fixed.
Version 6.7 - February 5, 2016
Added support for downloading 8K videos from video-services;
Added support for downloading videos from video-services with 60 FPS frame rate;
Downloading more than 50 videos from playlists is now possible;
Updated Firefox extensions;
Added possibility to export/import Referer URLs to/from .txtr files;
Improved look with modified display scaling in Windows;
Optimized display for monitors with the resolution higher than 4K;
Improved integration with Chrome and Chrome-based browsers;
Improved integration with Firefox;
Improved tray notifications on Windows 10;
Improved mirror search and integration with MyTopFiles.com;
Improved download over HTTPS;
Improved search form on the toolbar;
Improved special characters handling during playlist download;
Improved playlist download when using proxy;
Improved automatic video-services settings update;
Improved the Clouds category;
Improved video quality selection if re-downloading video from video-service;
Improved integration with the free Convertilla video converter;
Add download window is now resizable;
Added check for updates from Settings window;
Improved moving video file to another drive during download;
Fixed bug with ZIP-archives file selection window;
Fixed bug with inaccessible Comment field in Add download window if font size has been increased;
Increased number of mirrors to download ffmpeg;
Fixed minor bugs.
Version 6.5 - June 26, 2015
Added size, name and filetype detection before download start. Improved automatic category detection;
Added "Do not save erroneous dowloads" option to the add download group dialog;
Improved download sectioning when downloading at high speed. Increased download speed from some sites;
Increased download speed when downloading selected files from ZIP-archive;
Now several selected video files can be played with one click;
Program optimized for work with huge download lists;
Fixed bug when archiving downloaded files from ZIP-archives bigger than 1 GB;
Restored ability to download all videos from users, channels and play-lists from videoservices;
Improved download using HTTPS;
Improved download from video-services;
Improved search for files and videos;
Improved video interception in Firefox;
Improved new download folders creating;
Improved Re-Download option in the History;
Improved option "Minimal size to create a new download section";
Fixed bug with possible freezing when moving or copying several downloaded files at once;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 6.2 - March 12, 2015
Improved download from HTTPS servers;
Improved video download from video-services;
Added new connection types 100Mb/s+ and 1Gb/s+;
Improved importing unfinished downloads with redirects;
Increased download speed while simultaneously downloading a large number of small files;
Added ability to change the display time for the system tray pop-up indicator (registry setting BaloonTrayDownloadCompleteShowTime, in milliseconds);
Download speed indicator improved;
Improved history to prevent data loss if the PC reboots unexpectedly;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 6.1 - February 19, 2015
Added digest HTTP authentication & improved basic HTTP authentication;
Added support for secure HTTPS proxy servers;
Program optimized for work on tablets and on multi-display configurations;
Improved downloading from HTTPS servers;
The time zone correction added for "Get date and time of file creation from the server" option;
Fixed bug with unexpected appear of 4GB files on disk;
Fixed bug with keyboard shortcuts in the Add download window;
Fixed bug with importing 4GB+ files;
Fixed bug with opening multiple Add download - Change windows;
Fixed bug with starting 10+ .urls files immediately;
Improved Shift+Del shortcut handling;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 6.0 - November 25, 2014
Added Clouds category (active if the computer is connected to the cloud services);
Fixed bug with blocking disk access if download speed is higher than file saving speed;
Improved efficiency when downloading at the speed 1 GB/s and higher;
By default reserving space on disk before downloading is disabled;
Improved interception of links in the clipboard;
Fixed bug with incorrect handling of gzip compression parameters by some servers;
Fixed a bug when you get broken avi, mpg & mp3 files when downloading over HTTPS;
Improved HTTPS download;
Added possibility to extract gzip files contents;
Improved disk free space calculation;
Improved download from video-services;
Automatic deletion of extra characters in a manually specified save path;
Fixed bug with User-Agent header;
Improved algorithm to determine correct file names;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 5.21.1.1405 - August 14, 2014
Implemented support for the new version of Chrome extensions;
Improved intergration with Opera, Yandex.Browser and other browsers based on the Chromium engine;
Improved downloading from video-services;
Improved download of HD & UHD video;
Added possibility to install modules for correct download from video services;
Improved handling of complex link from video services;
Updated User-Agent strings;
Improved HTTPS download;
Improved download using HTTP 1.1;
Improved continued download from site with errors in settings;
Fixed Shift+Del behaviour in the secondary windows;
Added new settings for plugins;
Fixed bug with incorrect parameter storing in the portable version;
Added new command-line options;
Added storing column order in the download list and history;
Improved program installation/uninstallation;
Fixed other bugs.
