Download Resume

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Beebs
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It would be nice if failed downloads would resume, rather than always retrying from the beginning.

I'm sure UK Vodafone users won't find too much to grumble with, but with T-mobile's patchy 3G coverage having a download reach 80% complete and then fail and start again from the beginning as you go through a hole in coverage is pretty frustrating.

eric
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Joined: 11/06/2008
Resuming downloads

Yep, just added a mantis issue.

Thanks for the feedback.

xkahn
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Download Resume -- more information

It goes further than that. If you are downloading a podcast, and you get a call, the network is disrupted. A message is displayed that the application tried again "5 times" and failed and will give up.

If there is no network, the application should wait for the network to come back before resuming the download.

audioeng
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Joined: 08/31/2009
I am used to having this

I am used to having this feature on PodTrapper on the blackberry.
It is great, and will go a long way toward better battery life using DC.

Any update on when this will be implemented?

eric
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The soon list

I just moved this to the soon list in mantis, which is where I draw from when I'm looking for things to do.

audioeng
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any progress on resume downloads?

This would be a huge improvement in battery usage for those of us with a lot of podcasts and or video.

eric
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Not currently working on it

It's still scheduled in the soon timeframe.