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davidmhewitt / torrential

A simple torrent client for elementary OS
GNU General Public License v2.0
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Sequential Download support #82

Open oae opened 6 years ago

oae commented 6 years ago

Is it possible to get a sequential download option like qBittorrent has?

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twltlnx commented 6 years ago

I'd like to see this option too. And "first and last piece" for previewing movies. Is it in your plans?

davidmhewitt commented 6 years ago

Thank you for the suggestion. I think if possible, I'd like to implement this in a more "smart" way that may take me some time.

Generally, it is recommended to not download torrents sequentially, especially if they are torrents with a poor seed ratio as this would affect the overall health of the torrent and make download speeds slower for everyone else. On principle, I don't want to implement something that goes against the spirit of torrenting.

I think what I'd like to do is automatically have Torrential download media files (audio/video) sequentially (plus the last piece) if and only if they are coming from a healthy torrent with plenty of seeds and then indicate in the UI that it may be possible to preview these files.

Would this be a suitable compromise for this issue?

twltlnx commented 6 years ago

I think it is. If download of audio/video will automatically start for fast previewing it will be simple and no need to do redundant options.