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English => Feature requests => Topic started by: ngolian on October 29, 2004, 09:42:41 PM

Title: Try to download start of file first
Post by: ngolian on October 29, 2004, 09:42:41 PM: One feature I miss after migrating from xMule is an option to try to download the start of a file before any other chunks. This is really useful because it means you can preview films etc much earlier in the download. Sometimes I haven't been able to preview until a download is almost complete. I still prefer aMule to xMule overall though, because for some reason it seems to connect much quicker and be more effective at finding sources.
Title: Re: Try to download start of file first
Post by: Kry on October 29, 2004, 10:43:06 PM: I can't understand how you can miss a feature that is implemented and on preferences :)
Title: Re: Try to download start of file first
Post by: deltaHF on October 29, 2004, 11:07:22 PM: and u'll find it under "files -> try to download first and last chunks first"

cheers
Title: Re: Try to download start of file first
Post by: ngolian on October 30, 2004, 12:14:13 AM: Oops! Part of my defence is I've been using it on a TV lately. I'll have to start using the client-server mode. Is it possible to get a copy that's running in X to close down the X side of things but carry on running in the background so I can connect a client to it from my other PC or will I have to restart it?
Title: Re: Try to download start of file first
Post by: Jacobo221 on October 30, 2004, 05:54:02 AM: I know there's an app to do that, but I'm sorry I can't remember right now. Not sure if you should restart the app anyway :-/ Check in the FAQ under the "Can i use aMule as a deaemon" (or somehitng like that) section. I remember that app was mentioned there.
Greetings!
Title: Re: Try to download start of file first
Post by: lfroen on October 30, 2004, 07:34:10 AM: Quote
Check in the FAQ under the "Can i use aMule as a deaemon" (or somehitng like that) section

Maybe we should add such section to FAQ ?
Title: Re: Try to download start of file first
Post by: Jacobo221 on October 31, 2004, 11:14:19 PM: It exists already
Title: Re: Try to download start of file first
Post by: Jacobo221 on October 31, 2004, 11:15:44 PM: http://www.amule.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ_aMule#Is_there_any_way_to_start_aMule_with_no_graphical_interface?