[Kget] Mirror search for multi-source downloads

[albryan at comcast.net]

Hi,

I thought this might be something you'd all be interested in. This site collects URLs/checksums and can make .metalinks.

http://www.metamirrors.com/

You can create em by URL or checksum. Say you want a .metalink for either, you use "Download by URL" or "Download by MD5" - either this URL or this checksum:

ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/kde/stable/3.5.6/src/kdenetwork-3.5.6.tar.bz2
0f428cccc4ea16aa53c427530874c591

Produce this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<metalink version="3.0"
  xmlns="http://www.metalinker.org/"
  generator="http://metalinks.sourceforge.net/"
  >
<files>
	<file name="kdenetwork-3.5.6.tar.bz2">
		<verification>
			<hash type="md5">0f428cccc4ea16aa53c427530874c591</hash>
		</verification>
		<resources>
			<url type="ftp">ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/kde/stable/3.5.6/src/kdenetwork-3.5.6.tar.bz2</url>
			<url type="ftp">ftp://kde.mirrors.tds.net/pub/kde/stable/3.5.6/src/kdenetwork-3.5.6.tar.bz2</url>
			<url type="http">http://chernabog.cc.vt.edu/pub/projects/kde/stable/3.5.6/src/kdenetwork-3.5.6.tar.bz2</url>
			<url type="http">http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/kde/stable/3.5.6/src/kdenetwork-3.5.6.tar.bz2</url>
			<url type="http">http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/kde/stable/3.5.6/src/kdenetwork-3.5.6.tar.bz2</url>
			<url type="http">http://kde.mirrors.tds.net/pub/kde/stable/3.5.6/src/kdenetwork-3.5.6.tar.bz2</url>
			<url type="http">http://mirrors.isc.org/pub/kde/stable/3.5.6/src/kdenetwork-3.5.6.tar.bz2</url>
			<url type="ftp">ftp://chernabog.cc.vt.edu/pub/projects/kde/stable/3.5.6/src/kdenetwork-3.5.6.tar.bz2</url>
			<url type="http">http://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/kde/stable/3.5.6/src/kdenetwork-3.5.6.tar.bz2</url>
			<url type="http">http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/pub/software/kde/stable/3.5.6/src/kdenetwork-3.5.6.tar.bz2</url>
			<url type="ftp">ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/kde/stable/3.5.6/src/kdenetwork-3.5.6.tar.bz2</url>
		</resources>
	</file>
</files>
</metalink>

There's a Firefox plugin for it too.