We need a proper download manager.

So, in many parts of the world, internet is still not that fast yest. South Africa is one of those places (unless you're willing to pay BIG bucks).

I don't mind letting a download run overnight, but can CW seriously not come up with a download manager that handles things like Pause and PC restarts properly? That should go for the 3d party add-ons like Addictive Drums too. I just had to restart my PC and lost 3/4 of the Addictive Drums download. One would think they could at least have the sort of system in place that saves what has already been downloaded..
 
Just a thought.
 
L.

You can also get an add-on for Firefox called DownloadThemAll. It works great.
 
Scott

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You can also get an add-on for Firefox called DownloadThemAll. It works great.

good experience with this one :)

Thanks for the feedback. We will keep that in mind for future releases.

Thanks guys, but 3d party downloads like XLN use their own system, and that is a particularly crappy one. I believe Cakewalk should standardise anything they "deploy" in terms of delivery system, even 3d party stuff. It would make it a far smoother process.
 
Just a thought.

Almost posted the wrong topic reply here. Space saver now :O))

Fog, you are really not getting my point. Not all downloads are browser based. Addictive is an example - has it's own downloader with no resume. It's stupid considering it's 1.2 GB.
 
And I DO think it's the seller's responsibility to make the delivery easy. In the end, it enhances their customer experience.

LJB
Fog, you are really not getting my point. Not all downloads are browser based. Addictive is an example - has it's own downloader with no resume. It's stupid considering it's 1.2 GB.

 
Actually the XLN download manager does resume. I know this for a fact because when I was doing my download we had a power flicker right in the middle, which knocked out wifi for about 30 seconds and the download had stopped. But I just keep the window open in the hopes that it would start up again once wifi came back up, and it did.
 
Scott

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LJB
That's weird Scott, mine didn't. Maybe something else amiss was afoot :O)

Yeah, not sure. Mine definitely resumed. It would definitely be a bad idea for them not to support resume since (like you said) it's a large download. It's bad enough they don't support offline authorization. That is something I don't like, but oh well.
 
Scott

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Hi LJB,
 
I am also having problems to download X3. 
I have a fair connection for african standards (8mbps) but my dl rates from Cake's servers are not better than a very slow 6-10KB/sec. I have tried downloading X3 part2 now and it says it will take 3 days and 12 hours. It will never get here...
Ryan (from CW) was very kind and sent me alternative links but they are also very slow.
 
Hope the find an alternative way. Dropbox would be fantastic.
 
By the way, I am in Maputo.
 
best, joni
 
 

LJB
So, in many parts of the world, internet is still not that fast yest. South Africa is one of those places (unless you're willing to pay BIG bucks).

I don't mind letting a download run overnight, but can CW seriously not come up with a download manager that handles things like Pause and PC restarts properly? That should go for the 3d party add-ons like Addictive Drums too. I just had to restart my PC and lost 3/4 of the Addictive Drums download. One would think they could at least have the sort of system in place that saves what has already been downloaded..
 
Just a thought.
 
L.

Yep.

Joni, I get the idea it's the cake server, more than anything else. I get pretty good downloads from other sources... mostly. Unless someone has hooked an oiltanker anker on the SEACOM line, which happens too! :O)

Yes.
Now I am using the new links from Soundfront that Ryan sent me. They do work much better.
Actually know I am getting dl speed like 300-500KB/sec witch is about half my top speed. Anyway, much better than the 6-10KB/sec I was getting with the amazon links.
That oiltanker anker also affects us form time to time lol
cheers,
joni
 

LJB
Joni, I get the idea it's the cake server, more than anything else. I get pretty good downloads from other sources... mostly. Unless someone has hooked an oiltanker anker on the SEACOM line, which happens too! :O)

Cakewalk should continue to focus on it's great SONAR product - and NOT waste cycles on download managers.  The internet has download managers whipped ;-).
FDM works wonderfully.