File naming logic improvement

[rey]

currently one can set name manually or with "Generate a file name automaticly" - i propose improvements for both:
+ manual= it's a seldom situation user will want to change extention, but it's kinda uncomfortable to mark everything except ext each time - it's better if .ext would be excluded at all or there be 2 input forms for name and a small one for ext.
+ auto= i see a situation when there is a name in link, but manager takes some "storage name", so dropping http://cs527611v4.vk.me/u5331317/videos/d9ae5d3292.360.mp4?&/Half-Life%203%20Live%20Action%20Trailer%20-%20The%20Gift%20%5B360p%5D.mp4 will make a name "d9ae5d3292.360.mp4" - it would be good to have an option to form name from last part of link(after last / )

[Guest]

Yes, I agree with this suggestion.
Now one of my generated filename is "%E5%8D%A12%E9%80%9A%E8%AF%9D%E4%B8%AD%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E5%8D%A11%E6%8B%A8%E5%8F%B7%EF%BC%8C%E6%8B%A8%E5%8F%B7%E7%AB%8B%E5%8D%B3%E8%87%AA%E5%8A%A8%E6%8C%82%E6%96%AD10%E7%82%B943%E5%88%86.rar"

After unzip the package, the directory name is too long, and QCAT couldn't open the file in it

[Usher]

What OS, browser and FDM version do you use? Could you follow the reporting rules and provide more details, please?

[rey]

damn, sorry i missed this page and only now found while checking old bookmarks.
i'm using Win7 x64, FDM 3.9.4.1472

[Usher]

Cold you install the newest FDM, test it and prepare a new, more detailed report, please?

[rey]

FDM 3.9.7.1625
- on vk.com i go to Video and type "keeway" in search
- trying to download very first video "Keeway kvr 200" (which is on vk servers, not youtube)
- as FDM can't download media from vk i use extension to get link for download= https://cs508307.vk.me/0/u135146235/vid ... 60p%5D.mp4 =i see that link has a proper name of file in last part
- i start new download in FDM with automatic name and get saved "afe42ae867.360.mp4"

btw, youtube name if fine(and ability to choose quality), but it's very strange to download video and sound in separate files. especially after FireFox extesion Flash Video Downloader provides it as one files.

[Usher]

FDM 3.9.7.1625
- on vk.com i go to Video and type "keeway" in search
- trying to download very first video "Keeway kvr 200" (which is on vk servers, not youtube)
- as FDM can't download media from vk

VK.com uses AJAX to play video in a separate layer and FDM does't fully support such cases. See viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16047&p=41181&hilit=AJAX#p41181

i use extension

What extension do you use? SaveFrom.net works OK with VK and it's frequently updated when users report incompatible changes in code on supported sites.

to get link for download= https://cs508307.vk.me/0/u135146235/vid ... 60p%5D.mp4 =i see that link has a proper name of file in last part
- i start new download in FDM with automatic name and get saved "afe42ae867.360.mp4"

FDM does it OK. The file name IS afe42ae867.360.mp4, then request follows - see the question mark. Request parameters are provided as concatenation f.e. parameter1-name=parameter1-value&parameter2-name=parameter2-value etc. so "Keeway%20kvr%20200%20%5B360p%5D.mp4" is definitely NOT a filename. It's not even a parameter value, it's only a part of value for unknown "extra" parameter.
FDM can catch the title of the web page or the player window and use it as a filename (it usually works for the pages without AJAX), but it doesn't parse all request parameters. On the other side FDM recognizes headers and parameters of HTTP request so it could catch parameters like filename or name, f.e. http://download.site/path/afe42ae867.36 ... 60p%5D.mp4 but "extra" parameter means nothing interesting.
FDM is a downloader for general use, designed to support standard (HTTP/HTTPS/FTP etc.), well known (like Flash Video) or most popular (like Youtube) methods for providing downloads, with no special hacks for separate other sites. It means that you can expect f.e. better AJAX support in FDM in general, not just in VK case.

btw, youtube name if fine(and ability to choose quality), but it's very strange to download video and sound in separate files. especially after FireFox extesion Flash Video Downloader provides it as one files.

It's normal for MPEG DASH streaming (see older messages about this standard) and is in use also in other Youtube downloaders. Some of them do demuxing/merging silently and delete files containing original streams, some other just provide separate video or audio stream as-is like SaveFrom.net does. Some downloaders may do demuxing on the fly, but usually it's slower than downloading and merging local files. Finally, some downloaders may provide its own web service for demuxing streams on the server-side.