Version 5.19.1.1387 - March 14, 2014
Restored ability to download FullHD (1080p) and giant video (4K) from video services;
Optimized download of mp3-files from video services and improved quality;
Redesigned HTTPS implementation. Improved downloading from gmail, github, dropbox, bitbucket and many more;
Improved downloading videos requiring authorization;
Improved user interface;
Added new possibilities to comment on downloads and the program;
Fixed bug with trying to copy/move non-existent files;
Fixed bug with choosing video quality if the download link changes;
Fixed other minor bugs.
Version 5.17.1.1377 - December 25, 2013
Added support for 180p size when downloading from video hosting services;
Improved downloading HD-video from video hosting services;
Added new connection type for high-speed links;
Reworked algorithms for generating extensions;
Improved link copy behavior in the download list and in the download history;
Improved handling of files which have very long file names (including the path) exceeding 260 characters;
Improved automatic mp3-file renaming using tags;
Added ability to rename files with the same size automatically for the current site;
Released new DM plug-in for Firefox allowing to download video and music from any site;
Improved integration into Opera 16 and above;
Updated extension for Google Chrome;
Restored integration into the Internet Explorer 11 context menu;
Improved integration into Yandex.Browser;
Fixed bug with adding a group of UTF8-encoded links;
Fixed bug with not deleting the download when using Shift + Del and if there is no file on the disk;
Fixed bug with deleting two files when using Shift + Del with disabled deletion confirmation dialog;
Fixed other minor bugs.
Version 5.16.3.1359 - September 20, 2013
Improved playing video during download. Click Play button in the Download window (or in the context menu) and the video will be played during download;
Improved video download from video-services;
Integrated plug-in update and management system;
Improved MP3 quality;
Improved integration into Google Chrome, Opera and Yandex.Browser;
Added video download with 144p resolution (3gp);
Added detection of the running browsers while uninstalling the program;
Improved download handling if the file cannot be saved to the specified folder;
Increased (up to 5000) the maximum number of history records (the setting can be changed);
Improved FTP download;
Fixed bugs in FTP Explorer with UTF-8 encoded file names during folder download;
Modified MP3-file renaming algorithm during download of link lists;
Improved clipboard link interception;
Improved usability;
Add registry key to enable/disable auto-renaming MP3-file if there is no normal file name (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\2VG\Download Master\UseMP3AutoRename);
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 5.15.2.1341 - April 23, 2013
Added Firefox plug-in for easy video and music download from any sites;
Ability to download all videos from users, channels and play-lists on VideoTube;
Ability to automatically download new videos from the selected channels and play-lists (by adding a channel/play-list to Autoupdate category);
File names of .mp3 files can be automatically created using the contained tags;
Fixed DM hanging up when starting big downloads saved to NTFS drives (when the 'Reserve space on disk for the whole file' option is disabled);
In addition to shortcuts added a menu item "Force start [Shift+Ctrl+S]" to start a queued download immediately;
Improved switching to Sleep and Hibernate modes on Windows 7 and Windows 8;
Restored the ability to download from VideoTube;
Updated plug-in and DMBar for Firefox;
Improved Google Chrome integration;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 5.14.2.1329 - December 27, 2012
Added integration with Yandex.Browser;
Improved download using the secured protocols HTTPS and FTPS;
Added ability to choose video format (MP4, FLV or WEBM) when downloading from video services;
Improved handling of links containing characters in various encodings;
Improved IP-address management in Site Manager;
Improved archive management;
In the Add downlad window changed the behavior of "Set default folder" button;
Restored the ability to download from VideoTube;
Improved Google Chrome integration (for users with Administrator priviledges);
Fixed bug with the speed controller in the manual mode;
Other minor bugs fixed.
Version 5.13.3.1321 - September 18, 2012
Restored ability to download from VideoTube;
Improved download from VideoTube;
Improved Connection options;
Other minor bugs fixed.
Version 5.13.1.1315 - July 2, 2012
Possibility to save clips downloaded from VideoTube as mp3 (in the Add download window choose "mp3" in the Desired quality menu);
Smart Pause mode offers new ways to start downloads automatically;
Improved integration with free video-converter Convertilla;
Added ability to stop all downloads except those which do not support resume;
Added ability to download clips from VideoTube with minimal resolution 240p;
VideoTube downloads can be resumed for an unlimited time after start;
Search for new downloads added to the toolbar;
Improved plug-in management;
Added support for the 4th and 5th mouse buttons in the embedded browser;
Improved integration/disintegration into Internet Explorer, Opera, Chrome, Firefox, Safari;
Improved download over HTTPS;
Improved automatic detection of new file versions availability, Autoupdate folder;
The descript.ion is updated when the download file name changes;
Improved automatic DM update;
Fixed bugs in DM Portable;
Fixed bug with incorrect selection handling while changing categories;
Fixed bug with renaming VideoTube downloads;
Other minor bugs fixed.
