Achive workaround like Hasher but for ModTime

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Hi,
I am aware Mega.nz have many limitations. I am fine with most of them except hash & ModTime. I can use Hasher to get around hash support issue. Is there any other solution where I can get around with ModTime too?

Basically, I am looking into a solution which works as a Mega.nz wrapper & keeps metadata like hash & ModTime locally/separately (like hasher). I looked into chunk setup but that use ModeTime from underlying remote. Currently, I am testing with Garage(S3 object storage solution like Minio). I am not satisfied with the performance.

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welcome to the forum,

i believe that megacmd supports modtime, so might try running megacmd in webdav mode and create a rclone webdav remote.

Populate mtime/modtime/modified time for Mega · Issue #4731 · rclone/rclone · GitHub
Mega does not preserve timestamp

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Thanks

Unfortunately,

⁴ WebDAV supports modtimes when used with Fastmail Files, Owncloud and Nextcloud only.

I tested anyway. Turns out, I am getting faster DL/UL while using megacmd WebDAV through rclone vs direct rclone! But I have doubt how reliable it would be when used for thousands of files.

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Then maybe instead of trying to build the solution with so many moving parts that it will be miracle if it works long term, you could choose cloud storage which fits your requirement? You need basic features which are supported by many alternatives. And Mega is not the cheapest one neither. Why to follow this path?

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I might leave Mega as it is.
I was testing Mega unencrypted(as mega already encrypted) vs OneDrive crypt. OneDrive+Crypt+Hasher seems more reliable than anything with Mega can be achieved.