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"File Manager" is one of NetTransport most useful features. NetTransport manages files based on "Folder" concept like "Windows Explorer". Every completed file stored in the folder is moved to that specified hard disk directory. For example, every task is saved in the folder "MP3", whose directory is "c:\download\mp3". When one MP3 is finished and placed into the "MP3" folder, the actual file will be also moved to directory "c:\download\mp3". If there are too many files in same folder, which perhaps degrade the performance of "File Manager", you need to create sub-folders within this folder and classify part files into these sub-folders to obtain better performance. NetTransport allows you to create as many folders as you want. You can also change previously downloaded files to any folder by dragging. Because the actual file is moved while moving the download task, "Drag & Drop" feature makes management more integrated. Of course using "Task Properties" can also adjust folder and its directory, please refer to "New Task". Strongly recommend use inbuilt "File Manager" to manage downloaded files, otherwise NetTransport won't display some information due to the destination file not found. After installation, the top folder is "Job", which saves all uncompleted tasks, its default directory is "C:\", strongly recommend change its destination directory to other place that you desire. In addition, it can not be removed, but can be renamed.
| New Folder
| Name Folder name can not be duplicate. Directory Corresponding hard disk directory. Click the right side button to browse and select the destination path. Path will be created if not existed. Select the parent folder Selected folder is the parent folder of being created folder.
| Delete
| Delete the selected folder and its sub-folders. Note that all their tasks will be removed, and NetTransport will remove the empty directory too.
| Properties
| Change sub-folder directory properties Use this feature to rename the current directory path, simultaneously change the parent path of the sub-folder to this "Directory", and automatically change the parent path of the subordinate folder to this sub-folder path in recursion. For example, "E:\Download\Movie" is the path of folder "Movie", then "E:\Download\Movie\Western" is the path of sub-folder "Western", and "E:\Download\Movie\Western\America" is the path of subordinate sub-folder "America", etc. Move local file Move all the files in this folder to the new path set by "Directory". If "Change sub-folder directory properties" is also checked, all the files in their sub-folders will be moved to their own modified new path.
| Load Queue from Text/Save Queue as Text
| Save all the tasks of both the selected folder and its sub-folders as a text file.
| You are able to choose your desired entries to export, which is also recorded into the text file, so that NetTransport can import these entries without any prompt. Note the tasks to be imported will be put into the top folder, not the original folder.
| Save as Webpage
| This outputs a table list in the form of HTML, showing what files were downloaded, where they were from, etc. A dialog box is presented to show where you would like save the list.
| Add/Modify registry key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Xi\NetXfer\History\Title Back" with type DWORD to change the table title color, the default value is C0E8C0(RGB); add/modify registry key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Xi\NetXfer\History\Content Back" with type DWORD to change table content color, the default value is D0E8D0.
| Open Directory
| Let you browse folder easily.
Queue Pane
| Toolbar
| Start | Pause | Stop | New | Delete | Properties | Up | Down | Open | Directory |
| New Download
| URL When one FTP's URL includes wildcards such as '?', '*', NetTransport is to download all the files that can be found. For instance, URL is "ftp://host/path/../*.zip", all the files whose extension is "zip" under this path are to be retrieved. And if text in the clipboard is a valid URL, text will be automatically filled into this field. If this text includes unrecognized characters, please press "CTRL" when clicking "New Download", NetTransport maybe fix this case. URL right side button It provides you to select the seed file whose extension is ".torrent" or ".metalink". Torrent files It becomes active only when URL is an existed BT seed file. Use this feature to get part files that you desire.
| All Check this to set selected mark for all the files, uncheck to clear the checked mark. Select files Press "Ctrl + A" to select all the files. Press SPACE to toggle the state between checked and unchecked.
Metalink If you want to know Metalink protocol, please visit www.metalinker.org. If there are multiple files in the metalink document, NetTransport will pop a dialog to allow you to choose one. Please do NOT modify URL after file is selected.