Version 5.12.2.1297 - January 23, 2011
Restored ability to download from VideoTube;
Google Chrome extensions now supports download video from VideoTube and other video services;
Improved Google Chrome integration;
Improved Opera, Chrome and Firefox download interception;
Bugs fixed.
Version 5.12.1.1291 - December 14, 2011
In the Downloads Top added the new Video section with the most popular videos downloaded from VideoTube;
Added ability to download video from VideoTube in .WEBM format (you can enable it in the program settings);
Added ability to drag downloads from DM to Windows Explorer and other programs (while holding Ctrl);
Added ability to copy the link from the status bar by clicking with the rigth mouse button;
Updated DM Plugin for Firefox and DM Bar for Firefox;
The progress is displayed while copying or moving downloads;
Improved program responsiveness when starting large downloads;
Improved update system;
Fixed the problem with settings reset experienced by some users on 64-bit Windows 7;
Bugs fixed.
Version 5.11.1.1277 - August 4, 2011
Added ability to download huge videos from VideoTube (4K resolution);
Corrected recognition of short .be addresses;
Improved add download group mode, added quick search in the download selection window;
Restored ability to download from VideoTube and play.ukr.net;
DM Bar and DM Plugin for Firefox updated to support Firefox 6 and Firefox 7;
Now completed downloads are moved to the appropriate location if you change the download folder in the download properties;
Added support for Cyrillic characters (UTF-8) in URLs and file names in FTP Explorer;
Added support for UTF-8 addresses in the Add download window;
Fixed the problem with file blocking when complex redirects;
Improved processing of non-standard addresses (ftp%3A and the like);
Improved work with FTP-servers;
Bugs fixed.
Version 5.10.1.1269 - May 20, 2011
Added support for domain names with non-Latin characters;
Improved Firefox integration;
Improved integration with Opera to support the latest release of this browser;
Restored ability to download from 5 popular video services;
Improved Rapidshare download;
Improved Scheduler options;
Improved installer;
Improved the "Open folder" option;
Improved the "Delete with file" option when working with multiple select;
Bugs fixed.
Version 5.9.4.1259 - March 31, 2011
Restored ability to download video from VideoTube and other video services;
Updated DMBar, DM Plugin and Remote Download for Firefox to support the final Firefox 4;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 5.9.3.1255 - March 11, 2011
Added integration with Convertilla free video converter, the "Convert video" option added to the downloaded file context menu;
Ability to add links from m3u and urls files;
Improved cookies transfer algorithm when selecting Download All with DM item in Internet Explorer;
Improved file name generation for files downloaded from VideoTube;
Updated DMBar and DM Plugin for Firefox to support the latest Firefox versions;
Updated User-Agent list in DM options;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 5.9.2.1249 - December 16, 2010
Restored ability to download video from VideoTube;
Added support for new taskbar features available in Windows 7: progress indication on top of the program icon, links to useful DM actions and places added to the Jump List (appears after right-clicking the DM icon in the taskbar); added control buttons to the main window live preview.
Improved FTP Explorer, implemented file list parsing;
Updated DMBar and DM Plugin to support newest Firefox versions;
Improved the Add Download window, now it always appears on top and gets focus automatically;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 5.9 - November
12, 2010
Improved Google Chrome integration, two menu items added to the browser's context menu (Download with DM and Download All with DM);
Recovered ability to download from Rapidshare;
Now you can choose desired video quality in the Add download window when downloading video from VideoTube and Vkontakte;
Download list context menu features two new items: Windows Menu... and Delete with file;
Link to the source page (Referer) added to the status panel (the link will open in the browser);
Improved detection and selection of links in Download All action;
Improved Opera integration;
Improved hotkeys for working with History;
Added interception of links to .mkv files in browsers other than IE;
Now it is possible to edit description.ion file even after download has been finished;
Improved stability when downloading large files;
Improved memory utilization;
Improved program responsiveness when starting large downloads;
Fixed download from the servers that limit the number of connections (the so-called "99% problem");
Bugs fixed.
