Category: General Support

While you can always download individual files, PictureView also allows you to download multiple files as a single zip file using any of the Get buttons (i.e., Get Check Files, Get Unchecked Files, Get All Files) on the thumbnail and search results pages.

Get Buttons Used for Batch Downloading (PV2 Style)

Simple Batch Downloading

By default, thumbnail and search pages show you thumbnails at the top of the screen and a text list below. The list below provides the title, size, poster, and description for each corresponding thumbnail above; the list also provides checkboxes which can be used in conjunction with the Get buttons to perform a batch download.

If you want to download the first three files listed, simply click in the checkboxes adjacent to files 1-3 and then click the Get Checked Files button. After Clicking the Get Checked Files button a dialog window will appear allowing you to select a location to save a zip file containing the files you selected (please see Zip Files Download without Prompt if you do not receive a Save dialog after clicking the Get Checked Files button).

Selecting Files and Clicking Get Checked Files (PV2 Style)

If you want to download files 4-7, you could check files 1-3, as above, but click the Get Unchecked Files button.

Advanced Batch Downloading

In cases where you want to perform a more complicated batch download by selecting some 50 out of a 100 listed files (use the List Mode option to display a list of 100 or more files) you will want to use the Plus () and Minus () buttons.

Using the Plus and Minus Buttons (PV2 Style)

Starting from the top (using the Plus and Minus buttons, you always want to move from top to bottom) move down the list of files until you locate the first file that you want to download and then click the Plus button adjacent to it. Clicking the Plus button selects the adjacent file as well as all of the files listed below.

Continue down the list until you reach a file that you do not want to download and then click the Minus button adjacent to it. Clicking the Minus button deselects the adjacent file as well as all of the files listed below.

Continue the procedure until you have selected all of the files you want to download and then click the Get Checked Files button.

Performing Batch Downloads across Multiple Days and Groups

For instructions on downloading files from multiple days and groups, please see Basket.

Related Links:

• Basket
• Using a Download Manager with the PictureView Service
• Zip Files and the PictureView Service
• Zip Files Download without Prompt

The basket is a feature of the new version of PictureView that allows you to select files for later viewing or downloading–you can think of it as your own miniature database. While you can always perform a batch download from within a single group or a search results page, the basket feature allows you to move from group to group, adding files along the way; when you are finished adding files, you can access your basket and then view or download what files you wish.

Adding Files to Your Basket

To add a file to your basket, click on the checkbox adjacent to the desired file, click on the Basket menu, and then click on Add Checked Files to Basket.

In the PV2 style, the Basket menu is located above and below the text list (which is located below the thumbnails).

Adding Checked Files to Your Basket (PV2 Style)

In the Classic style, the Basket menu is located below the text list.

Adding Checked Files to Your Basket (Classic Style)

Saving Your Basket

You can save your basket so that you can return to it at a later date. NOTE:Currently, you will not be able to retrieve your basket if it includes even one file that has expired from PictureView. Until we implement the automatic removal of expired files, we recommend that you periodically edit your basket, either by emptying it or removing older files.

Viewing and Editing Your Basket

Use the Show Basket option on the Basket menu to display the Basket Contents page (the page will appear in a new window). On the Basket Contents page you have access to the same sorting and batch downloading options that are available on a normal thumbnail page.

The contents page also provides you with the option of removing files from your basket. To remove a file, click the checkbox adjacent the desired file, click on the Basket menu, and select the Remove Checked Files from Basket option.

Using the Basket to Report Files

The basket is also used to report files that should be removed from PictureView. Please be sure to empty your basket before adding files that you will report to us. Once you have finished adding files to your basket, use the Send File Report link at the bottom of the page to submit your report.

Related Links:

• Batch Downloading
• Reporting Illegal Material

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PVMobile is still in early development, so please be aware of the following limitations:

1. The Group List is always in order of most popular groups to least popular groups (we are working to add more options).
2. You cannot yet change the number of thumbnails that appear on a page.
3. Personal Group Lists are not yet available on PVMobile.

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To see these pictures and videos, you normally have to look through thousands of messages, most of which don’t give you a clue as to the content. PictureView lets you see what kind of picture or video was posted before you spend time downloading it.

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