Orbit Downloader 2.8.1 is released

Orbit Downloader 2.8.1 is released.

In this version, we mainly improved our ability to download RTMP protocol videos.

* Add: Grab Pro feature: grab and download RTMP video
* Improve: make Grab++ grab streaming media more efficient
* Add: Integrate Orbit Search (powered by Google) to Internet Explorer
* Fix: some bugs

How to set the Speed Limit

There are two ways to set it. Choose Tools-Speed Limit or Preferences-Limits, will get the same result. You can set the max simultaneous jobs, number of retries, speed limit and disk cache size. And, please remember that, the speed limit means including the limits of all tasks.

Three automatic functions on startup

Start Orbit on system startup
If it has been choosen, just as the name implies, Orbit will start automatically when the system startup.(I'm saying rubbish)

Show main window on startup
If it has not been choosen, Orbit will start with a minimize.

Automatically resume unfinished tasks on startup
If it has been choosen, the pause task will be downloaded automatically when Orbit start. You have no use for click it manually.

What does "Clipboard Monitoring" mean?

As the picture shows, the "Enter New Url To Download" will be triggerred when the clipboard including a usable URL if you choose the Clipboard Monitoring. Or the "Create Batch Download" will be triggerred if cluding more than one usable URL.

What does "Silent Mode" mean?

If the 'Enable Silent Mode' on Preferences- Silent Mode is checked, the 'Create new download' dialog would not display when the URL is clicked or dragged to the dropzone.

In other words, the task will be downloaded directly and need not to set it anymore.

Why no 'GetIt' button on the flash or video?

The most likely reasons are:
You have not choose Tools-Enable 'GetIt' button for catching media.


Or you use firefox, there is a grey button on the top right corner of the video. It's a small Orbit LOGO. You can click it to download the video instead of 'GetIt' button.

Three automatical functions When Done

Turn Off Computer When Done
Choose this menuitem, the computer will turn off automatically when all downloading tasks have done.

Hang Up When Done
The computer will disconnect the network when all downloading tasks have done.

Exit Orbit When Done
As the name implies, it will exit OrbitDownloader when all downloading tasks have done.