Version 5.8.3.1221 - July
28, 2010
Restored ability to download video from VideoTube;
Improved space allocation for big files to speed up download start on Windows 7;
Fixed bug with sorting History by size;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 5.8.2.1217 - July
1, 2010
Now DM can download HD1080 video from VideoTube;
Improved integration into Internet Explorer to allow to download e-mail attachments and other files which require authorization;
Improved integration into browsers for users without administrator privileges;
Added ability to download video from Vkontakte;
Improved automatic download category detection;
New versions of DMBar and DM Plugin for Firefox with improved download from VideoTube;
Improved integration/disintegration option in the Opera context menu;
Added .mp4 format recognition for links received from DMBar;
Improved the Add download window;
Improved browser integration detection;
Improved disintegration DM from browsers during uninstall;
Bugs fixed;
DM and libraries are signed with digital signature;
Version 5.8.1.1197 - April
15, 2010
Restored ability to download from VideoTube;
Added new option to choose video quality for download from VideoTube;
The Add download and Add downloads group windows improved;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 5.8 - April
9, 2010
Improved Windows 7 compatibility;
Added support for metalink format;
Improved download interception from Firefox, Opera and Chrome;
Added Remote Download plug-in;
Improved download from video services;
DMBar for Mozilla Firefox now supports download of any stream video;
Improved Firefox plug-in;
Improved needed disk space detection algorithm if there is a lack of free space;
Added warning message if external drive used for saving a file is
disconnected while download is in progress;
Improved FTP download with mirrors;
Improved display of UTF-encoded links and Unicode detection when
extracting file name from URL;
Improved download from SourceForge;
Added new options to plug-in interface;
Fixed bug with FLV-player in Firefox;
Added detection of various types of FLV content and forming correct
file extension;
On Windows Vista and above the system Downloads folder is chosen as default;
Improved archive download;
Added option Open Folder... from the tray pop-up menu after download completion;
Added plug-ins for Internet Explorer and Firefox allowing to add files
for remote download with one click;
Improved interface for adding multiple downloads, when readding a
number of downloads they are treated as a group;
Simplified getting new download link in case the site returned an html
page. Automatic link replacement if the link is dragged onto the
floating window or copied to the clipboard;
Added convenient link, path and search queries navigation with Ctrl + ->
and Ctrl + <-;
Added option to get file size in the wait for download state;
Improved interaction with FTP and HTTP servers;
Optimized download cache size;
Optimized Download History clearing algorithm;
Fixed bug with opening files in external applications without
activating the started application;
Fixed bug with antivirus settings;
Minor bugs fixed.
Version 5.7 - February
14, 2009
Added new automatic mode: Reduce download speed if the user's activity detected;
Added integration with Google Chrome (download interception) and Apple Safari (download interception);
Improved integration with Mozilla Firefox: Download with DM and Download All with DM items will be added to Firefox context menu after enabling integration with Firefox;
Added DMBar for Mozilla Firefox;
Added automatic integration with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari and Opera during DM installation;
Improved integration with the last Opera versions;
Improved integration with supported video services and added support for some new ones;
Improved SSL(HTTPS) support, added support for new certificate types;
Templates for automatic Referer substitution now are stored in a text file. Now you can add new templates to that file by yourself;
ZIP and RAR libraries updated;
Updated User-Agent list in DM options;
Now you can specify "*" wildcard at the beginning of the site name, for example *.site.name;
Added option to choose the number of download sections in the Add download window with one click;
Well-formed XML is used for storing download list;
Modified the way DM query OS for special OS folders location;
Bugs fixed.
Version 5.6 - February
5, 2008
Added ability to download video from popular video sharing services. To download a video simply add a link to a page that contains it;
Added player for playing and preview of video downloaded from video sharing services and playing .flv files. If there is no flash-video (.flv) player installed on your system then DM will set itself as the default player for .flv files;
Improved the tray pop-ups to display messages on download errors, download completion and news. Now in case of errors you can easily see the detailed information about errors, ways to correct them and also search for other places where you can download the file;
Improved integration into Opera browser, some bugs fixed;
Improved integration into Mozilla Firefox, some bugs fixed;
When you add a category the corresponding download folder is created automatically;
Fixed saving a file with valid name if the link to file is in UTF-8 encoding;
Fixed bug that resulted in Access Violation when working with download list;
Fixed bug with removing selection from News category after it has been read;
Some bugs fixed.
