Net Transport

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Net Transport is a closed source software download manager and stream ripper. It is also known as NetXfer. Lately, Xi, the company which Net Transport is associated to, started to include FTP Transport, which is similar to Net Transport, with Net Transport install file. So far, as in September 2006, there are two types of NetXfer: Unicode and ANSI. You can read more overview of NetXfer from the External Links below.

What follows is a description of Net Transport v2.28

1 Pros
2 Annoyances
3 More information
4 External links

[edit] Pros

No ads or spyware
HTTP / HTTPS
FTP / through SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) / SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)
MMS (Microsoft Media Services)
RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol)
PNM (rename PNM to RTSP)
BitTorrent

Net Transport is particularly valuable for downloading .RM files that are listed inside a .RAM description file. An example is the BBC Radio player 'Listen Again' feature. This program have also support for both SSL and SSH upload and download standarts.

[edit] Annoyances

Does not seem to interface well with Firefox, catches only a few downloads. There is an extension to Firefox to improve Net Transport/Firefox relations at http://www.flashgot.net. The Opera plugin for Net Transport, is actually also designed for Firefox and improves matters further.
Only for Windows.