Is there a way to queue downloads from XDCC IRC networks?
reddit / irc

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omas_2110 · 2017-10-13 22:37

What is the best software to download from IRC networks?

(I use mIRC but there is no option to queue downloads (one file at a
time))

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damiankw · 2017-10-15 02:47

It would probably be a little hard to queue downloads, because of how
the process works and how backed up a lot of the XDCC networks are.

For example, if you want to download two things (A, B), you set A to
go, and your client queues B for when A is finished. First off, A
might not start sending for another two hours, which means that for at
least two hours you're not downloading, then A takes thirty minutes to
download, then your client asks for B, another two hour delay until B
starts because the queue on the bot. Another aspect of waiting like
this, is that a lot of XDCC networks change up their list item numbers
when new releases come out, so if your client asks for B five hours
after you actually requested it, it might be gone, or might be
something else.

If you're actually happy with these kinds of potential wait times, it
wouldn't be hard to write something in mIRC script to queue items
instead of directly get them. The most amount of work will be going
into getting the correct signals from the bots. For example, some bots
might drop out but send a notice to you saying 'sorry, ill resend', at
which point you don't want to start B; others might send you a message
saying A is no longer available, so you don't want to wait for it to
start/finish before B kicks off.

If I'm missing something, let me know :P

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omas_2110 · 2017-10-15 14:48

Thank you very much for your explanation.