Version 5.5 - October
24, 2007
DM interface redesigned, new logo introduced;
Added the News subcategory to the MyTopFiles category with ability to get latest news headlines automatically. New settings for this option added;
Significantly improved operation on Windows Vista;
Added ability to show text labels to buttons on the toolbar;
By clicking on the baloon tip (near the system clock) telling about finishing download, you’ll get the download list with the last download highlighted;
Added support for alpha-channel (semi-transparency) for the toolbar buttons and other graphical elements of the program;
The interface of the Add download, Download Info and Download Completed windows improved;
Improved the interface of Advanced Scheduler;
Program settings optimized;
Improved support for download from Rapidshare;
Improved download of empty folders in FTP Explorer;
Improved download from FTP servers which return the list of all files in response to the list –la command;
Improved HTTP support for redirect from http to https;
Improved connection types support;
Improved download interception from MyTopFiles.com;
Improved DMBar for Internet Explorer. Interface updated and a number of new features added;
Increased level of protection of temporary data;
Now high priority downloads will not interrupt low priority ones not supporting resume so that you’ll not have to restart them from scratch.
Fixed bug with incorrect menu display when giant font is selected in Windows options;
Fixed bug with memory leak in DM Bar which sometimes lead to IE crash after long work;
Minor
bugs fixed.
Version 5.2 - December
15, 2006
Program
main menu redesigned;
Improved
user interface;
Added
button for closing download history;
Added
the Play/Preview button to the Download window;
The
Top Downloads item added to the File menu;
Minor
bugs fixed.
Version 5.1.2 -
November 24, 2006
The
Add download window made more convenient to use;
Added
the Top downloads menu item;
Added
ability to check MD5 sum of downloaded files (Ctrl+M);
Plug-in
interface function for accessing download info now provides download addition
date and time;
Improved
the algorithm to get a login and password for HTTP from the Site manager;
Fixed
memory leak occurred while logging a download;
Minor
bugs fixed.
Version 5.1 - October
31, 2006
Started
a new file catalog MyTopFiles.com;
Added
"Find mirrors" option;
Added
ability to add and view comments for a particular file;
Search
for files, programs, archives and documents completely reworked;
Added
new category section "Most popular" (Software, Archives, Documents,
Search);
Added
new menu item “Extract to … and open” to the “File
- ZIP/RAR” context menu;
Floating
window improved;
Reduced
processor load;
Bugs
fixed.
Version 5.0.5 -
April 10, 2006
Added
new anti-virus option to check files with the specified extensions only;
“Fast start” during OS loading;
Added
the Plug-ins button (disabled by default);
Improved
URL interception from the clipboard;
Improved
interaction with FTP servers;
Skin
Development Kit updated;
Improved
program stability;
Added
Romanian interface language;
Minor
bugs fixed.
Version 5.0 - March
15, 2006
Added
support for plug-ins;
Added
Advanced Scheduler plug-in;
Added
ability to download entire folders (including subfolders) via FTP;
Added
support for FTP over SSL/TSL;
Added
new command-line options;
Added
ability to switch to stand-by and sleep modes after completing all downloads;
Added
download of a CSS-file in the "HTML with images" mode;
Now
several selected audio files can be played with one click;
Added
"Copy file to..." item into the download context menu in the
history;
Added
option to disable tray icon animation;
Improved
integration to speed up clipboard link interception;
Download
information window modified, added option to change the color of download
indicator;
When
adding existing download to the download list and redownloading, the download
moves to the top of the list;
Improved
inteface and efficiency of FTP Explorer;
Improved
download of Gmail attachments;
Improved
file size detection on servers preventing this;
Improved
processing of links containing login and password;
Modified
tray icon tooltip;
Memory
usage optimized, increased stability;
Changed
skin compression format to ZIP;
Added
Uzbek interface language;
Bugs
fixed.
Version 4.4 - October
28, 2005
Floating
window highlights when mouse hovers over it;
Added
export/import of program settings, categories, history, and download list;
Added
possibility to reset settings to default;
Program
optimized for work with two monitors;
Added
possibility of one-time execution of automation functions;
Added
possibility to sort download list by extension;
Added
possibility to play any section of media files being downloaded;
Added
preview of *.avi files (Windows Media Player and Winamp are not supported);
For
downloads in "Autoupdate" category priority is not reset and
it can be changed for a downloaded file;
Improved
"URL is already in the list and has been downloaded" window,
added "Download" button;
Added
dynamic history update;
Improved
installer (automatic program closing, additional options);
Description
text files are moved along with files;
Improved
support for some FTP-servers;
"<"
and ">" characters allowed in URL;
Fixed
bug with login and password input for download group;
Fixed
bug with download of FTP URLs containing spaces;
Fixed
bug occurred when shutting down PC while Windows is in Locked mode;
Other
minor bugs fixed.