Referer URL of the resource where the requested URL was obtained. Using IE standard context menu leads this field to be filled by NetTransport, so you can browse page by selecting menu item "Browse Referer" in the future. A file in some site is updated but renamed so often that you can't check for update directly. In this case, you can browse referred page and find the updated filename, then rename URL and download it again. Folder When a file is finished downloading, it will be automatically moved to the chosen folder. The default folder is "Job". Click the right side push button to create a new folder. Note, for FTP with wildcard or folder, its root directory is pointed to the directory specified by field "Folder". Directory Save to specified destination directory. Click the right side button to browse and select the folder. Filename Allows you to save the file with a different filename rather than the one that is parsed automatically by URL. Create Subdirectories Locally Create the same directory structure in the hard disk as the URL. Like "http://site/dir/file.zip", the destination path is "C:\Setup", then "file.zip" will be put into "C:\Setup\site\dir". Don't use this feature with "Create Subdirectories Locally" in the "Other Settings > Download" tab. Threads Split a file to be downloaded into 1-10 parts. Multiple threads download can help to increase downloading speeds significantly. In most cases, 2-4 threads is enough to reach the maximum bandwidth. Too many threads normally won't make the download any faster because of the ISP limited bandwidth, on the contrary probably make the server crashed. 2-threads is advice value except bad communication quality or some servers limiting the bandwidth of single connection. Modify registry "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Xi\NetXfer\Download\Max Threads" with type DWORD to allow maximum 60 threads every task. MMS is a exception, since the bytes per second of one movie is fixed, which might be lower than your ISP bandwidth, more threads may be efficient to shorten download time. However, it is suitable to set the value to 10 and above for BT and eMule tasks. Authentication Some servers require you to be identified with a pair of username and password. Start
Manually | Create task without starting transfer.
Instantly | Start downloading immediately in despite of its schedule settings.
Schedule | Start task on schedule. If no any schedule including the global schedule is available, this will run the task at once.
Comment This field is provided to remind yourself the details of task. NetTransport will fill it when you use IE context menu or the URL is caught by clicking. Scheme Scheme is a set of settings. Sometimes the default settings can not satisfy the requirement of every task. It is a good way to customize and maintain several schemes, if necessary, you can switch from one scheme to another quickly. On clicking "OK", the current scheme is applied. The "Default" scheme can not be deleted. The proxy of current scheme is the global proxy, and is used by "Quick Connection bar" and eMule servers. Other Settings
| Download
| No Cache Some proxy servers store browsed data into its cache. When someone's requests access to that data later, the proxy server will retrieve the data straight from the quicker cache instead of getting it from its original location. Check this option to tell NetTransport to use cache or not. Cookie Retrieves the cookie for the specified URL, and sends it as the HTTP header. Always send URL as UTF-8 Send UNICODE character set instead of ANSI. This feature is very suitable to Double-Byte Windows like Chinese. Send Referer Referer URL is always sent, as long as the referer is existed in the task properties. Otherwise if checked, NetTransport will create a referer URL based on the task URL. User-Agent Some Web sites only allow to download files via certain type of browsers. For example, you must choose "WinampMPEG/5.0" when recording Shoutcast type of streaming. If the field is left blank, "User-Proxy" will not be sent. Passive Mode Determine whether client connects server (passive) or server connects user. Commonly the passive mode is much more safer. Absolute pathname The default action of FTP transfer is that firstly enter work directory (CWD), then retrieve files. But some FTP servers refuse this mode, so check this feature to let NetTransport retrieve file by its full path. Download Subdirectories Download the all the files under directories and its subdirectories from the remote server. Create Folder Create folders and sub-folders in NetTransport according to directory structure on the remote server. Create Subdirectories Locally Construct directory structure on the local hard disk just like the one on the remote server. Connection Timeout Not connecting to the server within this interval is considered as a failure connection. Data Timeout Not receiving any data from the server within this interval is considered as a receiving failure. Retry Delay Choose how long NetTransport waits before attempting a new connection after a failed connection. Many FTP servers will ban one IP, if this IP repeats retrying too frequently. Use this value to avoid this problem. You can decrease the value of "Connection Timeout", "Data Timeout", "Retry Delay" when creating BT and eMule tasks. Extend Enter your customized cookies. Cookies will be splitted by line.
| Proxy
| You may freely select desired proxy server to break some site restrictions such as limiting download flow, only permitting one thread per IP.
| No Proxy Normal manner. Single Proxy All connections use one proxy server. Multiple Proxies Genuine one proxy one thread. Use this feature to break some site restrictions such as limiting download flow, only permitting one thread per IP. Click "proxy" field for each row in the report view, then select one from drop-down proxy list. Please refer to Proxy workspace.
