2010-01-16, 05:09
Therms Wrote:1. Haven't implemented the "rolling updates" feature.
2. Downlimit governs how much is downloaded each time the script is run. Rember that ATD keeps a database of downloaded trailers, so in the simplest scenario you can just run a command line like "atd.exe". This will download all the trailers. Next time you run "atd.exe" it will only download trailers it didnt' download last time. That is always the case. So, if you run it each time with "--downlimit 1GB", each time it will download 1GB worth of trailers until it's caught up with all available trailers, then each time after that it will only download new trailers (up to 1GB worth...if there's 1GB worth of trailers depends on how often you run atd).
3. You shouldn't need a batch file. Just set atd.exe to run once a day or whatever.
In other news, I'm not sure how you ever streamed HD trailers from Apple if your internet connection is only 1.5mbit.
For example, a 1080p trailer is on average around 150MB. The average trailer is maybe 120 seconds long.
150MB/120seconds = 1.25MB/second
1.25MB/second = 10 megabits per second
That means you have to do a LOT of buffering to stream on a 1.5megabit connection.
Thanks so much fro the helpful answers
1. / 2.) Got it - makes sense So until that "rolling update" feature is implemented should we manually delete trailers if the size of that folder is getting out of hand?
3.) Cool - so is the easiest way to run our chosen parameters through the scheduled tasks in windows?
BTW, I made a mistake reporting my connection speed earlier...just checked it with speedtest and it reports 13.94 Mb/s ! ........That should be plenty for 720p trailer streaming. Do we all think Apple is just not providing enough bandwidth at their end?
Thanks so much!
----edit---- having a few probs with the script...posted comments on your page
http://blog.contriving.net/2009/12/26/ap...ownloader/
And one more Q about the script and HTE - will HTE's "watched trailers" list still function with the locally downloaded trailers? And if so would that require each trailer to have an nfo? Thanks!