Version 4.3.2 -
August 23, 2005
Added
Albanian language;
Some
languages updated;
Some
bugs fixed.
Version 4.3 - August
9, 2005
Extented
proxy-servers manager added;
Added
option to choose a proxy-server for particular sites and/or downloads;
"Automatic"
download speed now works with any specified program (for Windows XP and
above only);
Added
ability to change the number of sections for a download on-the-fly (by
clicking with the right mouse button on section tabs in the download log);
In
the floating window added "Smart start/pause" menu item accessible
through the right mouse button;
Added
support for rapidshare.de;
Reduced
processor load;
Optimized
data writing to a download file;
Fixed
bug with sockets overrun under Windows XP;
Other
minor bugs fixed.
Version 4.2 - June
15, 2005
Added
possibility to download html-pages with images;
Added
possibility to open a URL in the browser if you cancel download;
Added
possibility to specify sites from which downloads will not be intercepted;
Added
options: Minimize to tray when closing, Show tray icon;
Added
possibility to choose download categories with hot-key in the Add download
window;
Added
a lot of new global hot-keys;
Speed
indicator added to the floating window as well as possibility to change
speed with the right mouse button;
Added
possibility to change font of the main window;
Added
option: Show Site properties item in download context menu;
Minor
user interface improvements;
Added
Korean and Hebrew languages;
Bugs
fixed.
Version 4.1.2 -
March 1, 2005
Some
languages updated;
Minor
bugs fixed.
Version 4.1 - February
10, 2005
Improved
program speed and stability;
Option
"Redial if speed is lower than:" added to dialer;
Added
option to set "Low" priority for downloads;
Added
new button to the toolbar: "Dial";
Support
for multi-user environment extended;
Appeared
possibilty for users with restricted accounts to work with DM on Windows
XP;
Added
back-up of technical information for files bigger than 10 MB;
Added
option to insert download description from clipboard by double-clicking
in download description window;
Program
settings window redesigned;
Minor
user interface improvements;
Added
Persian, Bulgarian, Bosnian and Lithuanian languages;
Bugs
fixed.
Version 4.0.2 -
December 30, 2004
Improved
user interface;
Improved
support for HTTP 1.1;
Added
Chinese (Simplified) language;
Some
bugs fixed.
Version 4.0 - December
15, 2004
Added
FTP Explorer;
Added
possibility to download files of size more than 2 GB (file size can also
be limited by file system used: FAT - no more than 2 GB, FAT32 - no more
than 4 GB, and NTFS - no limit);
Added
menu item Import->Unfinished downloads...;
Added
new settings: "Show splash screen while starting", "Create
separate description file for each download only if the description exists";
Added
option "Open folder" for download categories;
Added
option to open the page from which the download has been added (Referer)
by double-clicking on URL in the status panel;
To
dialer added option "Do not connect if another connection detected";
Added
option "Do not use proxy-server for the following addresses";
Fixed
problems with interaction with antivirus software;
Improved
interaction with FTP and HTTP servers;
Added
support for FTP proxy-servers;
Added
item to Opera context menu "Download All with DM";
Improved
Opera integration;
Password
encryption system was modified;
Imroved
dialer for Windows XP (recovering from connection break, callback);
Added
Turkish and Swedish languages;
Bugs
fixed.
! Downloads, that were
started by DM 4.0 and above, cannot be finished by earlier versions of
DM.
Version 3.2 - September
21, 2004
Added
option to check ZIP and RAR archives and recover corrupted ZIP archives;
Added
option to unpack ZIP and RAR archives;
Added
option "Quit the program after completing all downloads";
Added
clipboard monitoring for URL groups;
Added
option "Remember last folder for categories";
Added
scheduler option "Use schedule for all downloads (not only scheduled)";
Added
regular expression support for sorting files into categories;
Improved
user interface;
Download
indicator is now dispalyed on the status bar during download;
Fixed
bug occured after disconnection under Windows 98;
Fixed
the status bar display bug under Windows XP SP2;
Some
other bugs fixed.
Version 3.1.2 -
June 9, 2004
Added
support for more FTP servers that are not RFC compliant;
Improved
user interface;
Improved
integration into Opera;
Minor
bugs fixed.
