--- a
+++ b/src/mediaserver/cdplugins/netfetch.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2017-2018 J.F.Dockes
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program; if not, write to the
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *   59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+#include "netfetch.h"
+
+#include "log.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+#ifndef MAX
+#define MAX(A,B) ((A) < (B) ? (B) : (A))
+#endif
+
+size_t NetFetch::databufToQ(const void *contents, size_t bcnt)
+{
+    LOGDEB1("NetFetch::dataBufToQ. bcnt " << bcnt << endl);
+    
+    ABuffer *buf = nullptr;
+    // Try to recover an empty buffer from the queue, else allocate one.
+    if (outqueue && outqueue->take_recycled(&buf)) {
+        if (buf->allocbytes < bcnt) {
+            delete buf;
+            buf = nullptr;
+        }
+    }
+    if (buf == nullptr) {
+        buf = new ABuffer(MAX(4096, bcnt));
+    }
+    if (buf == nullptr) {
+        LOGERR("CurlFetch::dataBufToQ: can't get buffer for " << bcnt <<
+               " bytes\n");
+        return 0;
+    }
+    memcpy(buf->buf, contents, bcnt);
+    buf->bytes = bcnt;
+    buf->curoffs = 0;
+
+    LOGDEB1("NetFetch::calling put on " <<
+            (outqueue ? outqueue->getname() : "null") << endl);
+    
+    if (!outqueue->put(buf)) {
+        LOGDEB1("CurlFetch::dataBufToQ. queue put failed\n");
+        delete buf;
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    fetch_data_count += bcnt;
+    if (fbcb) {
+        fbcb(fetch_data_count);
+    }
+    LOGDEB1("CurlFetch::dataBufToQ. returning " << bcnt << endl);
+    return bcnt;
+}