A faster download method

[horseboy]

I have over 1000 games I want to convert over to UGCs, and downloading one at a time doesn't sound very appealing. Is there a torrent out there or anything that can speed up the process?

[scarmullet]

How fast is your internet?

[horseboy]

15Mbps cable modem.

[scarmullet]

jee, it only takes like a second to download a cover right? Well, look into some download managers like GetGo. You can queue downloads and start them when you want with such a program.

Seriously, I only have a 300kbps download speed and I downloaded all mine

[horseboy]

I am not worried about the actual download time. I am worried about how long it is going to take to get to the downloads. It will take forever to click in and out of each cover's page. It would take many many hours to do all of that.

[irvgotti452]

Has laziness extended its way onto the internet too? Its just a couple of clicks.

[scarmullet]

I can see where he is comming from, Queuing them so they can download while he goes off to do something. 1000 covers can take a while

[horseboy]

Exactly man. It would take forever actually. It isn't lazy. It is smart. Looking for a more efficient way to do something is the way of the world. 6 hours (bare minimum estimate) of clicking link after link versus 6 seconds to click on a torrent? I'll take the torrent every time. Call it lazy if you want to, but it is already going to take me many hours just to print the covers and put them in the cases.

Anyway, surely somebody has the complete N64 set and would be willing to set up a torrent. Same for SNES, etc. Or maybe the site admin has thought of something similar? Just trying to avoid a ridiculous amount of tedious work here.

[horseboy]

I just wanted to bump this one up again. Surely there is somebody out there with most of the stuff downloaded that is willing to start a torrent or do something else. Downloading every cover I need individually would take like a month... no joke. Can anybody help out here?

[Arseen]

If you would have started downloading when you started this topic, you'd already have them.

You would have only had to download about 6 per day.

[wiggy]

Has laziness extended its way onto the internet too? Its just a couple of clicks.

x 1000+

That's not lazy, it's just a guy trying to prevent himself from wasting a ton of time performing a tedious task.  I know I wouldn't want to do all that.  I'd rather spend my time doing something, ANYTHING else.

[ShoothimNow]

Fastest way I found.

1) Middle Click (with wheel on mouse) and load every page
2) Click Download on the one page
3) Ctrl + W closes the current page : Ctrl + Tab switches to next tab

Fastest way possible

[Beastman1975]

a torrent idea been  put forth before believe it was shot down because of bandwith issues it would cause so one at a time is pretty much only option

[AppleQueso]

a torrent idea been  put forth before believe it was shot down because of bandwith issues it would cause so one at a time is pretty much only option

I can't imagine how a torrent could cause bandwidth issues...

Anyhow, to make something like this, someone else would have to download everything. If you don't want to spend a good month or two downloading everything on the site, what makes you think anyone else does? Not to mention it'd require constant updating.

[pumanchero]

Fastest way I found.

1) Middle Click (with wheel on mouse) and load every page
2) Click Download on the one page
3) Ctrl + W closes the current page : Ctrl + Tab switches to next tab

Fastest way possible

^^ this.
I used this technique when playing TribalWars.net.