Version 3.1 - May
24, 2004
Added
option to set priorities for downloads;
Added
check of mirror connection time;
Added
support for SOCKS 4 and SOCKS 5 proxy-servers;
Added
option to display general information for group of files selected in the
download list;
Processor
load reduced while the program working;
Added
option to edit the Referer field in the "Add download" window;
Increased
number of handled errors for "Repetitive download restart" option;
Integration
into IE improved;
Improved
integration into Opera 7.50;
Fixed
dial bug under Windows XP;
Serbian
language added;
Minor
bugs fixed.
Version 3.0 - April
8, 2004
Added
option to work with mirros for download;
Added
support for HTTP <Connect> Proxy;
Added
option to reserve disk space for a file on download start(enabled by default);
New
shortcuts added: Ctrl+Alt+S - Start All, Ctrl+Alt+P - Pause All;
Added
option to delete selected records from the history;
Added
option to select files by extension when adding a lot of URLs ("Add
multiple URLs" window);
Added
option to copy URL for a download group;
Improved
file size detection for FTP servers;
Improved
check for available space on the disk;
Added
Belarusian language;
Some
bugs fixed.
Version 2.7.3 -
March 15, 2004
Added
Arabic language;
Minor
bugs fixed.
Version 2.7.2 -
February 19, 2004
Added
Greek language;
Minor
bugs fixed.
Version 2.7 - February
13, 2004
Added
new option of "Smart Pause / Smart Start";
New
buttons added to the toolbar: Smart Pause / Smart Start, Move to Top,
Move to Bottom, Disconnect after completing all downloads, Shut down PC
after completing all downloads;
Added
option to move unfinished downloads (.dmf files) from one computer to
another;
Added
option to start download or add download to the list when opening a .dmf
file;
Added
option of "Use "History" when checking if a file has been
previously downloaded";
Added
new command line options;
Added
new keyboard shortcuts;
The
look of buttons optimized for Windows XP;
Fixed
bugs in interaction with NTLM-proxy;
Some
bugs fixed.
Version 2.6 - December
22, 2003
Added
option to review the contents of a ZIP archive before download and choose
which files to download from the archive;
Added
"Show size in bytes" option;
New
buttons has been added to the toolbar: Site Manager, Maximum number of
simultaneous downloads, Copy file to..., Move file to..., Move Up, Move
Down;
Added
new command-line options: -startall, -stopall;
Some
bugs fixed.
Version 2.5.2 -
November 27, 2003
Added
Slovenian and Italian languages;
Some
bugs fixed.
Version 2.5 - November
13, 2003
User
interface has been redesigned;
Added
option of automatic file update ("Autoupdate" category);
Settings
of up to ten proxy-servers are stored;
Added
export of downloads to HTML-file;
Added
support for NTLM-authentication and NTLM-proxy;
Added
new command-line options;
Added
option of automatic switching off floating window display if there are
no active downloads;
Check
for file existence in the download folder before starting download;
Automatic
insertion of the text selected on a page opened in IE into the download
description;
Ability
to drag download description text from another programs;
Automatic
receipt of information about MP3 files when starting download;
Improved
integration into Opera;
Autodetection
of FTP PASV mode;
Improve
resume support detection;
Improved
cookies support;
Added
ability to download files from mail-boxes accessible through web-interface
(yahoo.com and others);
Modified
work with sockets (opening/closing);
Increased
program speed and stability;
Some
bugs fixed.
Version 2.3 - October
1, 2003
Download
log moved to the main window;
Added
option to start all downloads at specified time;
Added
option to start all downloads if Internet connection is detected;
Added
option of cyclic downloads restart in case of connection/server errors;
Added
option to disable error messages;
Added
"Don't use proxy for local addresses" option;
Improved
algorithm of download resumption detection for HTTP;
Improved
algorithm of getting file size for FTP;
Added
option to force downloads to be started with Ctrl+Shift keys;
"Download
with DM" option was added to Opera context menu;
Improved
Opera, Mozilla and Netscape integration;
Added
Danish and Japanese languages;
Minor
bugs fixed.
Version 2.2.2 -
September 9, 2003
The
bug which led in some cases to downloading of corrupted files is fixed;
Increased
stability;
The
bug in checking DM web site for a new version with using HTTP 1.1 is
fixed;
Added
French, Polish and Danish languages;
Minor
bugs fixed.
Version 2.2 - August
19, 2003
Manual
speed mode has been added;
The
resume detection mechanism has been improved;
Now
you can edit the Refferer field right on the Add/Edit download window
by using CTRL+R;
Added
option of automatic creation of the description file for every download;
Encoding
selection for the descript.ion was added;
The
"recognition" bug for the files that contain spaces in their
names (FTP only) has been fixed;
Processing
of the 403 - Forbidden error code has been corrected;
Added
Croatian language;
Lots
of minor bugs fixed.
