And now for something completely different.
Users have often lost demo clips by some strange algorithm hidden in the iStripper code. When free previews on the disc reach a certain size, iStripper deletes all previews (.demo files). The previews included in the purchased shows are also deleted. I know that this is annoying for many users (I'm one of them).
Updating the entire collection is very cumbersome and can consume a lot of time, transfer... and patience. You can update your shows one by one, but it requires a lot of clicking, sometimes iStripper updates the entire show instead of just downloading the demo files (especially in older shows) and you can't play the show while updating.
I decided to do something about it.
I knew that it is possible to download only the previews without having to update the entire show. So I decided to create a tool that will automate the process.
And here it is:
Preview Downloader (v1.0)
With this tool you can (quote from manual):
- Update previews of purchased shows - download free previews of only those shows that are in your collection (full shows have been purchased).
- Update previews of non purchased shows - download free previews of only those shows that are not in your collection (full shows have not been purchased).
- Update previews of all shows - download free previews of all shows, regardless of whether they are in your collection or not.
- Update previews of selected shows - downloading free previews of shows selected by you.
- Continue previous session - resume the previous session if it was interrupted.
- Set the disk space for previews - change the amount of disk space reserved for free previews.
This tool has been tested on Windows XP, 7 and 10, but should work with Windows Vista and 8 as well.
If anyone's interested, the program can be downloaded from here:
DOWNLOAD: www.isworkshop.eu/index.php?p=preview_downloader
More about this tool: www.isworkshop.eu/index.php?p=preview_downloader_about
Requirements: www.isworkshop.eu/index.php?p=preview_downloader_req
Manual: www.isworkshop.eu/index.php?p=preview_downloader_manual
TRIVIA:Did you know that with this tool you can download all missing previews with just 5 clicks?
NOTES:1. Inspired by this thread (especially posts #596751 by
@Wyldanimal and #605106 by
@DestinationSeekr):
https://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/40547/1
2. Because I'm not a professional programmer, the only thing I could do was to create a batch file (.bat). Who knows, maybe someday I will learn some normal programming language (C or Java). For now, the Windows scripting language must be enough for me
3. Any information about bugs found are welcome.