iTunes U resume download

Question

Lecture videos on iTunes U can be quite large (~300 MB). Can I get iTunes U to resume a download after any interruption?

Answer 1

Yes you can - click on "Copy iTunes U URL", then use something like wget to get that url Open the resultant file, and you will find a whole lot of URLs in it, with the relevant episodes. (in my case ending in .mp4) Then use "wget -c" to get the episodes by each url, and it support resume perfectly.... (unless the server doesn't)

Using this method, I have been successfully resuming Stanford iPhone Dev Lectures, which iTunes kept on doing from the beginning...

iTunes.... when it works, it's great... when it doesn't... hmmmmmm

Answer 2

Itunes U is just a catalogue/listing service, it downloads from many different sources.

Typically you can pause/resume in Itunes but it also will depend if the server you are downloading from supports it.

Answer 3

i am gonna show you something really easy then wget . you dont even need it. nothing at all . so here is how we do it. first you are on the webpage showing say for eg. standford university online class fall 2011 for iphone app development. here you will be shown list of videos that are available n you can click on and it will open in itunes.

1. when it open in itunes , click on get it all, n start downloading all, dont download it just pause them all by using pause all button, now go to itunes u under the library in the corner, for our eg. it will show under collections "iphone and ipad application...." click it, it will show you the list of files with get option..
2. just right click on any of the file , and select copy itunes u url.

4.paste it in your browser and go. 5. you will get list of files and you can just download it outside itunes, using any download manager , or in your browser. for eg. i'l just right click on encloser.mp4 file and select copy link location(firefox)., paste it in orbit or anyother downmanager ., and voilla i can pause it and resume it . simple ...or i can also paste the link in firefox itself and download it there without any download manager. enjoy!!!!!! dont use any wget or any other thing .. its simple ...