Version 2.1 - July
14, 2003
Added
option of checking downloaded files for updates;
Added
option of creating download folders based on server name;
Added
new site properties in the site manager: category, maximum naumber of
downloads;
Added
various color modes for displaying the download list;
Downloaded
files on wich no operations were performed are marked as unread;
Added
option of copying/moving downloaded files;
Added
option of automatic downloads renaming;
Added
option of automatic file renaming in case of file name conflict;
Added
option of editing properties for all downloads in a group;
Added
option of editing download URL while the download is paused;
Added
the "Create folder" button to "Browse folders" dialogs
(may not work on Windows 95/98);
Option
of creating new categories in the "Add a download" window;
Improved
interaction with anti-virus programs;
Optimized
memory management;
Increased
stability;
Fixed
bug in HTTPS implementation (work with Microsoft IIS);
Fixed
bugs with information display in the status bar;
Some
bugs fixed.
Version 2.0 - June
23, 2003
Added
support for HTTPS;
Added
the downloads history;
Addded
search in the download list;
Added
"Restore connection if disconnected" option;
Added
option of dragging selected text onto the floating window. DM will find
links in the text and offer you to start download;
Disabled
the window appearing on updates check;
Added
Hungarian language;
Some
bugs fixed.
Version 1.6 - May
23, 2003
Added
skins support;
DM
is distributed with two standard skins with possibility to download much
more great skins from our site;
Download
saving options has been added: use the last used folder as the current
folder, create subfolders based on URL;
New
hotkeys added;
Added
option to start all downloads on program start;
Added
option to get date and time of file creation from the server;
Added
option to guaranteed link capture;
Added
Czech language;
Some
bugs fixed.
Version 1.5 - April
22, 2003
Option
of adding a URL group by mask;
Added
option to play streaming audio and video files while they are being downloaded;
Added
extended integration with Internet Explorer 6.0 or above;
Added
integration with Avant Browser and NeoPlanet provided that Internet Explorer
6.0 is installed on your system;
Added
option to manually clear the Deleted folder;
Option
of adding downloads from FTP folders;
Option
to automatically use Internet Explorer proxy-server settings;
Modified
integration with Opera;
Fixed
interface bugs on Windows XP;
Added
Spanish, Portuguese and Ukrainian languages;
Some
bugs fixed.
Version 1.4 - March
17, 2003
Added
power and useful tool for management of download categories;
Added
automatic file type detection with automatic file placement to the specified
categories;
Added
Dutch language;
Some
bugs fixed.
Version 1.3.2 -
February 27, 2003
Added
German language;
Added
"Create subfolders by date" option;
Some
bugs fixed.
Version 1.3.1 -
February 17, 2003
Added
integration into Opera 4.0 and above, Netscape Communicator 6.0 and above,
and Mozilla browsers;
Added
export/import of URLs into/from the following formats: *.txt, *.txtd,
*.lst, *.urls, *.ion;
Added
sounds;
Added
option of adding files with identical names to the download list;
Added
download list backup feature;
Added
search by a file name in the download list;
Added
option to turn on/off the use of cache;
URL
detection system modidied;
File
save algorithm modidied;
Some
bugs fixed.
Version 1.2 - January
20, 2003
Added
the floating window including download speed indicator, active downloads
indicators, cart for dragging links;
Original
Active Visual Cart technology which lets you to work with DM without
opening the main program window;
Added
ability to restrict the number of sections for a particular download and
site;
Option
to drag downloads in the list with mouse and keyboard (Alt + arrow keys)
added;
Improved
reliability of download if OS errors and computer shutdowns occurs;
Added
ability to manage buttons on the toolbar;
Added
automatic detection and use of your browser's proxy-server settings;
Added
Windows XP support;
Added
new features to improve usability;
Some
bugs fixed.
Version 1.1 - December
23, 2002
Now
it's possible to limit download speed;
Automatic
speed mode has been added;
New
"Download ALL with DM" option was added (It can be activated
from your web browser on any webpage);
Processing
of Alt and Ctrl in Internet Explorer was added;
New
features added to the DM Bar;
Download
table customization, new columns added too;
Some
bugs fixed.
Version 1.0 - December
2, 2002
Public
release.
Version 0.1-0.9
- from September to December, 2002
Beta
releases.
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