Manage Download Tasks

You can check and manage the download tasks you just created.

View BT/HTTP/FTP/NZB Tasks

Click any of the following on the left panel to view BT/HTTP/FTP/NZB tasks:

All Downloads lists all download tasks.
Downloading lists download tasks that are currently downloading.
Completed lists download tasks that are completely downloaded.
Active Downloads lists download tasks that are currently downloading or seeding.
Inactive Downloads lists download tasks that are erroneous, waiting, or paused by you.
Stopped lists download tasks that are paused by you.

Manage BT/HTTP/FTP/NZB Tasks

While checking BT/HTTP/FTP/NZB tasks, you can use the buttons along the top of download queue and the tabs below the queue to manage your tasks.

To pause/resume/remove download tasks:

Select the download task(s) you want to pause, resume, or remove.
Click Pause or Resume or Remove.

To end an incomplete or erroneous download task:

Select the download task you want to end.
Click End incomplete or erroneous download tasks.
Click OK to end the task and the files will be moved to your destination shared folder.

Warning: You cannot resume/restart the task after completing this action.

To edit download tasks:

Click Edit to customize the general settings (auto stop task, maximum upload/download rate, maximum peers allowed per torrent) and tracker lists for the current task.
Click OK.

Note:

To edit the default setting for all download tasks, refer to here.
The maximum upload/download rates and the maximum peers allowed per torrent cannot exceed the default setting.

To clear finished download tasks:

Click Clear completed items. Downloaded files will remain in the destination shared folder.

To change the list order of download tasks:

Click on the column headings. Default ordering is by the creation date of the download tasks.

To view detailed information about a download task:

Select the download task you want to view .
Click any of the following tabs below the download queue to view detailed information of the task.
- General displays general information of of the download task.
- Tracker (BT tasks only) lists servers that track other BT clients sharing the same files over the network. You can add or remove trackers by clicking Add or Remove.
- Peers (BT tasks only) lists other BT clients sharing the same files over the network.
- File (BT/NZB tasks only) lists files to download for the current task. For BT tasks, you can set download priority for each file or skip downloading certain files.
- Log (NZB tasks only) records the download progress of files.

Troubleshooting

Action buttons might be disabled when network connection errors occur. You can enable the action buttons by checking the network connection between your computer and DiskStation. If the problem still exists, consult the Administrator.

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