From 0c2f03858ecba0812c1b92bd5d2ace75e676ddaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Nuthalapati <njoseph@riseup.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 07:30:53 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Use aria2c download manager if available

---
 README.md   | 4 +++-
 src/lib.nim | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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 =
-- 
2.43.0