Dongw1126 / Auto-Resume-Downloads

Auto Download Resume Chrome extension
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/auto-resume-downloads/pifbhionjpacnpjoaomhdpbekkdphdgd
MIT License
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I want to specify the number of files to download at the same time. #8

Open sleepy-sleepy-sleepy opened 2 years ago

sleepy-sleepy-sleepy commented 2 years ago

This extension is useful and very helpful.

However, there is one more feature I would like to have in my environment and I suggest it.

I would like the feature to change the number of simultaneous downloads. For example, if the number of simultaneous downloads is set to 5, downloads will resume until the number reaches 5. If there are currently 2 downloads going on and 10 failed files to download, only 3 of the 10 will be resumed. If there are currently 10 downloads going on, the download will not resume until the number is less than 5.

Let me explain why I want this feature. I want to download a lot of files from a not-so-large site, but the server the small site has cannot handle the large traffic, so traffic is sometimes limited. Even if my internet connection is 30 Mbps, the download from the server can be 1 Mbps. When I am downloading 100 files from such a site, this extension will simultaneously resume 100 downloads and send 100 requests. The server will immediately become overloaded and many files will again fail to download. This is an action that may cause problems for the site and should not be performed. Therefore, for small sites, I do not use this extension and resume downloads manually, but it would be great if this could be automated.