I have used the search function for this, but could not find an answers:

I want to display the total LDM as a block in vBadvanced. How do I do that. Is there a plug in or module for this?

Another question: I use the LDM_new.php module. How can I make it display icons as well?

Will it work in the Future with vBulletin 3.6 ?

Will Links and Downloads Manager improve download stability?

By this I mean that many of my users report aborted and incomplete downloads when trying to pull 100Mb attachments from posts in my forums. The folks at vBulletin have suggested that their product was never intended for that purpose, and who am I to argue with them? All I know is that I need to be able to reliably download large files from my forums.

If LDM is not the answer, and anyone knows what is, I would greatly appreciate some guidance. Money is not the issue here - reliable downloading is the issue and I can pay for a solution.

Mike

couldn't find this answe in the admin options or in this massive thread (don't kill me!!)...
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is it possible to have people ONLY be able to open the jukebox, but NOT launch the Visit/Download link via the title link and thumbnail? (enable/disalbe for each category individuslly.)

almost no one clicks the launch icon (as first instinct) and keep clicking the thumbnail or link... after a delay this launches either embedded QTime in the same window or launches standonline real player (on my system and few others). so its really confusing what's goign on for people. esp if they WANT to launch the jukebox but accidently/naturally go for the link or thumbnail first.

is this normal behavior? I figured it was supposed to launch a download file thingy (like right click).

if this is normal, I want to be able to disable the view/download for some of the categories and have them only be able to right-click download or luanch the Jukebox.

The code checks for multiple clicks in close succession from a given user, and reports them once, since it usually means that the user is mouse-happy. Furthermore, it only records the hit when the download is complete. 30 compared to 2 seems a bit extreme, so it suggests that the transfer had problems going through to completion.

I'm sorry - are you asking a question or telling me that something doesn't work?

There is an 'extra' (id3_handles) available with LDM, which autocreate thumbnails for mp3 files from the file's tag information.

Sorry, I don't understand the question. What do you want the vba module to do?

Currently, this needs a few changes in the code as well as in a template. I attach a file containing a modified version of the function get_link2(), which you can find in local_links_include.php. With that change, the following version of the links_vbalinks template will do the trick:

I will include the code change in the next upload of LDM, version 2.2.2, when this goes live.

There is no reason why not, but I have not yet tested it. I will give an answer as soon as possible. If changes are needed, they will be made available.

LDM is only part of the answer. The problem with very large downloads is really on the client side - the user's browser can drop the connection. This is one reason for using a download manager on the user's machine.

LDM supports what is called 'partial file transfer'. Client-side download managers tend to use this mechanism to speed up downloads and to recover from dropped connections.

I have tested LDM with a couple of download managers and it works fine. I can't guarantee that it will work with them all. I tested, for example, flashget and Download Accelerator Plus.

If you set the *can_play_musicbox* permission but unset the *can_save_musicbox* permission for usergroup (LDM/admin/permissions), then both the icon and the title become urls to the jukebox.

Currently, this is an all or nothing setting - it applies to all musicbox entries in all categories. It is easy enough to make available on a a per-category basis, if this has any value to you.