sugoi~~ [ e ]

wow! how long did it take u to program?

anyway, great idea!! now if only there was an easy way to get the direct http links to the images so posting multiple photos frm flickr to blogspot was easier... (i'm a flickr <a href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/tr1n1ty/>user)

posted by evaneMay 2, 2005 at 4:19

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Just seeing the name, and having had some trouble recently with Flickr not responding, I first thought it was a program to tell you when Flickr is down (or rather, getting a massage).

posted by PatrickMay 3, 2005 at 8:11

Linux? Open source? [ e ]

Hi!
Your tool looks really nice and helpful, but... would it be possible to have a linux version of this? And/or if this isn't possible, are you considering to open the source? Would be really cool!

posted by grissomJune 11, 2005 at 12:02

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I'd be happy to send someone the source but I don't really think there is much of a point.  It's a very simple program and the majority of the code is in the interface which is Windows only.  Any script kiddie could whip together a command line version of the same program for linux in a few minutes.

I used the Flickr.Net library which I think they claim will run under Mono in Linux but there are also flickr librares for other languages.

posted by greggmanJuly 1, 2005 at 12:13

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Your getting popular now. Just saw this app on a G4 tv show.

posted by LeoJuly 12, 2005 at 18:56

sup [ e ]

hey kudos on flickrdown....i just saw it on g4 and this is something i really need....im dl'ing it right now i just hope it does it withsites too....if not, you think you can do that?

posted by jeffJuly 13, 2005 at 2:10

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Just curious, do you plan on re-releasing this when the final version of .NET 2 comes out?

posted by JasonJuly 14, 2005 at 15:10

Error installing [ e ]

Tried to install flickr several times both zip and nonzip.. opened it from its current location..Get the same error  "Applications Error"

posted by nobodyJuly 14, 2005 at 16:54

I have problems with download [ e ]

The program is great but when I select photos to download most of them are not availabe, so that they dont download, I dont know why

posted by blogumJuly 15, 2005 at 8:34

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Yes, I will release a new version as soon as the real .NET 2.0 comes out.

posted by greggmanJuly 15, 2005 at 13:27

Same idea, different program [ e ]

Hi Greggman, nice to see that somebody else started to develop a Flickr downloader !
I thought I was the only one ;) So I also developed my own, compiled with .NET 1.1 : Flickr Explorer.
A first version 0.1 that already allowed me to download my 1000 photos of last holidays is available at http://sourceforge.net/proje
cts/flickrexplorer/ .

Good luck !
Bod

posted by BodAugust 30, 2005 at 9:23

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Thanks a bunch! :D This was exactly what I was hoping to find when searching on google. I was worried I'd have to save every picture one by one ;)

posted by EdinSwitzerlandSeptember 5, 2005 at 15:32

Thank you [ e ]

I suffered a hard disk crash. The only thing that I had not backed up was all my photos, about 500 of them, which are on flickr.

It would have taken me ages to download them all by hand.

I like the way that this creates folds corresponding to the sets. 

I foresee this application causing considerable increases in flickr's bandwidth as people attempt to download hundreds of other people's photos.

Oops. I spoke to soon.

This does not seem to be downloading the originals. Or is it? The size is drastically reduced.

I guess I have lost my originals forever.

That may be because

1) Flickr compresses the originals.
2) This program does not download originals.
3) I should have selected the authentication option in "preferences" sine only I can download my originals (but then, I have merged my flickr account with my yahoo account so I wonder if authentication would work)
4) I should allow everyone access to my originals. I am not sure if flickr lets us do this.

I will let it finish and then have another go.

posted by TimothyTakemotoSeptember 6, 2005 at 22:01

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Oops...

Yes, this wonderful program does allow us to download orginals. It is just hat I did not upload originals while I was still a non-pro member of flickr. Those photos have been lost. Sniff. I have them on istockphoto, but I would have to pay to download them.

posted by TimothyTakemotoSeptember 6, 2005 at 22:13

anyone know of a mac version? [ e ]

this is what im lookin for but need a mac version. anyone know of one?

posted by krisSeptember 8, 2005 at 20:29

More Flickr Tools [ e ]

This nice tool is now listed in the Great Flickr Tools Collection.

posted by QuickOnlineTipsSeptember 26, 2005 at 12:41

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The best program I found for downloading non-private photos from flickr-sets.

