Very Usefull Feature Addition ("Sticky Queues")

Capone · Post by **Capone** » 2003-08-29 01:56

Ok, here is my idea. *fanfare please*

Why not allow a user to manually enter a queue by specifying the search keywords, file type, and size(at least, at most, normal). This queue will become a "sticky queue" which will constantly remain in the queue and, given 'auto alternate search' is enabled, constantly scan for new files matching the criteria. When it finds a match, it queues it and once it downloads the filename and filesize are added to a 'dupelist' to prevent the file from being downloaded twice.

What good will this be? Some examples:

1: LamerX likes to watch hippopotamus have sex, he needs the clip to be a decent length so he can get his wack on. A "sticky queue" is generated to match 'hippo sex', file type video and at least 4 megabytes in size. LamerX can now get his pr0n fill, automated style.

2: LamerY is after a release, he knows that the rars of said release are named 'arelease.r01 through .r49'. A "sticky queue" is generated to match 'arelease.'. DC++ will effectively download the entire archive, with you only needing to setup the one queue. Same goes for a missing file of an archive, create the "sticky queue" and you can sit back and not constantly have to search the hubs for the missing file.

3: LamerZ likes movie releases done by 'UNNAMED' group. A "sticky queue" is generated to match 'UNAMED' with at least 500 megs in size. LamerZ goes away for the weekend, comes back, and has a bunch of movies to watch.

The list goes on..
Is this not the single greatest thing you've EVER heard of? Of course, it will have it's issues, for example, the silly user that decides to sticky queue '.' and loses all his RAM to his DC queue

, but i'm sure limits can be set. If you agree with me let it be shown and maybe we'll get a nice a new future feature. If you disagree with me, feel free to voice your opinions and generally tear apart my idea, k thx.

:: KEEP IT FREE! ::

jbyrd · Post by **jbyrd** » 2003-08-29 07:04

Too bad you mentioned the "." flaw, cuz I would have been all over that one baby!

Personally, I like pretty things. So it would be nice to search for "pretty" and have alot of pretty things to look at.

Sweet. Let's do it.

Capone · Post by **Capone** » 2003-08-29 15:57

Too bad you mentioned the "." flaw, cuz I would have been all over that one baby!

Well, that should'nt be hard for a seasoned programmer to get around. One way would be to limit the max number of results that a sticky queue returns(say 50) and at the same time check each result against the 'dupelist' so that it does not count a dupe as one of the 50 results and as more files download, more of the 50 results are free'd up allowing new queues to be created.

But then again, it should be the user's responibility to not choose a search query that will return an absurd amount of results.

Twink · Post by **Twink** » 2003-08-29 23:38

Interesting idea, however I think it would be better to make it a extention of ADL search, as it is kinda similar. Extend ADL search to be able to search and add files to your queue + log results returned, might be similar, unless I've missed something crucial

Capone · Post by **Capone** » 2003-08-30 00:58

Nice, did'nt even know about ADL Search until now..

Either way would be great, whatever is easier for the programmers.

fireflypower · Post by **fireflypower** » 2003-12-07 02:30

I think it's not that hard to add to ADL search future #2 (look same as i would do search for same name on hub and it will add to my queue)

I personaly was thinking to write topic about ADL + auto Queue but i found this one

I personaly belive that alot of people would be happy see this future

Twink · Post by **Twink** » 2003-12-07 03:48

actually an autoqueue ADL Search results (maybe set for each adl search) might cover the whole thing.

Twink · Post by **Twink** » 2003-12-07 04:33

hmm well that was fairly easy to add, I'll submit a patch to arnie. I think this feature is very promising. Thou it only adds them if the adlsearch folders are created I dunno if this happens when the 0.305 feature auto downloads lists (if it does then files would be added fairly quickly i'd think)

Twink · Post by **Twink** » 2003-12-07 04:57

well patch submitted to arnie (though I'm not hopefull on it being added) the patch is at http://twink.orcon.net.nz/patches/AutoQueue.diff if anyone else wants it.

(note: This is a very primitive Queue system, and probably will cause problems if you aren't very specific with ur adl searches (ie it doesn't check if the file is already queued etc)

fireflypower · Post by **fireflypower** » 2003-12-07 10:49

I was thinking more like add to existed queue so i will have more sources. (it would be suicide to auto add as new download)

fireflypower · Post by **fireflypower** » 2003-12-07 13:46

i just wonder how do I add the patch?

TheParanoidOne · Post by **TheParanoidOne** » 2003-12-07 14:06

fireflypower wrote:i just wonder how do I add the patch?

Two ways:
1. Get the source code, apply the patch and compile it yourself.
2. Wait for arne to add the patch to the next release, assuming that he likes the feature.

Twink · Post by **Twink** » 2003-12-08 05:04

hmmm well heres a few ideas I had to improve my patch, thought it might be worth some discussion

1) Check if file already in queue before queuing it (ie use it as an alternate)
2) Put Autoqueued items in a special folder (so you can easily check what was added)
3) Have option to set priority of autoqueued items (ie paused, so you have a list to go thru but they dont auto download)
4) Make sure it works with arnies auto download list thing in 0.305.

Post by **GargoyleMT** » 2003-12-08 12:51

Is it worth trying to protect a user who has inadvertently constructed an ADLSearch that will match the entire queue?

(Two examples are of course RAR sets, which should be a two digit number, and something that matches a user's whole picture directory, which could be four or 5 digits of files.)

Gratch06 · Post by **Gratch06** » 2003-12-08 14:10

Twink wrote:3) Have option to set priority of autoqueued items (ie paused, so you have a list to go thru but they dont auto download)

Link this with this and you might just have a combined feature.

incoma · Post by **incoma** » 2003-12-10 10:13

YEAP

ThatÃ‚Â´s what i call a feature!

IÃ‚Â´ll love to see this one implemented!!!

Great idea!