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Maybe I misunderstanding something, but are the H@H Archiver Quotas only for downloading using the resampled option?

I'm still spending GP when I download any archive using the original resolution option.

can show the Resampled Gallery Size in the archiver?

and I think the free archiver quota is to small.

Maybe I misunderstanding something, but are the H@H Archiver Quotas only for downloading using the resampled option?

I'm still spending GP when I download any archive using the original resolution option.

it seems like some (old or unpopular?) archives doesn't apply to free quotas.
opened two archives at same time, bigger one is free with both original & resampled, smaller one still costs GP.

BTW, i still want galleryinfo.txt back

Donation/H@H Archiver Quotas

The old free archiver downloads for donators was changed from a fixed number of archives to use a quota based on archiver size. This also allows us to use this system for people who run H@H, to replace the retired H@H Downloader system.

Well this change is ok for me,but where can I see the remaining quota I have?

I guess I can see how it would be better if you have very slow internet, but it's a quite specific use case when you actually want a small file that triggers a slow download of a larger file rather than just as easily downloading the file in the first place.

hathdl is also better if you don't want to have to think much about what you're doing... I browse the site, I see something that looks mildly interesting. So then I can then click H@H download button. I get a small text file. Now I can close that tab and worry about copying it to the client later.
Instead now I am 'forced' to leave a tab open if it seems cool, copy a download link, paste that into server's download manager if I am not at home, and such a process. It does take a lot more effort, and it also puts more stress on the archiver server than H@H did (I assume).


Anyways, I think both the archiver and H@H downloader had a much different use-case and user-base. For us who loved those good old .hathdl files, we are maybe a bit bigger hoarders than others; we also maybe browse more frequently in places where it's not as easy to copy download links to a server (t.ex mobile phones).
So I would really be happy if hathdl feature came back, because it was probably my most-used feature on the entire site... but we will all hopefully evolve I guess.

So uncomfortable ... (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

To people complaining about the changes:

Let's compare the previous and current system.

With the old system, you got free archives at the base rate of 35 (5*7=35) archives over 168 (24*7=168) hours.
You now get free archives at the rate of 1750 (50*35, or 250*7=1750) MB over 168 hours for a Bronze Star.

Most people also contribute to H@H (I don't), so they also benefit from the new feature:

For people who run H@H, the archiver quota is now increased by +1000 MB/day for running at least one qualifying client, in addition to +10 MB/day per total adjusted avghit. H@H clients will only qualify if they have been running for more than 24 hours and have a hitrate of at least 1.

...which means you get at least 7*(1000+(10*total_avghits)) extra MB over 168 hours, even if you did not donate at all.

If you're still complaining about this, you might be misunderstanding how the Archive System is supposed to work. That's not exactly Google Drive. You get something you really want if there are no other means and you somehow want it to be on your side, you don't automatically download every single archive you see.

This post has been edited by Luna_Flina: Aug 6 2016, 14:56

I'd rather have the old system back, this was a stealth patch for removing the ability to get doujins that were "removed/expunged".

Basically if you had the gallery id and the hash at the end, you could feed both of that to the hathdl maker and still get a .hathdl that worked, (for some reason the removed galleries still exist inside the system, it was just delisted).

He's not talking about authing on E-Hentai, he's talking about authing to his own server running H@H.

Indeed.

hathdl is also better if you don't want to have to think much about what you're doing... I browse the site, I see something that looks mildly interesting. So then I can then click H@H download button. I get a small text file. Now I can close that tab and worry about copying it to the client later.
Instead now I am 'forced' to leave a tab open if it seems cool, copy a download link, paste that into server's download manager if I am not at home, and such a process. It does take a lot more effort, and it also puts more stress on the archiver server than H@H did (I assume).
Anyways, I think both the archiver and H@H downloader had a much different use-case and user-base. For us who loved those good old .hathdl files, we are maybe a bit bigger hoarders than others; we also maybe browse more frequently in places where it's not as easy to copy download links to a server (t.ex mobile phones).
So I would really be happy if hathdl feature came back, because it was probably my most-used feature on the entire site... but we will all hopefully evolve I guess.

