From: Joseph Nuthalapati <njoseph@riseup.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 02:00:53 +0000 (+0530)
Subject: Use aria2c download manager if available
X-Git-Tag: 0.5.0~6
X-Git-Url: https://njoseph.me/gitweb/nimcoon.git/commitdiff_plain/0c2f03858ecba0812c1b92bd5d2ace75e676ddaa?hp=bd7117ada0e5f895e38c0476683e9adcae6dbd04

Use aria2c download manager if available
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ddba7a1..3043dea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ pip3 install --user youtube-dl
 
 Install PeerFlix and WebTorrent
 ```sh
-npm install --global peerflix webtorrent
+npm install --global peerflix webtorrent-cli
 ```
 
+(Optional) If you want your YouTube downloads to be faster, install `aria2` download manager.
+
 ### Installing using Nimble
 
 NimCoon can be installed from Nimble repositories:
diff --git a/src/lib.nim b/src/lib.nim
index d36e2c2..3033458 100644
--- a/src/lib.nim
+++ b/src/lib.nim
@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ proc directDownload*(url: string, musicOnly: bool) =
   let args =
     if musicOnly: buildMusicDownloadArgs(url)
     else: buildVideoDownloadArgs(url)
-  discard execShellCmd(&"youtube-dl {args.join(\" \")}")
+  if isInstalled("aria2c"):
+    discard execShellCmd(&"youtube-dl {args.join(\" \")} --external-downloader aria2c --external-downloader-args '-x 16 -s 16 -k 2M'")
+  else:
+    discard execShellCmd(&"youtube-dl {args.join(\" \")}")
 
 
 proc offerSelection(searchResults: SearchResults, options: Table[string, bool], selectionRange: SelectionRange): string =