Feature Request

[Echuir]

I would like to request the ability to set when the downloader will begin and stop downloading. I have a limited window of when I can download files and would like to be able to set this as the time when my downloads happen.

[Claire]

Hi,

Thanks for your post. This sounds like a good idea. Can you provide the specific details of how you would like to see this added to our program?

Would it be in the settings?

[ ] Only download files during specific time period
(IF checked then option to set time period displays)
12:00 AM to 03:00 AM

ALL files in the file download list remain there and in a pause mode until this time is reached?

[Keith]

Could there be a download now button and a download later button, the settings options would include times for the download later button.

As before, the UK more or less let you download anything between midnight and 8 am

[Claire]

what would the download later button do?

Does the download start automatically past a certain time?

What would this look like in the interface?

I have started to enter in your feature request here, but it would be nice to have more information on how this would really work - what would be best for you.
http://bugs.vso-software.fr/view.php?id=4648

[Keith]

If when clicked the download later button remembered times to download, that would be good, if not, when clicked it would ask what time to start the download

Or just one button for downloads, which when clicked would ask now or later, then if later is selected, times could be entered

[Benjamin]

this feature makes sense, we will add it in the final version.
for now we will finalyze the streaming detection.

[JibberJabber]

Hi there!
Any possibility of rtmp:// being supported?
Cheers!

[Claire]

yes in the future.

[JibberJabber]

yes in the future.

Good stuff. Happy Days ahead!

[johnnyb]

It would be great if the program could check for duplicate files
like for duplicate streams (to not add these) and for already downloaded files/streams
also, the toolbar is large enough to accomodate the manage list options
let's say you make the clear all completed files, pause all and resume all buttons on the toolbar

[Claire]

It would be great if the program could check for duplicate files
like for duplicate streams (to not add these) and for already downloaded files/streams

what is a duplicate file: an url already in the list or the same video stream added more than 1 time (when seeking for example)

also, the toolbar is large enough to accomodate the manage list options
let's say you make the clear all completed files, pause all and resume all buttons on the toolbar

I do not know what you mean

[johnnyb]

same stream
same file is harder because the user can rename it and i think i's harder to implement


i mean that on the toolbar shoud appear the buttons that appear now in the manage list submenu
similar to IDM interface

[Claire]

did you know that if you seek in a video it is added again to the download list? We cannot do anything about this. Is this what you mean?

[johnnyb]

did you know that if you seek in a video it is added again to the download list? We cannot do anything about this. Is this what you mean?

i understand that you cannot do anything about this
but i have a problem with movieshare
the site reloads sometimes and the movie gets downloaded again
so the program should check for duplicate streams

[Claire]

Can you provide a link of a specific file that causes a problem and we can look into it?

[johnnyb]

it's not a specific file
it's the same when you seek a video

let's say we have a webpage with the following movie url
http://www.example.com/video.flv?start=0
vso downloader catches the url and begins downloading "video.flv"
I refresh the page and vso downloader begins downloading "video(1).flv"
I refresh again and vso downloader begins downloading "video(2).flv"
here, vso downloader should do a test for duplicate urls, and not download the same url over and over again

example 2:

let's say we have a webpage with the following movie url
http://www.example.com/video.flv?start=0
vso downloader catches the url and begins downloading "video.flv"
i seek and the url changes to http://www.example.com/video.flv?start=12345
i seek again and the url changes to http://www.example.com/video.flv?start=34567
here should be a test for duplicate urls and vso downloader should download the file with position zero (the entire movie, from the start)
http://www.example.com/video.flv?start=0

do you understand what i mean by checking for duplicate urls?

[Benjamin]

it's not a specific file
it's the same when you seek a video

let's say we have a webpage with the following movie url
http://www.example.com/video.flv?start=0
vso downloader catches the url and begins downloading "video.flv"
I refresh the page and vso downloader begins downloading "video(1).flv"
I refresh again and vso downloader begins downloading "video(2).flv"
here, vso downloader should do a test for duplicate urls, and not download the same url over and over again

Most streaming video formats like FLV or MP4 can start at any position of the file and are considered as a new video each time you seek it.

When you refresh a page you can have 2 cases:
1) the video restart at the previous position so it is considering as a new video and will be downloaded again
2) the video restart at beginning, in this case it should not be downloaded

example 2:

let's say we have a webpage with the following movie url
http://www.example.com/video.flv?start=0
vso downloader catches the url and begins downloading "video.flv"
i seek and the url changes to http://www.example.com/video.flv?start=12345
i seek again and the url changes to http://www.example.com/video.flv?start=34567
here should be a test for duplicate urls and vso downloader should download the file with position zero (the entire movie, from the start)
http://www.example.com/video.flv?start=0

do you understand what i mean by checking for duplicate urls?

VSO Downloader downloads what you are watching, i.e: it can't know the beginning of the video if you start to read it from the middle.

[johnnyb]

ok, but could it at least check for exact duplicate streams?

[Benjamin]

yes it is the case: in the download item log file you can see the exact URL of the downloaded file compare them and let me know if they are identical

[johnnyb]

let's do a test
open this page http://www.movshare.net/video/evzie0jdnqfkm
the movie url is http://w21.movshare.net/dl/7267158aed4c ... jewbox.avi
vso begins downloading
now hit refresh in the browser
what happens?
do you get a duplicate download?