This is actually very simple to use, bit slow though so I would recommend writing .bat for all of your videos and then let your PC run 24/7 to DL all, especially if your collection is that big..

But anyway.. Not sure if you guys read the readmes and FAQ's so here is very short and quick guide to it.

1. Use Chrome and install extension called "Get cookies.txt"
2. Login to R18 and go to your library. Use that "Get cookies.txt"-extension. Save that .txt as cookies.txt in same folder with JAV-IT.
3. Get the ID of your video, you can get the ID if you either watch the video or go to the videos information page if it hasn't gotten removed from sales yet. The ID is in form of something like pppd00666, sometimes it might start with h_
4. Go to folder with cookies.txt and JAV-IT. Create a folder where you want to save your video(s).
5. Open command prompt in that folder
6. Type "jav-it download /c cookies.txt /i <THIS IS WHERE ID GOES> /o <FOLDER FOR VIDEO>" obviously without the " and replacing the <> with appropriate texts.
7. Wait for it to finish, this took me about 35-40 minutes for 1 hour video so you can estimate from that how long it will take you.. I would guess several months with that 200+ videos
8. The video is in .ts format so I would recommend converting it to something more appropriate so it will be easier to view on all your devices

And making the .bat of these is as simple as:
Open notepad, write the text of step 6 to it multiple times, and change ID and folder if necessary to the correct ones and save it with any name you want, aslong its extension will be .bat.. It has to be in same folder than jav-it. And then you just double click on that file and let it run.
Not sure about if you can open multiple instances without issues though.. I would imagine R18 servers would prevent it somehow

And you might need to update your cookies file from time to time too for this

Got no chance of preservation here then, some were removed from the website so they have no content ID, I can't use command prompt easily and need the patreon version if I was going to attempt the 3000+ library entries gathered since 2016.

Got to try something though, I hate the thought of R18 ripping us paying customers off after 6 years of giving them money for contents we rightfully own

Good news is I established cookies and a download test, but it will probably take more time and HDD space.

Quite the problem when you have a lot of entries, definitely would need the patreon version

Update - As long as you have all the cookie txt files (I just added them all to the folder) it CAN locate videos no longer on the site, just DL a partial of one you wanted that has been removed and that contains the content ID you need.

Granted you might not locate them all, I certainly won't, but it might help to save more of your collections

Hi,

I just purchased jav-it and I'm having a problem using the tool when downloading r18.cm files.

I got the ID from the website, but i get an error saying : 

2022/09/30 16:16:48 [WARN] Could not start simulation engine:  could not start browser instance simulation: could not send message: could not send message to server: Protocol error (Browser.enable): Browser closed.

Is there any guidance in resolving this error?

---- complete log output ----

2022/09/30 16:16:31 [INFO] Server source is set to R18 (Default).

2022/09/30 16:16:31 [WARN] Due to significant R18 server changes the older Itch.io engine suffers download performance issues.

2022/09/30 16:16:31 [INFO] Please use the Patreon version for the latest backend and engine performance updates.

2022/09/30 16:16:31 [INFO] Verifying if simulator driver requires downloading and caching...

2022/09/30 16:16:31 [INFO] Downloading and caching simulation driver...

2022/09/30 16:16:34 [INFO] Driver successfully cached!

2022/09/30 16:16:34 [INFO] Verifying if support modules require downloading and caching...

2022/09/30 16:16:48 [WARN] Could not start simulation engine:  could not start browser instance simulation: could not send message: could not send message to server: Protocol error (Browser.enable): Browser closed.

==================== Browser output: ====================

<launching> C:\Users\kaylani\AppData\Local\ms-playwright\firefox-1238\firefox\firefox.exe -no-remote -headless -profile C:\Users\kaylani\AppData\Local\Temp\playwright_firefoxdev_profile-8v8v58 -juggler-pipe -silent

<launched> pid=9560

[pid=9560] <process did exit: exitCode=3221225781, signal=null>

=========================== logs ===========================

<launching> C:\Users\kaylani\AppData\Local\ms-playwright\firefox-1238\firefox\firefox.exe -no-remote -headless -profile C:\Users\kaylani\AppData\Local\Temp\playwright_firefoxdev_profile-8v8v58 -juggler-pipe -silent

<launched> pid=9560

[pid=9560] <process did exit: exitCode=3221225781, signal=null>

============================================================

Note: use DEBUG=pw:api environment variable to capture Playwright logs.

2022/09/30 16:16:48 [INFO] Failure to start may be an indication that antivirus software is running. (disable it?)

2022/09/30 16:16:48 [INFO] Attempting automatic repair of simulation engine...

2022/09/30 16:16:49 [INFO] The simulation engine has been reset, but but requires a program restart on Windows.

2022/09/30 16:16:49 [INFO] Please retry your last command to finish repairs and proceed with normal operation.

The batch file cannot be found.