Get accompanying info and extract snatches from remote MP3 and AVI files
LoadScout is a smart program designed to help you
browse the web and FTP sites. It allows you to get information from any
remote media or archive file without downloading it. The basic idea is
to download only a small part of the file and extract the required data.
The program works under MS Windows 9x/NT/2000/Me/XP and integrates with
Internet Explorer to help you get the information and preview files on
the fly right from the browser window.
Let's
say you've heard a song on the radio and you really liked it. All you
know is the name of the band. So you go to the band's homepage and find
out that they have 5 different albums. To download each song, it would
take you about 300Mb worth of your bandwidth and probably several hours,
depending on the type of connection you have. Instead, you can download
and listen a 20 second clip from each song to find the one you want.
Cool, isn't it?
If you have a many megs long archive file on a remote
FTP or HTTP server and you need to extract a single file or several
files contained inside, you do not need to download the whole archive.
LoadScout will show you the content and let you select the files that
you need, download and extract exactly the parts that are of interest
for you.
In
addition LoadScout includes an FTP client and its own download engine,
so you can use it to download anything from web and FTP. It supports all
types of proxy: FTP, HTTP and SOCKS and will let you save frequently
visited sites into the Favorites folder.
01/14/2009: LoadScout is now freeware!
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