Does anybody know where I cold find a tool with which I can download

- private photos (from "friends" and "family"), because the version 1.3 only downloads the photos withe privacy "public".

- groups

Is this planned for the next version?

Best regards, Adrian

posted by ackonlinedeNovember 9, 2005 at 4:50

updates [ e ]

I'll look into updating it as soon as MS release the real .NET 2.0 and C#.  It's supposed to come out later this month.

posted by greggmanNovember 9, 2005 at 9:26

email me when it's updated [ e ]

with ability to download private pics.  Groups would be nice, too, and if you're really willing to give out the source, I'd like to see it to help me get my feet wet with dotnet.

posted by squeekNovember 20, 2005 at 17:51

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It's updated

I'll try to up the code up.  It should appear at http://flickrdown.sourceforg
e.net.  I tried to get it up tonight but I ran into some troubles with CVS

posted by greggmanNovember 23, 2005 at 13:32

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thank you very much for your efforts!

posted by anonymouseNovember 25, 2005 at 17:43

favorites [ e ]

nice work!  

if you're looking to add a feature, the ability to download a user's favorites would be awesome!

posted by earth2marshNovember 30, 2005 at 8:26

favorites [ e ]

nice work!  

if you're looking to add a feature, the ability to download a user's favorites would be awesome!

posted by earth2marshNovember 30, 2005 at 8:26

remote name could not be resolved [ e ]

Flickrdown doesn't work for downloading ALL PHOTOS.
When I choose a name (e..g, Agnieszka), downloading doesn't always work... and indeed, often fails with an error message, and then stops.

I get the error message:
  'The remote name could not be resolved : 'photos34.flickr.com'

and then downloading stops.

posted by koppenhoeferDecember 4, 2005 at 19:26

error: photos34.flickr.com [ e ]

I do have the same problem. the problems comes with some sets and groups.

And when I mark "All Photos" and the Sets the Download-Window opens, closes (with no download) and I get "The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found".

(I tested it with Firewall down + .Net Framework 2.0)

posted by dontpanicDecember 6, 2005 at 16:24

Foreign character in group name problem [ e ]

An excellent app!  Thanks!

I'm having problems downloading from the group "Derrières" as FlickDown reports an error "Invalid signature (96)"

Is this because of the foreign accented character è ?

posted by dmtelfJanuary 21, 2006 at 4:26

Foreign character in group name problem [ e ]

An excellent app!  Thanks!

I'm having problems downloading from the group "Derrières" as FlickDown reports an error "Invalid signature (96)"

Is this because of the foreign accented character è ?

posted by dmtelfJanuary 21, 2006 at 4:59

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Thanx a lot man, this was exactly what I was looking for.

Especially handy when you'd have a HD crash :(

posted by Punisher007January 27, 2006 at 11:23

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Awsome program!

Thanks!

posted by MilesDFebruary 2, 2006 at 22:43

downloader for Mac? [ e ]

This is exactly the kind of tool I'm looking for. Does a Mac version exist somewhere?

posted by ThomaswoodsFebruary 6, 2006 at 21:05

I use for iPod Photo [ e ]

I was searching for an app that could help me synch my flickr photos with my iPod photo, this tool works great!  It does require me to load the app once a week or so and re-download all the photos, but because it gets them all so easily and creates sub-directories for all of my sets it's perfect for then synching with my iPod Photo.

Thanks for creating it!

Keith

posted by KeithFebruary 12, 2006 at 0:55

Wrong Version Compiled? [ e ]

Hello,

I downloaded 2.2 from your site but the version is 2.1 on about box and on executable's properties dialog and it doesn't match the screenshot on your site?

I was hoping you would remove the 100 picture limitation.

But still very useful app
Thanks

posted by AkinFebruary 25, 2006 at 18:02

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doh! Well, it's still the most recent version.

As for removing the 100 picture limit. It's on my list but it's not trival. If I just remove the limit period then if you picked "flowers" for a tag you'd be there for hours while it downloaded the thumbnails for 100,000 images.  So, because it's not trival, not hard but not trival, I haven't been able to find the time to add the stuff to support that yet.

posted by greggmanFebruary 26, 2006 at 9:59

Thumbnails and link problems [ e ]

Is anyone else having thumbnail problems and incorrect photo links?  I see that it was fixed in 2.20, but everytime I download I get v2.10 and the problems are still there.

