Opened 13 years ago
Last modified 13 years ago
#2139 new plugin-request
Support Metalink
| Reported by: | gquigs | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | minor | Milestone: | Future |
| Component: | Core | Version: | master |
| Keywords: | Cc: |
Description
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalink
"Metalink is a cross-platform and cross-application Internet standard/framework/file format for programs that download, including download managers, BitTorrent clients, Web browsers, FTP clients, and P2P programs. For increased convenience, the multiple download locations for a file (FTP/HTTP/P2P) and other metadata in HTTP header fields and/or an XML file with the extension .meta4 or .metalink."
Specific use case that just happened to me: I want to download an Ubuntu ISO of Alpha 3.
With Metalink: There are no seeders. Because I clicked on the metalink, deluge can automatically fall back to wget. Extra benefit, torrents can become better seeded.
What happens now: I try the torrent.. It never goes anywhere. I switch to using wget.
I think this would be better served as a plugin rather than core feature.