Please modify the download status notification - the percent compete bar is almost entirely useless. It doesn’t show bytes received/remaining, doesn’t show a percentage or an ETA.
I am stuck on a slow connection and it would be very nice to know how long it will take for the download to complete. Right now I use
tail - f /var/log/plex.log | awk '/Media download/ {print $14}`
to see a ghetto progress report. Plex app orange bar shows around 95% for this current show download, and when I watch the server logs its actually at 23%, got another 45 minutes to go until its here. The app progress bar would have me believe it’s almost complete, though.
If I leave the house now I won’t get to see that episode. With a properly working progress bar, and additional information, I could make a choice as to whether to wait for the episode to download, or leave now, do without, and let it download later.
I’m in a small town and there’s only very slow ADSL available. This wasn’t a high concern at my previous location with 100Mbit fibre, but it’s been a huge pain here.
Edit: I’m now downloading a different show. Plex app progress bar says 50% 1/2 episodes. Server logs say 18% complete on the first episode only… Whatever the bar is currently measuring is not accurate or useful .
