Axel already tries to accelerate downloads by using multiple connections
and, if possible, also multiple servers for just one download. Another way
for accelerating downloads, especially on video sites like
youtube can be done with dropping
connections, when they get to slow.
E.g. on Youtube, if you select some new spot within some video,
than you get the full speed, because the local cache of your browser should
be filled. But only some seconds later, the download speed decreases to the
video streaming bitrate :-(
This patch for axel just jumps every N seconds, which can be specified
with the -r option, to a new spot within the video. This way,
the video site always serves your request in full speed ;)
INSTALLATION
#!/bin/sh
wget https://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/file/3015/axel-2.4.tar.gz
wget http://www.mcmilk.de/code/2012/axel-2.4.tr.diff
zcat axel-2.4.tar.gz | tar x
cat axel-2.4.tr.diff | patch -p0
cd axel-2.4
./configure
make
# install it systemwide via:
# sudo cp axel /usr/bin/axel
# sudo cp axel.1 /usr/share/man/man1/axel.1
USAGE
axel -h | grep reconnect
# outwill be be:
# --reconnect-every -r x Specify maximum time of a connection in seconds
axel -r 6 http://some-very-long-video-url/we-got-from-firefox/via-right-click-and-copy/
DOWNLOAD
- my patch for the reconnect feature: axel-2.4.tr.diff
- homepage of axel
- axel git repository
- axel on freecode
