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Possibility to enable sequential download #6067

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opened 2026-02-21 18:12:30 -05:00 by deekerman · 13 comments

deekerman commented

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Originally created by @silverqx on GitHub (Sep 14, 2017).

I want to suggest PR, where will be possible to enable sequential download per whole app and per torrent.

The checkbox, which will control whole app, might be in Downloads - When adding a torrent - Enable Sequential download.

For per torrent it will be in Add new torrent modal - Torrent settings - Sequential download.

When checkbox will be checked in main options, so checkbox in add new torrent dialog will be checked by default and vice versa.

Of course, on the defaults this checkbox will be unchecked, so nothing changes and the default behavior will be like it's now.

Personal experience, on my mmc comp, where i'm downloading only movies, need seq. download in 99% cases, but on my dev. comp, I don't need seq. download at all, would be very helpful to control this behavior.

Originally created by @silverqx on GitHub (Sep 14, 2017). I want to suggest PR, where will be possible to enable sequential download per whole app and per torrent. The checkbox, which will control whole app, might be in `Downloads - When adding a torrent - Enable Sequential download`. For per torrent it will be in `Add new torrent modal - Torrent settings - Sequential download`. When checkbox will be checked in `main options`, so checkbox in `add new torrent dialog` will be checked by default and vice versa. Of course, on the defaults this checkbox will be unchecked, so nothing changes and the default behavior will be like it's now. Personal experience, on my mmc comp, where i'm downloading only movies, need seq. download in 99% cases, but on my dev. comp, I don't need seq. download at all, would be very helpful to control this behavior.

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@zeule commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2017):

These changes were disputed many times already. They are absent because otherwise it would be to easy to damage the cloud. But, perhaps, we can add options to automatically enable them when a torrent is super-healthy? For example, when availability is higher than 10.

@zeule commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2017): These changes were disputed many times already. They are absent because otherwise it would be to easy to damage the cloud. But, perhaps, we can add options to automatically enable them when a torrent is super-healthy? For example, when availability is higher than 10.

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@silverqx commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2017):

Absolutely, this is good suggestion, so when user selects Download in sequential order from transferlistwidget context menu, so availability will not be checked, like it is now.

But when it will be selected through checkbox in main options or selected through checkbox in add new torrent modal, so availability should be checked, e.g. should be higher than 10.

So the behavior will be, e.g. this checkbox will be checked in main options, torrent will be added and download starts normally, not like sequential download, but when the availability will be higher than 10. torrent will be switched to sequential download.

The other protection could be, that this auto seq. download should work for movies only, but this may be later and in other task.

@silverqx commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2017): Absolutely, this is good suggestion, so when user selects `Download in sequential order` from `transferlistwidget` context menu, so availability will not be checked, like it is now. But when it will be selected through checkbox in `main options` or selected through checkbox in `add new torrent modal`, so availability should be checked, e.g. should be higher than 10. So the behavior will be, e.g. this checkbox will be checked in main options, torrent will be added and download starts normally, not like `sequential download`, but when the availability will be higher than 10. torrent will be switched to `sequential download`. The other protection could be, that this auto seq. download should work for movies only, but this may be later and in other task.

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@zeule commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2017):

@glassez, this auto enabler/disabler fits perfectly into categories approach. How do you think, would it be possible to design them in a way that category would not be bound to save path forcing, but at the same time can manage other settings?

@zeule commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2017): @glassez, this auto enabler/disabler fits perfectly into categories approach. How do you think, would it be possible to design them in a way that category would not be bound to save path forcing, but at the same time can manage other settings?

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@glassez commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2017):

@evsh, I think Yes. I want to make save path binding optionally as other (possible) per-category settings.

@glassez commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2017): @evsh, I think Yes. I want to make save path binding optionally as other (possible) per-category settings.

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@zeule commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2017):

Superb.

@zeule commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2017): Superb.

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@silverqx commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2017):

I looked at AddNewTorrentDialog and there is nothing to prevent other settings from being bound to category, it's AddNewTorrentDialog::categoryChanged() slot.

