Internet Download Manager

Gigzama

Has anyone found a way to make IDM and its associated extension work reliably in Vivaldi yet? Apparently, something about Vivaldi interferes with IDM's capture of HTML5 and Flash video. Oddly enough, if you remove the extension, the download icon appears for flash downloads and works properly. Install the extension, and the download icon disappears. While this might be acceptable, YouTube doesn't work either way. TIA, Cary

Hadden89

Here IDM works on almost all sites. But can confirm that Youtube and a few others don't.
Personally I don't use the extension - which seems only for having it in context menu; the link catching and video download box, works also without that. In recent versions of the app, it works even better, as now it has official support for Vivaldi.
I'll try enabling it again… What is your IDM extension version?

TbGbe · Win: Snapshot Vivaldi 7.4.3670.3

This extension has been discussed before
https://vivaldi.net/en-US/forum/extensions/8400-internet-download-manager-not-working

There are some fixes and workarounds which may work for you.

highstream

Not only doesn't the extension popup work in YouTube, but YouTube videos didn't play until I restarted the browser. Strange.

Gigzama

Here's a possible clue: I found out today that in private mode, the IDM extension will work on YouTube, and every other site that it ought…EVERY SINGLE TIME.

Edit: Ah, well nevermind. It quit working for no apparent reason. It was good while it lasted.

Gigzama

I found that Ant Download Manager does exactly the same thing as IDM....works one time only, then quits working on YouTube once you close out a browser sessions, never to work again.

HOWEVER, I have a reasonable workaround:

Install the extension Incognito RegEx. It's only 236kb, and apparently light on resources.

For youtube, add the following pattern into Incognito RegEx:

.www.youtube.com/

Now, anytime you click on a youtube link, it will open in an incognito window, upon which the IDM extension will work correctly and intercept potential downloads. Likewise, you could add a pattern for any website you might be having trouble.

But seriously man...can't we have this looked into? I can't believe the solution would be difficult.

ivelleo

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Ayespy

@ivelleo: The browser is in its infancy. There are a couple of thousand unique (no exaggeration) feature requests pending, each user holding that their request is the most needed, most important. More features, and better compatibility are built in literally every day. Come back around and take another look some time.

Gigzama

@Ayespy

@ivelleo said in Internet Download Manager:

@Gigzama: I appreciate you efforts bro... [SNIP]
Either you wont fix it, or you cant. Very sad at any rate.

Yeah, I was about that frustrated at one time....but this browser is too good to ignore. At the very least, anything IDM won't pick up in normal browsing mode WILL work in incognito mode. And I found an even smaller extension to switch the browser to incognito automatically for sites that need it (RegExp Incognito, at just 5kb).
Alternately, I did find another downloader that integrates well with Vivaldi and works very well with YouTube - EagleGet. It's free, though admittedly the GUI is a bit clumsy and not as slick as IDM.

TbGbe · Win: Snapshot Vivaldi 7.4.3670.3

@ivelleo said in Internet Download Manager:

Either you wont fix it, or you cant. Very sad at any rate.

According to one user it DOES work / another says it doesn't
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/7544/cant-install-idm-extension

Gigzama

@TbGbe It's hit and miss. It mostly works. Not on youtube, but most everywhere else. On straight Blink variants, such as Iron, Chromium, CentBrowser, Opera, etc, it simply works, period.

TbGbe · Win: Snapshot Vivaldi 7.4.3670.3

@Gigzama In that case, maybe a new Bug could be raised?
Looking through (a lot of) the threads, it is unclear if one was ever raised via the official form.
https://vivaldi.com/bugreport/

iAN CooG

I solved all download matters with jdownloader, manages everything nicely

JuniorSilva30

IDM works great for me! On any website! Even on YouTube! (I do not know if this post has already been updated, because IDM works very well as in other browsers.)

Gigzama

@Yagna Literally the latest version of Chrome? Or Vivaldi? If that's the case, IDM will have to release a new update to cope with Chrome changes.

JuniorSilva30

I'm a very lucky guy lol. As I said, IDM works great here with Vivaldi!

Gigzama

@JuniorSilva30 I don't believe ya! Are you running the x86 or x64 build?
Prompted by your post, I uninstalled IDM, wiped the reg keys, rebooted, reinstalled, uninstalled Vivaldi, wiped old profile and reinstalled. Integrated IDM, still the same old thing. Works once, but never again.

JuniorSilva30

@Gigzama said in Internet Download Manager:

Are you running the x86 or x64 build?

VIvaldi x86

Too bad it still does not work with you.

Horacio5

@Gigzama HOLA
Soy nuevo en Vivaldi pero antiguo usuario de IDM.
Busqué y encontré poco y nada.
Pero se me ocurrió pedir ayuda a los autores. Eso me enviaron:

Necesita instalar la extensión IDM para su navegador. Por favor lea aquí cómo hacerlo:
http://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/register/new_faq/bi25.html

Fijate porque no lo entiendo.
Mi mail, [email protected]

Gracias
Horacio

Obiwan2208

Hola @Horacio5,

en este foro el idioma permitido es el Ingles, por lo que deberías traducir tu mensaje y que así la gente te pueda entender; das una información muy valiosa. Si no puedes traducirlo te puedo ayudar.

Hay una sección especifica para el habla hispana aquí.

Hi, @Horacio5

In this forum the allowed language is English, so you should translate your msg for the rest of people can understand you, you give very valuable info. If you can't translate it I can help to.

There's a specific section for Spanish speaking here.