change dead http link ?

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can i change http link. i mean if m downloading from http link like mediafire as free user.when i resume it after some hours the link goes dead. i want to ask that can i change the new generated http link for file and resume download from its last progress i.e. 50% or any like this. when i try to change url its starts downloading from begining. sorry for bad english.

for example you can try Internet Download Manager.

when a link goes dead its ask to regenerate and replace old link to new one. and finnaly starts download from last progress.

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The HTTP server has to support resuming downloads in order for you to be able to pause and resume later an active download.

Changing an HTTP link equals, at present time, with a new download I guess.

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Please do not make duplicate posts in multiple fora - once is enough.

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Your question will be forwarded to the development team.

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isn’t that spam in his siggy???

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This is the reply PM he sent me after I asked him for a HTTP link of the type he was telling us about.

I guess it better explains what he means by his first post.

ok its a link http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?nzw0tqu1yyq
now start download this link with “IDM” INTERNET DOWNLOAD MANAGER.

when progress goes any % stop this download.

after 2 or 3 hours when you resume this download a window will display.that says your link is dead or like this. click ok this window. it will open above link into a browser. then click on download button on mediafire.its generate a new http link and IDM catch this new link and finally starts downloading from same % where you pause it. not starts from begining.

% mean any 20% 45% or 78% any

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I can’t reproduce your problem.

I’ve used the link you gave me and started a download. When it reached about 9% I’ve stopped it.

I’ve restarted it 2 hours later. Stopped it again. Restarted it 6 hours later. Stopped again. Restarted 9 hours later.

Every time it picked up where it had left and goes on with the download.

When you right-click on the task, you can see on the properties page “Resume supported”. As I said, if that’s supported by the server you shouldn’t have problems. I’m not sure what goes wrong to you.

What OS do you have? What version of client?

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let me tell you clearly what i want.

see if i starts downloading from my own webserver. for example a movie from my own webhosting server. it link is

http://mysite.com/files/movie.avi

or like this. it pause resume support but if i pause download at any % and other hand i move file directory on my web. i.e

http://mysite.com/files/data/movie.avi

now my http link for this file has been changed. now when i resume old download. it errors that file not found or like this. now i want to change old http link to new link and resume download from my last pause % progress.

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This is a situation which is not very likely to occur often (changing the location of the files on server while you’re downloading).

Therefore I’m still not clear what was your issue. If you do encounter sites which dynamically change the HTTP link every time after a while, when re-connected, you certainly failed to provide me with such a link (as I requested) so that I can test it.

Anyways have you tried putting your new HTTP link in the Mirrors section of the Properties page?

It should be picked up automatically.

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yes i tried it in mirror section.

and about changing http link i can just tell you that my internet connection is dynamic IP.when i pause download and shutdown my computer and modem. when i start these again my net Ip changed and you know that many downloading sites generate links for IP. now when my ip changed the downloading link goes dead and i cant resume it. i just need that i put new generated link of my files into bitcomet paused file properties and resume it from last position.

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you can better understand this by see IDM downloading files. right click any file and see the option “refresh download address” that option i want to know in bitcomet.