The Holy Grail - Resuming a Download

[derobert]

derobert, to better answer your question I think that your link for a download is a bit different. The URL listed for the "here" link for me ends in "downloadlocal.php?v=XXXX"

That's weird --- it should work even for non-donators... I thought I fixed that bug!

Anyway, I'll look into why it isn't.

[derobert]

Since this is also a "local" server, and the way it's set up, there is a way to link to the files directly, but that would be too much pain on our coders (poor derobert...) and even harder to impliment.

Actually, it's done that way so people can't link strait to the download and bypass, e.g., the video info page and the pledge drive.

It takes you to the "downloadlocal.php?=XXXXX" page because each video is assigned a number. If XXXXX=the video you're trying to get, then it finds it, queues up a download, and lets the user download.

There are actually two localdownload pages. One of them uses downloadlocal.php, one doesn't. When you turn on bit_dl_nwo, it's supposed to not use downloadlocal anymore --- but for some reason, it still is...

[derobert]

As for the "downloadlocal.php?=XXXXX" part, I have never seen anything other than that. Never once had there been an actual url for the movie file.

With bit_dl_nwo, you should, but apparently its broken for non-donators. (Actually, it's a link to the video valid for 24 hours, I think)

[Deiscorides]

derobert, after reading you replies here I had an idea. When I first set "bit_dl_nwo" checked and saved, I did not delete my temp files and browser cache before I went back to the same video I was trying to download. I had been deleting the cache between every try except that one.

So, I went back and checked and saved the "bit_dl_nwo" setting again and then deleted my browser's cache. Then I went to a completely different video and after passing the pledge page and getting to the final download page the "here" link was an actual movie file URL instead of the same "downloadlocal.php" file like it had been before. So, that means it works for what you were wanting it to work for. Also, since its a normal link, GetRight WILL work with it.

It amazes me sometimes how a browser just wants to cling to an old outdated page like that. Even when I have it set to check for a new version of the page each time it visits it. Unless of course those pages are not set to decay to begin with?