abort download if download rate is less than X (100KB) , --abort-dl-rate <100KB

[McErroneous]

Checklist

• [x ] I'm reporting a feature request
• [ x] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.04.07
• [o ] I've searched the bugtracker for similar feature requests including closed ones

Description

WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE

aborting the download , if the download rate is less than 100KB would enable me to resume high speed downloads, by restarting youtube-dl..., using a bash script

[rautamiekka]

Yes, but it ain't yt-dl's fault. Dunno what site you're reffing to, but I'm had the same problem with YT for a few days by now, but most likely cuz of the mass-downloading cuz I'm behind.

[tameTNT]

I too have been having this issue quite frequently when downloading YouTube playlists where speeds suddenly appear to be throttled to very low values (e.g. ~60KiB/s vs. upwards of 3MiB/s normally).

Currently I Ctrl+C the terminal command and then edit the --playlist-items flag to continuously re-resume the download process until the speed starts of quickly again. It will usually remain high for the next 2-3 videos before abruptly falling off again, often in the middle of videos.

Using this proposed feature, I assume the initial poster would assume that youtube-dl would detect the slower download speed, break execution and then automatically re-attempt a connection+download a set number of times until a faster speed is once again reached. If not, an error message could be produced.

[gatecrasher777]

Same issue as #29326. The solution is to encode the n parameter in the streams the same way that youtube/embed players do it. Clearly, the throttle is to discourage downloads.