An alternative to Memrise2Anki [support thread]

[Eltaurus]

I’ve put out a new version that includes all the latest updates:

1. The extension now has a proper menu to control downloads, handle course lists for batch downloading, and change the settings.
2. Course scanning is performed with a limited number of threads, which should significantly reduce timeout errors in large batches, which previously led to missing levels in the downloaded course spreadsheets.
3. Better and detailed progress indication, including console messages and text labels on the progress bars. Most common issues are also communicated more clearly, throwing alerts and logging warnings.

4. The number of items (words) a course has is now appended at end of the .csv file name and inside the course description file for easier assessment of the downloaded resources.

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   Memrise only displays the total number of items in a course beforehand if the course has been started by the user, or it is not divided into separate levels.

   • If such a number is available it will be shown in brackets, e.g. ..._(123).csv. If you see that, you can be sure that all items (except the ignored ones!) from a course have been saved successfully (to verify that all media files have been successfully downloaded as well, you’ll need to compare the similar number at the end of the ..._media folder with the number of files inside it).

   • If the apriori number is not available, the displayed figure will be based on the total number of items in the levels the extension managed to scrap and prefixed with a tilda to indicate an estimation, e.g. ..._(~77).csv. To verify that all items have been downloaded, you’ll have to compare this number to some independent evaluation (the easiest way would still be to press the Get started now button on the course page and check the value calculated by Memrise itself).

   • If the number of items is available, but does not match the total number of downloaded items, both of them will be shown to indicate an incomplete download, e.g. ..._(42 of 58).csv. In such a case it’s worth checking the internet connection and repeating the download (no need to delete the files from the previous attempt or reload the page).

5. @ole I’ve also added a setting to disable downloading videos per your request (the Video Files toggle is in the Advanced section).
   Note, that if you wish to exclude videos from a previously downloaded course without redownloading it, this would be easier done inside Anki itself by deleting the column/field (before/after import respectively) which containes the references to video files and then going to Tools → Check Media → Delete Unused to remove unreferenced files from the collection (Tools → Check Media (Again) → Empty Trash to delete them completely).