RapidWareX was recently updated with the ability to stream audio and video directly from the Rapidshare servers. This new feature is currently only working with video files that have been encoded with the Divx codec and audio files that have the mp3 file extension. The video can consist of a single avi file, a collection of uncompressed and unencrypted rar archives or a collection of HJSplit files.

The Rapidshare Downloader requires a working Rapidshare account to download or stream files from the file hoster. That’s a bit unfortunate and a distinct disadvantage in comparison to other Rapidshare download managers such as the Rapidshare download manager JDownloader.

Links can be added to RapidWareX in various ways including copying pasting them directly in the application, pasting html from the clipboard or loading links from files that are stored on the local computer system. Quite a few options are available that make the downloading process more comfortable. The program can retry downloads, display the remaining download traffic, offers a remote interface and secure links over https.

The program offers a build in Rapidshare search module which will redirect the requests to a website that is displaying the search results. RapidWareX is a free download for the Windows operating system and requires the Microsoft .net Framework 3.5 to run.

The tool accepts links to Rapidshare files which can be either pasted one by one or posted as a batch into the interface of the Rapidshare downloader. The tool will automatically display the added files in the list of downloads that are to be processed. There is only one further step that the user has to make before the downloads can be started: A one time configuration of the local download directory.

It surely cannot get easier than this. A click on the Start button will initiate the download of the first file in the list. The Rapidshare downloader will display the file name, status, download speed, downloaded size and total size of the current download in the interface. Completed files are added to the Files Finished list to provide an overview of the downloaded files to the user of the software program.

The wait time between downloads can take up to 15 minutes and the usual limitations apply. The software does not provide the means to reset the IP of the computer to be able to download additional files or to make use of premium accounts to use faster download speeds and experience less wait times and limitations.

The software (via Eches) can be downloaded from the developers website.

The Rapidshare downloader has been designed with simplicity and speed in mind. All you need to do besides pasting a few Rapidshare links into the download.txt document is to execute the main application rapiddownload.exe. That’s it: Rapid Download will do everything automatically from that point on. This includes checking if the files are still available on the Rapidshare website, scanning for the real download link, running down the wait countdown and finally downloading the files to the local computer.

The software program comes with zero configuration options at this point. This means no Rapidshare Premium account usage, no timers, setting a download path or anything else that might distract from the number one goal: Downloading files from Rapidshare.

Simply paste in your links, execute the tool and let it run until it is finished. Yes, it could do better with some configuration options which would make it more comfortably but if need to download files fast you might want to give it a try. Make sure to check out our Rapidshare Search article that helps you find files to download.

The difference between this Rapidshare tool and many others is that it requires a Rapidshare Premium Account to function. Users without one cannot use it in this state. It’s a pretty advanced application for a 0.1 beta release. The menu and design looks clean and everything works well and without errors.

The username and password of a Rapidshare Premium Account have to be entered into the application before the other options become available. The software program supports simultaneous downloads from Rapidshare, a traffic check of the remaining free traffic of the account and day and secure login using https connections.

The program obviously supports a download queue. Links can be added by pasting them into the program interface or importing them from a link list. Links can also be exported to share them on the Internet.

RapidWareX requires the Microsoft .net Framework 2.0 to run. A list of Rapidshare Search Engines can be found here at Ghacks.

The steps you have to undertake are simple: First, you will have to clear javascript and delete all Rapidshare cookies. Then you visit the Rapidshare site, click the free button and view the source of that page. Search for “unescape” in the source and copy the code found in the function into the box of the following site.

Update: It is no longer possible to bypass the Rapidshare time limit. Free users still have to endure waiting times on Rapidshare, with only one download permitted simultaneously.

Users who do not want to pay for an account, can use software like JDownloader to queue their downloads. This is beneficial in multiple ways: They first do not have to keep pages with links or the Rapishare file pages open all the time. Instead of doing that, all files can be added to the JDownloader queue instead.

Downloads are then initiated whenever a download slot becomes available. It may still be necessary to enter a captcha though, but you can use an automatic captcha solver to automate that process as well.

You can download files from Rapidshare automatically with the two tools mentioned. JDownloader in addition supports Rapidshare Premium accounts, which means that premium account owners can also make use of the program to queue their downloads. It needs to be noted that JDownloader is much more powerful. The program supports hundreds of different file hosting services.

Check out Rapidshare Search suggestions for a list of search engines that allow you to search for public Rapidhsare files.