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HyperFetch 2.8.3

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@github-actions github-actions released this 28 Oct 13:54
· 54 commits to main since this release

2.8.2 is withdrawn: it would not start for anyone who had used HyperFetch before ("'DownloadAppV2' object has no attribute '_moves'"). If you installed it, install this one from here — the app cannot update itself while it does not start. 2.8.3 is 2.8.2 with that fixed.

The list

  • The bar under the list shows what your selection needs, and keeps up as downloads change. Running or queued: Pause (queued torrents had no Pause there, only the right-click menu). Paused or failed: Resume. Anything not running: Start now (was "Force"). One finished file: Open. Any one download: Folder. Remove and Clear as before.
  • A click on blank space clears the selection. It did in the list's empty space. On the header, the title or the window's margins it did nothing.
  • Sort by Seeds or Peers. A running torrent sorts by what it sees, a waiting one by what its trackers last said. Unknown counts, and downloads that are not torrents, go last.
  • Seeds before peers everywhere: on the cards, in the sidebar ("Seeds / Peers") and in the web client. A running torrent used to say peers first, a waiting one seeds first.

Moving and saving

  • Move to… shows how far it has got. The card reads "Moving… 1.2 GB / 4.0 GB" with its bar, and the window no longer freezes while a big download moves to another drive. The old files go only once all of them are across; a copy that fails part way is taken back and the originals are left as they were. Resume waits until the move is done.
  • Stream videos are kept as downloaded. 2.8.1 rewrote every finished stream (HLS) video as an MP4. That is now a setting, off unless you switch it on: Settings → Downloads → "Save stream videos as MP4".

New setting

  • Keep the PC awake while downloading (Settings → Downloads, off unless you switch it on). Windows does not go to sleep while a download runs; the screen can still turn off.

The three hyperfetch-*-1.9.1.zip files below are the same browser extension as in 2.8.1; nothing to upload again.

The installer is still unsigned, so SmartScreen's "Windows protected your PC" is expected: More info → Run anyway. 2.8.1 offers this update itself: Update to 2.8.3 in the sidebar.