@silverqx commented on GitHub (Sep 14, 2017): I looked at `AddNewTorrentDialog` and there is nothing to prevent other settings from being bound to category, it's `AddNewTorrentDialog::categoryChanged()` slot.

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@silverqx commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2017):

I have this almost done, i'm doing on last thing and need to know, where are this data persisted https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/blob/master/src/base/bittorrent/torrenthandle.h#L458.

I need to save one bool value, but per torrent, it is value if the Sequential download was overridden in Add new Torrent dialog.

@silverqx commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2017): I have this almost done, i'm doing on last thing and need to know, where are this data persisted https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/blob/master/src/base/bittorrent/torrenthandle.h#L458. I need to save one bool value, but per torrent, it is value if the Sequential download was overridden in Add new Torrent dialog.

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@thalieht commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2017):

You mean where they are saved in the .fastresume files? https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/blob/master/src/base/bittorrent/torrenthandle.cpp#L1669 and read from https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/blob/master/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp#L4289
But i'm curious why do you need to save that.

@thalieht commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2017): You mean where they are saved in the .fastresume files? https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/blob/master/src/base/bittorrent/torrenthandle.cpp#L1669 and read from https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/blob/master/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp#L4289 But i'm curious why do you need to save that.

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@silverqx commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2017):

Thx, this is it :)

Sequential download will be intelligent, so if the availability drops under 10 and torrent is active and is in downloading state, seq. download will be disabled and if availability increases above 10, seq. download will be enabled.
We need to persist this, because of course qbittorrent can be exit and launched again and on the basis of seq. download checkbox in add new torrent modal dialog will be decided, if seq. download for torrent will be enabled :).

@silverqx commented on GitHub (Sep 18, 2017): Thx, this is it :) Sequential download will be intelligent, so if the availability drops under 10 and torrent is active and is in downloading state, seq. download will be disabled and if availability increases above 10, seq. download will be enabled. We need to persist this, because of course qbittorrent can be exit and launched again and on the basis of seq. download checkbox in add new torrent modal dialog will be decided, if seq. download for torrent will be enabled :).

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@siran commented on GitHub (Sep 26, 2017):

I totally agree with this. If torrent is healthy, there should be an option to download sequentially/first last part first by default.

Currently I only have one active download torrent at once, so if downloading a 2nd torrent I need to click 8 times so the 2nd torrent can download sequentially and first/last pieces first:
1- right click on 2nd torrent
2- click on force download (... wait until it starts...)
3- right click on 2nd torrent
4- click on sequential order
5- right click on 2nd torrent
6- click on first and last pieces first
7- right click on 2nd torrent
8- click on resume download

:-/

@siran commented on GitHub (Sep 26, 2017): I totally agree with this. If torrent is healthy, there should be an option to download sequentially/first last part first by default. Currently I only have one active download torrent at once, so if downloading a 2nd torrent I need to click 8 times so the 2nd torrent can download sequentially and first/last pieces first: 1- right click on 2nd torrent 2- click on force download (... wait until it starts...) 3- right click on 2nd torrent 4- click on sequential order 5- right click on 2nd torrent 6- click on first and last pieces first 7- right click on 2nd torrent 8- click on resume download :-/

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@siran commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2017):

UPDATE

I discovered that if you select a bunch of torrents, as long as one of them is downloading you can select Download in Sequential Order for all of them. Unfortunately, the "Download first and last pieces first" flag doesn't update this way.

@siran commented on GitHub (Oct 12, 2017): ## UPDATE I discovered that if you select a bunch of torrents, as long as one of them is downloading you can select Download in Sequential Order for all of them. Unfortunately, the "Download first and last pieces first" flag doesn't update this way.

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@silverqx commented on GitHub (Oct 13, 2017):

@siran it's exactly the reason why I have proposed this project, to improve UX

@silverqx commented on GitHub (Oct 13, 2017): @siran it's exactly the reason why I have proposed this project, to improve UX

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@sledgehammer999 commented on GitHub (May 11, 2018):

Duplicate of #164

Also locking conversation: https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/164#issuecomment-388520313

@sledgehammer999 commented on GitHub (May 11, 2018): Duplicate of #164 Also locking conversation: https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/164#issuecomment-388520313