Luciano Evaristo Guerche

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How to download PDC Sessions using DownThemAll! Firefox addon

Step 1: Open the blog post where links to the PDC Sessions you want are

Step 2: Open DownThemAll! Firefox addon

Step 3a: To download only zip files, check only "Archives (zip, rar, ...)"

Step 3b: To download all video files (wmv-hd, wmv, zune, mp4), check only "Videos (mpeg, avi, ...)"

Step 3c: To download only Windows Media Video in High Definition (wmv-hd), uncheck all filters, type "/WMV-HQ/" on "Filtragem Rápida" [quick filter]

Step 3d: To download only Powerpoint presentations, uncheck all filters, type ".pptx" on "Filtragem Rápida" [quick filter]

Step 4: Make sure "Salvar arquivos em" is set to the correct directory where files must be saved and change "Máscara para renomear" textbox value to "*text*.*ext*" so that local files names will have a more descriptive name than only the PDC Session ID

Step 5: Click "Adicionar pausado" button, which will add files to DownThemAll download queue, but paused, then DownThemAll! download queue will be shown

Step 6: Highlight the files to be downloaded or press CTRL + A in case all files are to be downloaded, then press the "Continuar" button on the toolbar

Update: As requested by Martin L. Shoemaker, the DownThemAll! addon can be downloaded from https://addons.mozilla.org/pt-BR/firefox/addon/201
If you need Firefox installer also, you can get it at http://www.mozilla.com/

Comments

Luciano Evaristo Guerche said:

To download the files, follow links below:

PDC 2008 - Day 1 (46 matching sessions): weblogs.asp.net/.../pdc-2008-day-1-46-matching-sessions.aspx

PDC 2008 - Day 2 (50 matching sessions): weblogs.asp.net/.../pdc-2008-day-2-50-matching-sessions.aspx

PDC 2008 - Day 3 (60 matching sessions): weblogs.asp.net/.../pdc-2008-day-3-60-matching-sessions.aspx

PDC 2008 - Day 4 (49 matching sessions): weblogs.asp.net/.../pdc-2008-day-4-49-matching-sessions.aspx

# October 30, 2008 12:02 PM

Luciano Evaristo Guerche said:

Wondering how to accomplish same task on Internet Explorer. If anyone knows how to do that, let me know about.

# October 30, 2008 12:21 PM

Martin L. Shoemaker said:

You make this look pretty easy. Thanks! If I would add anything, it would be a link to DownThemAll!

# October 30, 2008 7:12 PM

Luciano Evaristo Guerche said:

Martin,

Thanks for your comments. Added links to DownThemAll! and Firefox.

# October 30, 2008 7:25 PM

Download PDC ‘08 Sessions said:

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# October 30, 2008 7:51 PM

Josef Finsel said:

Zip and MP4 files now return 404 errors, preventing them from being downloaded.

# November 3, 2008 7:54 AM

Luciano Evaristo Guerche said:

Josef,

Noted wmv (standard), wmv (zune) and mp4 files became available today. Only files in zip format are not available yet.

# November 3, 2008 8:54 PM

sparky said:

Can someone please tell me what the prefixes in the session numbers mean like BB, ES etc -> I assume it  is some sort of level descriptor but can I get an explanation of it if possible. Thanks.

Also, excellent post!

# December 9, 2008 10:22 PM

Luciano Evaristo Guerche said:

Sparky,

Take a look at www.tellingmachine.com/.../One-PowerShell-Script-to-download-them-all.aspx and I guess you'll find the information you are looking for...

# December 12, 2008 10:18 AM
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