Managing BitTorrent/NZB/HTTP/FTP Downloads directly in XBMC GUI

[CrashX]

I was thinking that XBMC should have Download Manager like Boxee. It should have the following features:

Add Download
Pause All Download
Resume All Download
Clear All Download
Limit Speed

For Each download:
- Pause Download
- Resume Download
- Remove Download
- Limit Speed

Users will be able to create their own customizeable downloader ( torrent, nzb, ftp, htttp ), ie like scrappers. They will need to implement the following in their xml.
1) Pause
2) Stop
3) GetStatus -> Returns % complete , speed , time left
4) Resume
5) Start -> Requires User/Password/Port/etc
6) Limit Speed

All plugins will be able to add downloads to it like how they are able to add to playlist.

What else do you think it should have ?

[stacked]

Is this really necessary? Give a scenario that will make the implementation of these protocols useful? ???

For http downloads, you need to be on a web browser to find what you want to download. Unless you have a some sort of plugin indexing download content.

For torrents, it would be more practical to setup auto downloads with RSS on your bittorrent client. And then stream over lan to XBMC.

I do agree that a download button in the context menu should be default in every plugin.

[CrashX]

It is necessory if you want to control downloads within XBMC. XBMC can then pause all downloads while playing internet feed and resume when it finishes. It can also limit the download the speed as well .

Lets say someone write a plugin to read information from SceneRelease.net. Plugin will prompt user to choose which type of download ( http://, torrent, newsgroup ) and then it will add it download. User chooses what he wants to download and what type of download.

RSS feeds can do this automatically which works for TV shows but doesn't work that great for movies because you don't know movie title well in advance. Here you prompt via plugin to choose it and add to download ..

[CrashX]

I am currently thinking about impementing this feature .. Looking for more feedback before I start ...

[McGeagh]

I personally think this would be a nice feature to have. That is all.