Otherwise, I love this program!  Thanks!

posted by daxMarch 8, 2006 at 13:34

thanks [ e ]

THANKS FOR THIS!!!!!!

you are great

posted by ajoeMarch 8, 2006 at 18:29

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Hmm, the 100 photo limit is a real problem. That means you can only download the first 100 images of any album, not exactly useful if there are more than 100 photos in the account?

posted by DixMarch 10, 2006 at 20:10

100 photo limit [ e ]

As for the 100 photo limit, I understand why it's in place, but it would be nice if there was an option to start from photo number 101, 201, 301, etc. That way you could download them in steps and get all your photos.

posted by AndyMarch 21, 2006 at 15:51

An Exception occurred with the webclient request [ e ]

Anyone know what this error message means or how I can fix?

FlickrDown installed fine

I was able to authorize fine

I could see my sets etc.

But when I went to download I got this error.

I'm using a proxy, could that be the issue?

Thanks!

posted by SimonMarch 27, 2006 at 8:33

Never mind [ e ]

Duh, I forgot to put "http://" in front of the proxy address.

Why do I always forget that part.

Thanks Gregg!

posted by SimonMarch 27, 2006 at 8:39

Thanks! [ e ]

Superb software, thanks for saving us many hours downloading each set!

posted by anonymous1April 1, 2006 at 17:31

Descriptions etc [ e ]

Any chance of having it download descriptions, tags etc. and either store them in iptc/exif fields, or into a seperate text file?

Would help with displaying as slideshow later.

posted by LeeApril 13, 2006 at 19:46

Awesome! [ e ]

Exactly what I needed! Thank you very very much for making this!

posted by MartyZApril 20, 2006 at 18:06

The underlying connection was closed: The connection was closed unexpectedly [ e ]

Great app! However, I'm unable to download the photos using a direct connection and will receive the following error message:

The underlying connection was closed: The connection was closed unexpectedly

However, everything works fine when using a proxy. :)

posted by weeMay 1, 2006 at 4:54

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Thanks for this great utility: It's exactly what i was searching for!!!!!

posted by MatteoMay 23, 2006 at 12:25

mac os x? [ e ]

hi
i am absolutely addicted to this tool. but i hate to boot into window$ only for this. i have all my apps configured in mac, but there is no substitute for this yet. can you help us out and hook up the mac intel guys?

thanks

posted by abhiJune 21, 2006 at 10:30

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I found this app for the mac -- it's downloading one of my sets now
http://sunkencity.org/flickr
backup/

posted by arenaJune 21, 2006 at 16:34

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Can I set flickrdown to download original sized photos.  It seems to default to downloading the mid-size only.

posted by jeffJuly 6, 2006 at 23:16

Original vs Midsize [ e ]

flickrdown only downloads original sizes or rather it asks flickr.com for the original size. If flickr.com is returning mid-size images that most like means one of the following

• who ever posted the images didn't tell the uploading software to upload original sizes. For example the Windows XP Flickr Uploadr defaults to rescaling the images smaller and not uploading the original sizes. You have to go into the options and tell it NOT to do that.
  
• the images are set to make the originals only available to friends or family. You can go to Your Account page and set which groups can download the originals images. In that case theoretically flickr.com would supply the midsize sized image even if flickdown requested the original. Unless you logged into flickr from flickrdown and had permission for those particular images.

I hope that helps

posted by greggmanJuly 7, 2006 at 1:29

FlickrDown trouble [ e ]

I downloaded the net 2.0 after deinstalling older version, installer FlickrDown, did the authorization.

When I try to download, this is what comes up:

<INPUT id=postset4_0 onclick=sendcheck() type=checkbox CHECKED> [*All_Photos*] All public photos including those not in a photo set

When I click the download button, the program says "no photos selected

When I try to open All_photos all public photos... nothing happens

Can anyone out there help me?

Hopefully, Janecke

posted by JanecketAugust 2, 2006 at 3:39

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what did you type in the search box and which option below that did you pick (username, e-mail, tags, or group)?

posted by greggmanAugust 2, 2006 at 15:37