1. Advanced Browser Integration

XDM can be intgrated with any browser to capture downloads. This feature also enables XDM to grab videos from websites like Youtube, Metacafe etc.This section describes how to enable this feature.

Activating Advanced Browser Integration on Linux, Mac or other Opearing Systems

Firefox/SeaMonkey
Goto XDM Menu->Tools->Browser Integration->
'Monitor Firefox' and Install the extension
Google Chrome
Goto Chrome's Settings page ->Show Advanced Settings ->
Network->Change proxy settings.
Select Proxy Auto Configuration or similar option and provide
Auto Proxy URL as 'http://localhost:9614/proxy.pac'
Opera
Goto Preferences->Advanced->Network->Proxy Servers->Check
automatic proxy configuration and provide the address
'http://localhost:9614/proxy.pac'
Konqueror
Goto Settings->Configure->Proxies and provide auto proxy url as
'http://localhost:9614/proxy.pac'
Apple Safari
Goto Preferences->Advanced->Change settings
Check 'Automatic Proxy Configuration' and enter the address
'http://localhost:9614/proxy.pac'
Other Browsers
Goto Configuration/Preferences->Network->Proxy settings
And provide the auto proxy address 'http://localhost:9614/proxy.pac'

NOTE: Always start XDM before starting your browser.
You may add XDM on System start-up.
Check 'Run XDM on start-up' from XDM's browser integration dialog.

Activating Advanced Browser Integration on Windows
XDM will autometically enable this feature while running on Windows. NO manual steps are required. However if autometic configuration failed for some reaseon, you still can use this feature by manually configuring the network. You can turn this feature on/off anytime using: XDM Menu->Tools->Browser Integration-> Monitor All Browsers and click on the Auto Configure Button.
NOTE: XDM will be able to takeover downloads from browsers while XDM is running.

To configure manually, perform the following steps:
1. Goto Control Panel->Internet Option->Connections. If you are using Dialup or VPN then select the connection from the list and click on the Settings button. If you are using LAN then click on LAN settings.
2. Select use Auto configuration Script checkbox and type http://localhost:9614/proxy.pac in the textbox.
3. Save the settings.
NOTE:
1. Manual configuration will work properly only if XDM runs on System start-up. You can select this option in XDM Menu-> Browser Integration Dialog.
2. To capture download from Opera, start XDM before starting Opera.
3. To capture download from Firefox, install the firefox extension from Browser Integration Dialog.

2. Downloading Videos With XDM

YouTube videos can be easily downloaded with
XDM YouTube Downloader.
Goto XDM Menu-> File ->YouTube Downloader.

Downloading videos from Metacafe,Google Video,Daily Motion or any other website:

For Firefox/SeaMonkey users

Integrate XDM with Firefox.
Goto XDM Menu->Browser Integration and drag the icon into Firefox's Window.This will install the XDM extension into Firefox/SeaMonkey.
Using Firefox/SeaMonkey visit the website (ie. Youtube,Metacafe etc.) and play the video in your Browser.
After the video is started playing Right click inside Firefox's Window and select 'Download FLV with XDM' from the popup menu.
The download link for the FLV video will be displayed in XDM Media Grabber.
Click on the download button.

NOTE:

Make sure XDM is running while playing the video in Firefox/SeaMonkey.

For Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari or Other Browsers.

Configure Network for Advanced Browser Integration.
Goto XDM Menu->Browser Integration-> Monitor All Browsers.
If you are using Windows click on the Auto Configure button.
If you are using Linux, Mac etc click on the Manual configuration button and follow the steps or refer to Browser_Integration.txt
After the first step is done close the browser and start it again to Make sure XDM starts running before the browser starts.
To make this easy XDM can be added to startup.
Using Browser visit the website (ie. Youtube, Metacafe etc.) and play the video in the Browser.
Goto XDM Menu->File->Grabber to download the video.

3. Refreshing Broken/Dead Downloads

While resuming downloads sometimes you may encounter an error 'download session has been expired'.
This error occures when the download link is valid for a limited amount of time.

To resume such downloads you will need to find a new download link that will point to that same file which was being downloaded.

Follow the bellow steps to get a fresh link:

Goto XDM Menu->Refresh Link.
It will open the Refresh Link dialog.
If XDM knows the webpage from which the download was captured it will be displayed, otherwise you will have to find that webpage manually.
Open that webpage and find the download link which points to the same file which was being downloaded (e.g. file size is same).
If it is a video you can find the link using XDM Media Grabber.
If it was a YouTube video, captured by XDM YouTube Downloader, then repete the steps you performed last time to get the direct download link.
Paste the new link in 'New Download Link' textbox and click OK.
Resume the download.

NOTE: If the new download link does not points to the same file which was being downloaded (filesize is not same) then XDM will throw an error or will result to a corrupted download.