Failed download handling
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2016 3:47 pm
Hey evilhero,
I'm still trying to wrap my brain around the failed-download handling options. If I'm interpreting this correctly, the options break down like this:
a) If NEITHER "Failed download handling" nor "Automatic re-tries" enabled: Mylar tries to grab the first release it finds, but the download fails. Mylar marks the issue as "Skipped" and no further processing occurs.
b) If "Failed download handling" ENABLED, but "Automatic re-tries" NOT enabled: Mylar tries to grab the first release it finds, but the download fails. Mylar marks the release as "Failed" and tries to re-download the SAME release the next time a "Wanted" search occurs.
c) If "Failed download handling" AND "Automatic re-tries" BOTH ENABLED: Mylar tries to grab the first release it finds, but the download fails. Mylar marks the release as "Failed" and immediately searches for a DIFFERENT release matching the issue desired. If all of the available/matching releases fail, Mylar marks them all "Failed" but will re-try them all (presumably in the same order?) the next time a "Wanted" search occurs.
[also, d) what happens if "Failed download handling" is NOT enabled, but "Automatic re-tries" IS enabled?]
Do I have this right?
I am only using Usenet (not torrents) for downloading. It seems to me that, for the comics I follow at least, issues tend to be released (by one or more groups) shortly after they are published, then are rarely (if ever) re-released. (Sure, sometimes there will be exceptions, but by and large it's "grab it the first time or don't get it at all".) If the existing release[s] fail the first time around (usually due to incomplete/missing articles on my Usenet provider(s)), then they're likely to never succeed.
What I want is for Mylar to NOT re-try any given release that has failed (because it's never going to succeed), but DO keep searching for other releases until it either finds one that is good, or exhausts all the possible matches. In any event, if a given release has failed, I would prefer that Mylar NEVER try downloading the same release again. Why else bother tracking failed releases in the first place?
The reason I bring all this up again is, I'm finding Mylar keeps trying to re-download releases that have failed (they are on the "Failed" management page), yet often those same issues are marked as "Skipped" on the series' page. I suspect something got messed up as I kept changing the Failed Downloads options. At this point, would it be best if I manually set all the missing issues (that I know are never going to successfully download) as "Skipped", then cleared all the "Failed" locks on the management page?
Aimhere
I'm still trying to wrap my brain around the failed-download handling options. If I'm interpreting this correctly, the options break down like this:
a) If NEITHER "Failed download handling" nor "Automatic re-tries" enabled: Mylar tries to grab the first release it finds, but the download fails. Mylar marks the issue as "Skipped" and no further processing occurs.
b) If "Failed download handling" ENABLED, but "Automatic re-tries" NOT enabled: Mylar tries to grab the first release it finds, but the download fails. Mylar marks the release as "Failed" and tries to re-download the SAME release the next time a "Wanted" search occurs.
c) If "Failed download handling" AND "Automatic re-tries" BOTH ENABLED: Mylar tries to grab the first release it finds, but the download fails. Mylar marks the release as "Failed" and immediately searches for a DIFFERENT release matching the issue desired. If all of the available/matching releases fail, Mylar marks them all "Failed" but will re-try them all (presumably in the same order?) the next time a "Wanted" search occurs.
[also, d) what happens if "Failed download handling" is NOT enabled, but "Automatic re-tries" IS enabled?]
Do I have this right?
I am only using Usenet (not torrents) for downloading. It seems to me that, for the comics I follow at least, issues tend to be released (by one or more groups) shortly after they are published, then are rarely (if ever) re-released. (Sure, sometimes there will be exceptions, but by and large it's "grab it the first time or don't get it at all".) If the existing release[s] fail the first time around (usually due to incomplete/missing articles on my Usenet provider(s)), then they're likely to never succeed.
What I want is for Mylar to NOT re-try any given release that has failed (because it's never going to succeed), but DO keep searching for other releases until it either finds one that is good, or exhausts all the possible matches. In any event, if a given release has failed, I would prefer that Mylar NEVER try downloading the same release again. Why else bother tracking failed releases in the first place?
The reason I bring all this up again is, I'm finding Mylar keeps trying to re-download releases that have failed (they are on the "Failed" management page), yet often those same issues are marked as "Skipped" on the series' page. I suspect something got messed up as I kept changing the Failed Downloads options. At this point, would it be best if I manually set all the missing issues (that I know are never going to successfully download) as "Skipped", then cleared all the "Failed" locks on the management page?
Aimhere