Limit number of downloads running in parallel

[KapilFaujdar]

Version

• 0.19.8

Steps to reproduce the bug

When multiple videos are downloaded. More than one video start downloading while the settings are configured to download one video at a time.

Expected behavior

Only one video should be downloaded.

Actual behaviour

Four videos from the queue start downloading simultaneously.

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[opusforlife2]

Works fine here. Please provide additional info like device and Android version. And if you're using any VPNs or other network modifiers.

[KapilFaujdar]

Motorola G5 plus with Android 10.

Happens when many files are in queue and download is restarted after it was stopped manually or by network error.

[opusforlife2]

Happens when many files are in queue and download is restarted after it was stopped manually or by network

See now this is something you should put in the template when you first open the issue. Otherwise the tester can be misled. Always give as much information as possible about your investigation into the problem.

[opusforlife2]

and download is restarted

How are you restarting it? By tapping the play button in the top right corner? Or by tapping Start in that download's 3 dot menu?

[KapilFaujdar]

By tapping the button at top

[opusforlife2]

Thought so. If you long press on the button you'll see that it's called Start Downloads. Which means it starts all the downloads at once. If you want to start a single download, you have to tap the Start option from its 3 dot menu.

@Stypox The idea makes sense. If a person enables the limit queue option, then that button should only restart the pending download and recreate the queue, instead of starting them all at once.

Also, the wording "Limit download queue" doesn't make sense. It should be called "Enable/disable parallel downloads". Limit queue would mean that we don't allow the user to queue more than x videos for downloading. That's not the case. The queue has no upper bound (I think).

[NomarCub]

Is there a ticket for an actual "Limit download queue" feature (as in limit them to a number)? I looked around, but the issues are a mess.

[opusforlife2]

If you've searched for duplicates and not found any, you can always open a new issue.

[opusforlife2]

Closing in favour of #11360.