| Streaming
| Bandwidth Normally use maximum bandwidth (10Mbps) to receive best image quality. But some old servers, like RealServer 6.0, on the contrary prevent from playing (downloading) under excess bandwidth. In this case please select lower bandwidth to retry, for instance, 56K is suitable for RealServer 6.0. Optimal Image Quality Normally use this option to receive best image quality despite of bandwidth limit. (Knowledge: image quality is different according to bandwidth) But sometimes server prohibits exceeding bandwidth behave. In this case uncheck it then retry. Delivery Bandwidth Some newer server like Helix Server 9.0 supports "TurboPlay" feature, which does not restrict transmission. (Knowledge: commonly streaming server sends suitable bytes to meet playing requirement). By using this feature, NetTransport shorten download time very much. But sometimes this feature probably disturbs receiving (stop receiving data until timeouts), in this case please uncheck it. Stop recording when timeout The bad file on the remote site causes server software unable to send data, use this feature to skip a certain interval (20 seconds) to intend to receive the data in the good sector. Keep connection after SMIL is analyzed There are some URLs in Real script (whose extension is ".smi"). Some RTSP servers ask player firstly play the script, then play the content parsed from the script. If the player skips the script to play the content directly, the servers will give an error. In this case please check this feature, only the first parsed URL can be recorded. Send RealPlayer GUID to RealServers This makes NetTransport simulate RealPlayer, some Real Servers need to check the version of player. Stop recording when server terminates streaming Not suggest. If there is something wrong with streaming file on the server, downloading process appears file size is changed very often, in this case please check this feature to ignore the notify of end of streaming. via HTTP Use HTTP protocol to receive streaming. Microsoft Media Server has HTTP and RTSP control protocol except standard MMS protocol. If MMS fails, you can choose this protocol instead. Similarly, RealNetworks also has HTTP tunnel protocol except standard RTSP protocol. If RTSP fails, you can check this to use HTTP tunnel protocol instead. This feature is very useful in LAN, if your network administrator opens only HTTP port. So you can use HTTP to record streaming. Sequence for Microsoft, RTSP >> HTTP (MMS) >> MMS >> Standard HTTP. Sequence for RealNetworks, RTSP >> HTTP (tunnel) >> Standard HTTP. User-Agent Certain sites need special player version string. If you know, please enter here or keep the default content. Locate Set a time span to record desired part of streaming content.
| Schedule
| Check entry Check/Uncheck the schedule entry to enable/disable its settings. Copy/Paste Copy and paste only a schedule entry. You can use this feature to create the copy of one entry quickly if most attributes are same, then change some to meet your record requirements.
| Enable Whether this entry is available or not. Run Once every scheduled period Checking this feature to allow the task to be scheduled once in a period of scheduled time. Normally the scheduled task will work till the end time, even if connection is lost. In this case there are several files under the destination folder. But if you are sure once is enough, you can check it. All Check/Uncheck all the Days. Start at / Stop at When time is over, NetTransport will stop this schedule and start the newest schedule entry. If stop time is earlier than start time, the stop time belongs to the next day. However task may be forced to stop due to network problem like timeout. Disable This feature prevents schedule entry from being invoked in the future. Periodic You can use this feature to record streaming every desired minutes. For example, you want to record 10 minutes news every an hour from 8:00am to 6:00pm. This feature helps to reduce the amount of scheduled entries. Customize filename In the case that the field is blank, the filename is based on start and stop time, and its form is similar to "<file name>_<start time>[_<stop time>][.ext]". Another case that you enter the filename. Keywords must be case sensitive, and be followed by symbol '/'. Except the comment in the dialog, extra keywords "/yy", "/d", "/M", "/H", "/m", "/s" (Recommend not use) express the short date time format, the prefix '0' will be ignore, like "04430" means "4.30.2004". Illustration, "file_/MM-/dd-/yy_/HH/mm/ss_/HH/mm/ss.rm" represents "file_04-30-04_100000_113000.rm". Seed Keyword "/seq" will be replaced by current sequence number, which starts from "Seed", increases by "Step". When you want to record a longer interval, but if "Filename" is too simple, when connection is lost, the downloaded file may be overwritten due to the same filename. Use this feature to avoid that case, like file_20070725_1.zip, file_20070725_2.zip, file_20070725_3.zip ... Width Zeros are added until the minimum width is reached. Customize URL This feature is used to generate dynamic URL based on time. For instance, "http://site/dir/file_20070725.zip", the main URL is "http://site/dir/", you must enter "file_/yyyy/MM/dd.zip" here. So "URL" + "Customize URL" shall be an available URL. In addition, you can't use keywords "/seq", "/file" and "/ext". Special keyword "/DD-n/" and "/D-n/" mean the date can be adjusted when generating URL dynamically. "/DD" indicates long day format, "/D" is short day format; positive "n" specifies previous days, negative "n" specifies next days. They must be enclosed by "[]", which means the keywords in "[]" range will participate in calculation. For example, "[/yyyy/MM/DD-2/].asf", if today is Jan 24, 2008, then the result is 20080122.asf.
