auto-pause pars

[doubledrat]

downloading 10% extra that may not be needed is incredibly wasteful.  especially for hi-def content, it could run into many GBs.  It would be good if SABnzbd could emulate what newsleecher does, which is

1 auto pause pars > certain size
2 if a fix is required, download the minimum amount of par files that will do the repair
3 repair
4 remove excess pars from queue

if 1-4 is going to be too hard or take too long, just implementing 1 would allow us to only download pars if needed.

I reckon only 20% of my downloads require fixing, so this would be very beneficial.

thanks

[doubledrat]

OK, just noticed a bunch of pars in "waiting" state.  Does this mean it already does what I'm asking?!

[Usenet]

yup, as far as I know...

[switch]

Yes, SABnzbd only downloads the minimum amount of par files needed for a successful repair.

The par files are only set to not download once a download becomes "active" so that is where your confusion about it comes from.

Currently if a file is not repairable it does not download the extra pars; this will be changed in 0.3.2 so that all available pars are downloaded, so you can try and get extra pars/parts from other sources to repair.

[doubledrat]

sweet