manga downloading

[Fayd]

i'm trying to download manga through online manga sites, but i want to download to local storage.

i've attempted google, but the script i saw (a bash script through cygwin) didnt result in what i wanted. it was only good for a single chapter. (or more accurately, a single directory, and incremented file names.)

while i can handle the incremented filenames, the single directory isnt much help.

something nice would be the ability to respond to if the URL was a 404, then it would reset the filename and increment the directory name. and if that resulted in a 404, then it'd kill the script.

but i'm no good at scripting. does anyone have any ideas? is there a mass downloader that i just dont know how to use that would do all this?




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[jinduy]

quick google search got me this.

http://www.metaproducts.com/fo...sage.asp?id=16579&pg=0

i can't vouch for it though since i haven't tried it.

 

[DrawninwarD]

There is a solution. Stop reading manga.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: DrawninwarD
There is a solution. Stop reading manga.

that's not a solution...

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: jinduy
quick google search got me this.

http://www.metaproducts.com/fo...sage.asp?id=16579&pg=0

i can't vouch for it though since i haven't tried it.

that appears to be something like a download queuer that you add links to, and it downloads them in order.

not sure though, but i think you have to specify each file individually.

 

[Skeeedunt]

This is a step up from your tranny thread. Keep up the good work.

 

[lxskllr]

Look at the DownThemAll extension for Firefox.

http://www.downthemall.net

 

[EGGO]

Originally posted by: DrawninwarD
There is a solution. Stop reading manga.

Problem: I want to know how to have safer sex to avoid getting STDs
Your solution: Don't have sex

Your logic is grand.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: Skeeedunt
This is a step up from your tranny thread. Keep up the good work.

i aim to please.

 

[Chronoshock]

As long as their are nav links to each image, wouldn't a simple wget grab everything?

 

[Lonyo]

Got lurk?

 

[Dumac]

Originally posted by: EGGO

Originally posted by: DrawninwarD
There is a solution. Stop reading manga.

Problem: I want to know how to have safer sex to avoid getting STDs
Your solution: Don't have sex

Your logic is grand.

That is what they teach in public schools

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: Chronoshock
As long as their are nav links to each image, wouldn't a simple wget grab everything?

there isnt nav links to each image. each image is featured on a page, and clicking on the image takes you to the next page.

it's like <a href=next page><img src=img file></a>

so no navi links directly to any image files.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: Dumac

Originally posted by: EGGO

Originally posted by: DrawninwarD
There is a solution. Stop reading manga.

Problem: I want to know how to have safer sex to avoid getting STDs
Your solution: Don't have sex

Your logic is grand.

That is what they teach in public schools

i learned about condoms in my school.

then again, i did go to school in california.

 

[Pepsei]

i want to download the gambler from this manga site... but too bad they only show one page at a time.... sigh....

 

[artikk]

learn to use the internets and irc as well as share

 

[Finalnight]

Stop asking how to pirate shit here (assuming that at least some of the manga you are trying to download is licensed in the US) which is against forum policy.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: Finalnight
Stop asking how to pirate shit here (assuming that at least some of the manga you are trying to download is licensed in the US) which is against forum policy.

way to be a butthead butthead.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: artikk
learn to use the internets and irc as well as share

the internets and IRC still have me downloading chapter by chapter.

some manga series are several hundred chapters long.

i want it all at once.

 

[Newbian]

Originally posted by: Fayd

Originally posted by: artikk
learn to use the internets and irc as well as share

the internets and IRC still have me downloading chapter by chapter.

some manga series are several hundred chapters long.

i want it all at once.

You could always buy the books the legal way.

Getting something free doesn't mean you can complain.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: Newbian

Originally posted by: Fayd

Originally posted by: artikk
learn to use the internets and irc as well as share

the internets and IRC still have me downloading chapter by chapter.

some manga series are several hundred chapters long.

i want it all at once.

You could always buy the books the legal way.

Getting something free doesn't mean you can complain.

cant stand the legal books. they transpose the names so they follow western naming convention, dont attach honorifics, etc. things that are spoken lose a significant portion of their meaning.