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Software for Downloading Entire LDS Films

By serna_david | 1:38 AM MST, Sun March 03, 2013

I recently saw software that downloads the entire Lds film to a computer. Does anyone have the information or any experience using the software ?

serna_david

12 years ago

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Fastfilm Lds download software

David Serna
I would like to know if anyone has a copy of this software that I could download. I was interested in buying a 2 Terabite external hard drive and dowloading a few films to go through..

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serna_david

12 years ago

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Fastfilm software dowload Lds films to your computer

David Serna
It seems the Fastfilm website has been taken down due to conflict with Family Search. unless someone has information showing other wise.

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victorianonavarro (not verified)

12 years 2 months ago

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Software for Downloading

Last year I went to a conference in Saltillo and one of the speakers said his students in Utah were using a program to download entire LDS films and that so far they had no complaints from familysearch. I didn't find out which program they were using.
Victoriano Navarro

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Armando

12 years 2 months ago

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Software for Downloading

I found it. It is called FastFilm.

http://students.cs.byu.edu/~jbejaran/FastFilm/

Armando

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Lawrence Bouett

12 years 2 months ago

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FastFilm Software

I watched the tutorial for this software, and I must say that I am very impressed with what 'Jon' has accomplished.

The only problem for me is that I'm not at all sure I want to download entire microfilms—hundreds of them—onto my computer; I mean, why would I want to reproduce even a part of the online FamilySearch archive? That said, it is a pretty neat trick 'Jon' has pulled off here.

Lawrence Bouett
Orinda, CA

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serna_david

12 years 2 months ago

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the advatage of fastfilm

David Serna
The availability to access a film without being online.. waiting for a screen to open. ...

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Armando

12 years 2 months ago

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Software for Downloading

Where did you see this?

Armando

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gpf13

12 years 2 months ago

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Copyright issue?

I would be careful with this; there may be copyright issues with doing this.

George Fulton
Pleasanton, CA

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Armando

12 years 2 months ago

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Copyright issue?

There can't be copyright issues for automating something you can do manually, legally, and is publicly available. I doubt it works though.

Armando

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serna_david

12 years 2 months ago

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download software

David Serna
I was surfing through some ones data and there was an ad for some software I think it was called "Fast".

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serna_david

12 years ago

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software for downloading

David Serna

The website is Fastfilm on Facebook.

he had been offering free downloads for the program and was issuing updates. the facebook site says it has now been closed .. i didnt read the details something about conflict with Lds. the software allows you to download the entire film for use offline.. I was conciderng buying a 2 Terabyte external hard drive to download a number of films for research..

In my opinion he could continue offering the software for downloading the files and viewable through adobe flashplayer as long as he didnt specify that it was for Family history film downloading...

I would like to see the LDS website offering this download. I have concidered contacting the Fastfilm people to find out about possible future software release...

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