Exactly, convenient and simple.

If you read the thread about removing the H@H Downloader that was open for six months or so, you would know that it's not as simple as leaving it up. It would need some serious work both on the server and client side to make it function with the new resample system, and the current one would just break with galleries that had any files over 10MB.

Taking that in account, as well as the fact that after static ranges were introduced, using the downloader at all would make your client eject actually useful files and perform worse than it would otherwise do, this was not a sane option.

OK, I guess I'll need to search for another automation process using archive link.
Thanks for the explanation, I missed the thread you mentioned.

This post has been edited by rodrick: Aug 6 2016, 17:14

If you're still complaining about this, you might be misunderstanding how the Archive System is supposed to work. That's not exactly Google Drive. You get something you really want if there are no other means and you somehow want it to be on your side, you don't automatically download every single archive you see.

I never used the old archive system. I download resampled galleries en masse using H@H becasue it's convenient and they look good enough. Of course I download every gallery that I like, why limit myself?

serious work both on the server and client side to make it function with the new resample system, and the current one would just break with galleries that had any files over 10MB

If the issue is so deeply rooted into the new system then I suppose it can't be helped no matter how much any of us bitch and whine.

Indeed.

What about SSH keys. You would be able to do everything in one command.

Resample Archives

The archiver can now also be used to download the 1280 horizontal resolution resamples that are used by default on the site. Initially, this is limited to galleries that have 25% or more resampled files at this resolution.

Awesome (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

What about SSH keys. You would be able to do everything in one command.

That's one way to do it indeed.
But I'm thinking more about using a web server to accept the links. Now I need to find a linux based downloader allowing that. Maybe uget?

Since I've never used up my freebies, I have nothing to complain. I just believe that the changes will upgrade the system. At least, this is usually the intention - unless it's another HentaiVerse patch. THAT can hurt a lot, hence more whinning.

But I'm thinking more about using a web server to accept the links. Now I need to find a linux based downloader allowing that. Maybe uget?

wget is available pretty much on any distro and can do it.

Assuming you have a *nix based machine you an do the following.

CODE

# download on orion
dorion () {
    ssh orion "cd eh-archives; wget -b \"$1\""
}

"orion" is just an alias that I have for one of my machines in /.ssh/config and it has public-key-based connection.

Assuming you placed the above somewhere like .bashrc you can then do

CODE

dorion <link>

The nice part is that thanks to -b wget will fork into the background (through init) and continue the download until it finishes. Whilst your command will finish immediately.

This post has been edited by blue penguin: Aug 6 2016, 23:17

wget is available pretty much on any distro and can do it.

Assuming you have a *nix based machine you an do the following.

CODE

# download on orion
dorion () {
    ssh orion "cd eh-archives; wget -b \"$1\""
}

"orion" is just an alias that I have for one of my machines in /.ssh/config and it has public-key-based connection.

Assuming you placed the above somewhere like .bashrc you can then do

CODE

dorion <link>

The nice part is that thanks to -b wget will fork into the background (through init) and continue the download until it finishes. Whilst your command will finish immediately.

h@h and the download repo are on a fedora, but I'm on a windows.
I was playing with uget-gtk, to do basically the same thing (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
I completely forgot that I could go straight up using wget instead of a dedicated download manager like uget.
I'll try both I guess, but thanks for the help (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

This post has been edited by rodrick: Aug 7 2016, 01:08

YES YES YES YES

THANKYOU !!!!!!!

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side note. can the resample made into Jpg with 75/80 quality ?

some of the resample stay on PNG. still have absurd file size.

like this one

https://e-hentai.org/s/0ad2abdfe7/961026-79
EV0702_01.png :: 1280 x 720 :: 846.2 KB

if jpg it should be about 200-300 KB.

Nice