time to download this attchment

[all-the-vb]

Hello Everyone ,
time to download this attchment by All-the-vb

This a very small but usefull Hack!
What this hack does?
show a size attachment with KB or Mb ----> And the time you want to download this attachment.
and see a Screenshot in the a next reply

Files to edit: 1 (showthread.php)
Templates to edit: 1 (postbit_attachment)

Time to install: 2 min

[romanticyao]

installed. good job.

[MindTrix]

Now that my friend, is beautiful :) Thanks for sharing.

[Kentaurus]

Hello Everyone ,
time to download this attchment by All-the-vb

This a very small but usefull Hack!
What this hack does?
show a size attachment with KB or Mb ----> And the time you want to download this attachment.
and see a Screenshot in the a next reply

Files to edit: 1 (showthread.php)
Templates to edit: 1 (postbit_attachment)

Time to install: 2 min
What is the "time to download this attachment"? What does it do? Is it the time that I take to download it? For that you would need to know what my connection speed is, something that you cannot easily know, and guessing is just wrong since there can be both modem, dsl and other broadband users.

[MindTrix]

Pretty sure it is an estimated time for download.

[gmarik]

Very nice hack - does it detects my connection automaticly?

[all-the-vb]

romanticyao & MindTrix

welcome
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kentaurus & gmarik

the time you need to download attachment with ISDN

[Rein Masamuri]

Very nice hack - does it detects my connection automaticly?
It probably factors in the speed it took to load the page on your browser and aproximates the speed you're running

[eXtremeTim]

It probably factors in the speed it took to load the page on your browser and aproximates the speed you're running
maybe you should read above ;)

[wolfman]

Maybe an option can be added so that the user can pick the speed they are on to get the estimated time to download.

[Ryan Ashbrook]

Nice hack, thanks. :)

[eXtremeTim]

Nice hack, thanks. :)
I think the option would be a good one.

[gmarik]

the old way +
an option can be added so that the user can pick the speed they are on to get the estimated time to download = !!!

[draculanowaday]

didn't work for VBB 3.0.0 :( Anyone fixed this?

[ChuanSE]

Works great

* ChuanSE clicks install :D

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2004/04/1.php (http://forums.puredj.com)

[draculanowaday]

Works great

* ChuanSE clicks install :D

http://puredj.net/pdj.php (http://forums.puredj.com)
what version of VBB did you install?

[maresi]

hi
very usefull hack!
I got an small error with larger files.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

thx
maresi

[sketch42]

hi
very usefull hack!
I got an small error with larger files.

http://www.setup-guru.com/error.gif

thx
maresi

i get the same error on larger files.... anyway to correct this???

[Mu5icMan]

where would i need to put the connection speed e.g.

download time: 2.00 sec @ 64 Kbps, 1 view

Also at what size of file does the time start to go wrong?

And could this be corrected?

[sketch42]

Also at what size of file does the time start to go wrong?

And could this be corrected?

it seems once it gets into MB it goes wrong... im sure it can be corrected, how?? i have no clue

[Mu5icMan]

how about keeping it as KB, like 2000KB, that might work, i'll try and mod it myself and post it if it works

[sketch42]

:classic:

[Mu5icMan]

i've just tried to install it normally on my vb 3.0.1 board and it doesn't work cause in postbit_attachment there is no reference of $attachment[filesize] bytes. If i leave this field blank or add it in afterwards the attachments in my board come up as 0.00KB

[Mu5icMan]

i got this to work but can't upload attachments bigger than 1MB at the moment. I should have this figurered out later today

[sketch42]

any word?

[Mu5icMan]

i got it to work for seconds, e.g.

size: 1.65 MB, download time: 216.63 sec, 2 views

now trying minutes. If needed i'll try hours also.

[sketch42]

i got it to work for seconds, e.g.

size: 1.65 MB, download time: 216.63 sec, 2 views

now trying minutes. If needed i'll try hours also.
can you post the code you have so far?

[Mu5icMan]

I've changed when it regisiters the format from Kb to MB to 800000. And i've taken out the code for minutes cause there's something wrong with it. I've also added @ 64 Kbps at the end. If you don't want it for the timing of a 64Kb connection just change 64000 to whatever you want.

$attachment[time] = round(($attachment[filesize] * 8)/64000,2);
if ($attachment[filesize] > 800000) {
$attachment[filesize] = round(($attachment[filesize]/1024)/1024,2);
$attachment[filesize] = "$attachment[filesize] MB";
} else {
$attachment[filesize] = round($attachment[filesize]/1024,2);
$attachment[filesize] = "$attachment[filesize] kB";
}

{
$attachment[downtime] = "size: $attachment[filesize], download time: $attachment[time] secconds @ 64 Kbps";
}

[sketch42]

I've changed when it regisiters the format from Kb to MB to 800000. And i've taken out the code for minutes cause there's something wrong with it. I've also added @ 64 Kbps at the end. If you don't want it for the timing of a 64Kb connection just change 64000 to whatever you want.


$attachment[time] = round(($attachment[filesize] * 8)/64000,2);
if ($attachment[filesize] > 800000) {
$attachment[filesize] = round(($attachment[filesize]/1024)/1024,2);
$attachment[filesize] = "$attachment[filesize] MB";
} else {
$attachment[filesize] = round($attachment[filesize]/1024,2);
$attachment[filesize] = "$attachment[filesize] kB";
}

{
$attachment[downtime] = "size: $attachment[filesize], download time: $attachment[time] secconds @ 64 Kbps";
}
so place this instead of the one in the first post?

[Mu5icMan]

yes and also change the template is in the first post

[sketch42]

yes and also change the template is in the first post
good job .. thanks for the update.. alls well now.. hopefully someone can get the minutes fixed and we'll be good

[Deska]

Any updates for this hack?
I really like it :D

[DWard]

Well, can the hack not be developed by finding the users average ping (v3arcade does it), then base the time round their ping?

I ask this because the times are out of sync with my net connection, if their based on ISDN (around 100kbps). Im on a 1.5mbps connection at home and the times are completely wrong.

[Mu5icMan]

actually ISDN is 64Kpbs originally, that's what this hack calculates

[DWard]

Thats even worse!

[Blam Forumz]

/me clicks install

[rodriguez]

I got some download time issues like someone talked about here.

I changed$attachment[time] = round(($attachment[filesize] * 8)/64000,2);

to$attachment[time] = round(($attachment[filesize] * 8)/512000,2);

Which equal at a internet connection capable of 64K/sec.

Closer to reality