Using Download Managers for Better Speeds and Stability

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Why Use a Download Manager?

For users who need the absolute best speeds, stability and the ability to pause and resume downloads, we enable download links to be copied and pasted (or imported) on all render outputs into most download managers.

While we implement a ton of optimizations to ensure we maximize speeds throughout the whole process, there are some factors we cannot easily control for.

These include:

• Browser limitations:

  • The maximum number of network connections a browser like Chrome can handle per website.

  • The number of threads a particular tab can spin up.

• Your Local Setup:

  • Your local network speeds

  • Network stability and interruptions

  • Your local system crashes

  • Your local computer specs incl. RAM, CPU, Network Card, etc.

Download Managers typically include the following features:

1. Resumable Downloads: They allow pausing and resuming downloads, which is crucial for large files or unstable network connections.

2. Faster Downloads: By splitting a file into multiple segments, download managers can make parallel connections. This results in faster, more efficient use of available bandwidth.

3. Scheduled Downloads: Users can schedule downloads for later, saving bandwidth or automating tasks during off-peak hours.

4. Batch Processing: They support downloading multiple files at once, managing large queues efficiently.

5. Error Recovery: Download managers handle interruptions (e.g., power outages) and retry failed downloads without starting over.

6. Better Organization: They help categorize and manage downloaded files systematically, saving time.

7. Bandwidth Management: Users can limit download speeds to prevent downloads from consuming all available bandwidth, ensuring other activities aren’t affected.

8. Centralize downloads via multiple protocol support: Download managers often support multiple protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, Magnets & Torrents, etc.), enabling access to files from diverse sources and also the centralization of your downloads.

9. Browser Extensions: Some download managers offer browser extensions, making the downloading process easier. These extensions automatically detect downloadable files on a webpage or clipboard and will enable you to automatically put them into the manager’s download queue.

10. Network Bypass: Some download managers

11. Virus Scanning: Some download managers include built-in virus scanning for your downloads. Whether or not you want that is another question. If you have antivirus already, it’s probably not needed.

12. Checksum Integrity: This, unlike the above point about virus scanning is definitely a benefit. Download managers may verify file integrity by checking against provided checksums. This ensures the download was not corrupted in transit, basically ensuring that you’re downloading what you intended to download.

13. General Organization: Download managers typically offer sorted lists, folder presets, and naming conventions. This helps locate and categorize downloaded files without manually digging through folders.

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Third Party Download Managers

Internally we’ve tested that we’re compatible with the following download managers:

Please download these at your own caution. While we’ve tested these internally and can review their use with our platform, we cannot guarantee the quality and safety of external products. Finally, it’s important to note that in the world of download managers it’s not particularly rare for the application to include bloatware. We recommend picking those that are Open Source as the source code being open can help avoid bloatware being bundled.

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Copying Links from Renderjuice to Clipboard to use Download Managers

Within each render job, in the previews panel where you download outputs, you will now see dropdowns available with a Copy links to clipboard button to automatically grab links formatted to work with download managers.

This is available on all download spots so that you can grab every possible selection of frames you want. In the above diagram:

(Label 1) Download all frames of the complete set of outputs including different stereoscopy camera frames, composite node outputs, etc.

(Label 2) Download only the composite node outputs.

(Label 3 and 4) Download specific frames with more granular filters. You can specify frame ranges that you want to download and filter by camera, by composite node output, or together. You can also use the Nodes tab (Label 4) to filter first by the node output.

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Step by Step with Download Managers

• Free Download Manager (FDM)
• JDownloader