Update patches download really slow? (1 Viewer)

[clobber]

Hey,

Anyone else having this problem? When I choose to apply the StreamedMP patch, it downloads REALLY slow. Previously it downloaded at the speed of my Internet connection (in a few seconds). For the last two updates it has taken on the order of 10 minutes. My internet connection is fine and everything else on my HTPC is downloading at full rate. And yes, I am trying to apply the patch when nothing else is downloading. I'm wondering if there is a problem with the download server?

thanks

 

[ltfearme]

I've noticed Google code has its slow moments sometimes...not much we can do about that unless we host somewhere else.

 

[Vimes]

Yes I too have noticed that over the last couple of updates and what I do is now cancel them and when the HTPC is doing nothing I then let it update the skin knowing that when I next go back to using it all will be done.

Last night though I decided to reinstall MP 1.2 alpha and started from scratch. I downloaded the latest Streamed MP skin so all was well with that but it took ages to download the animated weather icons and I have given up with the alternative splash screens, as yet.

In the past these updates used to be very fast for me.

 

[ltfearme]

Its definitely a strange one, just testing in Australia and got 700KB/s and on the other side of the globe 20KB/s in England.

Found this: https://code.google.com/p/support/issues/detail?id=4843

It would be worth starring.

 

[clobber]

lt,

thanks - I have started it.

 

[Sepulchre]

noticed the same thing in Scotland for the last couple of updates

 

[Vimes]

I just tried to download the splash screens again (41mb). In the past that would have taken seconds. Now at around 10kb/s I can measure it in hours. So I'll not bother.!