[gpodder-devel] Dumping YouTube episode size detection
- From: thp at gpodder.org (Thomas Perl)
- Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:07:43 -0700
You wrote:
> I propose getting rid of YouTube episode size detection. The reason
> is that retreiving an episode from YouTube involves several HTTP
> requests and redirects, which is very slow. When I subscribe to a new
> channel with a few dozens of episodes, I need to wait for a few
> minutes for the episode list to show up. I don't care about file
> sizes THAT much.
>
> In fact, I think that this information (file sizes) isn't useful at
> all, and maybe we could dump it altogether? As a result, this would
> make gPodder work faster, which is much more important for a regular
> user than another technical detail.
>
> Instead, we could retrieve that information on demand and show it in
> the Episode Details dialogue, for those who care.
I fully agree with you here. Maybe the YouTube API will allow us to
get feeds with file sizes in the future. For now, leaving it out is
probably a good idea. Want to send a patch? :)
Thanks,
Thomas
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