* set more sensible http connection timeouts in the GUI application launchers => -Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=5000

-Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=25000

build.xml

@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@
 		<!-- build app bundle folder and add native libs -->
 		<jarbundler dir="${dir.dist}" name="${title}" version="${version}" build="${svn.revision}" icon="${dir.installer}/appbundle/icon.icns" bundleid="net.sourceforge.filebot" jar="${dir.dist}/appbundle/FileBot.jar" stubfile="${dir.installer}/appbundle/JavaApplicationStub" workingdirectory="$APP_PACKAGE/Contents/Resources/Java" mainclass="net.sourceforge.filebot.Main" jvmversion="1.6+" vmoptions="-Xmx256m">
 			<javaproperty name="application.deployment" value="app" />
+			<javaproperty name="sun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout" value="5000" />
+			<javaproperty name="sun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout" value="25000" />
 		</jarbundler>
 
 		<!-- shell scripts -->

installer/msi/filebot.launcher.l4j.ini

@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@
 # proxy settings
 # -Dhttp.proxyHost=localhost 
 # -Dhttp.proxyPort=8888
+
+# http connection timeouts
+-Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=5000
+-Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=25000

installer/msi/filebot.platform.launcher.l4j.ini

@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@
 -DthreadPool=8
 -Dunixfs=false
 
+# memory settings
+-Xms64m
+-Xmx512m
+
 # proxy settings
 # -Dhttp.proxyHost=localhost 
 # -Dhttp.proxyPort=8888
 
-# memory settings
--Xms64m
--Xmx512m
+# http connection timeouts
+-Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=5000
+-Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=25000
 
 # force english locale
 -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8

installer/portable/FileBot.l4j.ini

@@ -6,14 +6,18 @@
 # memory settings
 -Xmx256m
 
-# look for native libs here
--Djna.library.path="%EXEDIR%"
--Djava.library.path="%EXEDIR%"
-
 # proxy settings
 # -Dhttp.proxyHost=localhost 
 # -Dhttp.proxyPort=8888
 
+# http connection timeouts
+-Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=5000
+-Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=25000
+
+# look for native libs here
+-Djna.library.path="%EXEDIR%"
+-Djava.library.path="%EXEDIR%"
+
 # store preferences to text file
 -Djava.util.prefs.PreferencesFactory=net.sourceforge.tuned.prefs.FilePreferencesFactory
 -Dnet.sourceforge.tuned.prefs.file=prefs.properties