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Alt.Binz (English) => Help => Topic started by: markt980 on January 13, 2009, 05:23:52 pm

Title: first time user, trouble downloading more than one file at a time
Post by: markt980 on January 13, 2009, 05:23:52 pm

could anyone plz tell me how i can download more that one file at a time,when i try to download 2 files one of them wont download until the other has finished.

thanks :)

Title: Re: first time user, trouble downloading more than one file at a time
Post by: Hecks on January 13, 2009, 06:50:17 pm

It isn't possible, and neither is it necessary.  It would still take exactly the same amount of time to download both files.  Think: max bandwidth is fixed, total download size is fixed, so total time to download completion is a constant.

Title: Re: first time user, trouble downloading more than one file at a time
Post by: DM8Mydog on January 13, 2009, 07:11:23 pm

look at the bottom, you see the download threads currently in use, on most cases 4-5 threads will fill your downstream if you need more just add more to your satisfaction.

each file is cut to a lot of smaller parts, x threads will download those parts x pieces at a time, etc.

Title: Re: first time user, trouble downloading more than one file at a time
Post by: Hecks on January 13, 2009, 07:17:40 pm

My understanding was that by 'files' the OP was referring to complete downloads, i.e. collections.  If he means article parts, then yes the download threads are shared between those.  But as you'll see from expanding the collection in the queue, in practice these are usually only downloading one file (meaning .rar, .par etc. parts of the collection) at a time, or finishing one file while starting the next (when some threads become free).

We had this discussion some time ago in the forum IIRC when people were requesting the ability to run multiple instances of Alt.Binz so that they could download two things at once.

Edit: https://www.altbinz.net/forum/index.php?topic=359.0