| URL
| If there are some URLs pointed to the same file in the referer page, you can use this feature to not only degrade the server payload but also speed up transfer. Leave column "URL" in one thread blank to still use the main URL, otherwise NetTransport replaces the main URL with this URL to get the same file.
| Add Batch Downloads
| Use this feature if there are a lot of files to be downloaded with a pattern in their names.
| Wildcard URL is made up of three parts, "(*)" is wildcard, which supports number and alphabetical ordering. For example, this will create tasks whose URL is from "http://www.net-xfer.com/images/gif_0.gif" to "http://www.net-xfer.com/images/gif_99.gif" in above illustration. Wildcard width If the wildcard is replaced by digit, then zeros are added until the minimum width is reached.
| Paste URL
| Add URLs in the clipboard. Press SPACE to check or uncheck URLs, please refer to "Select URLs".
| Delete
| Delete selected tasks.
| Properties
| Edit the attributes of selected task. If multiple tasks are selected, only "Referer", "Folder", "Directory", "Transports", "Username/Password", "Start" and extensive tabs except URL are available.
| Comment
| You can modify comment while downloading.
| Comment as Filename
| Use comment to rename.
| Start
| Start selected tasks. The completed BT and eMule tasks will offer upload service. If task is being scheduled, but you want to bypass its schedule entries, please click "Start" twice.
| Pause
| Pause selected tasks. But BT and eMule tasks still offer upload service even if tasks are stopped. If you want to stop them thoroughly, please click button "Stop".
| Stop
| Similar to "Pause", except that it stops upload service of P2P tasks.
| Start All
| Start all uncompleted and scheduled tasks, and let the completed P2P tasks offer upload service. Note, the number of downloading connections does not exceed the value set by "Options > Connection > Global max connections", the excess tasks are in the state of waiting.
| Pause All
| Stop all running, waiting, scheduled tasks.
| Move Up
| Move the selected tasks up, the higher the task is, the earlier it starts.
| Move Down
| Move the selected tasks down, the lower the task is, the later it starts.
| Move to Top/Bottom
| Move the selected task top/bottom directly.
| Open Downloaded File
| Open the downloaded file with its default association. BT task perhaps opens its top directory.
| Open Directory
| Open its directory of the selected task.
| Check for Update
| Check whether the downloaded file has been updated. Use this feature to update some software periodically.
| Download Again
| Delete downloaded file and download again.
| Copy URL to Clipboard
| Copy URLs of the selected tasks to clipboard.
| Browse Referer
| Open referer page by default browser such as Internet Explorer, Netscape.
| Icons
|  | Running
|  | Pausing
|  | Finished
|  | Failed
|  | Waiting to start
|  | Being scheduled
Thread Pane
| Start
| Start the current selected connection.
| Pause
| Pause the selected running connection.
| Restart
| Pause then start the current connection.
| Increase
| Add a connection of this task. Use this feature when you find that download is too slower.
| Decrease
| Stop and delete the last connection.
| Proxy
| When the proxy type of the current task is "Multiple Proxies" mode and the selected thread stays in the state of pause, you can choose proxy server for the thread. When the proxy type of task is "Multiple Proxies" mode, increasing thread will also display this dialog.
Log Pane
| Clear Log
| Clear all shown text.
| Copy
| Copy selected content to clipboard.
| Save to file
| Save all the content to a text file. If you have trouble in transfer, please send this text to us for technical support.