Hate when it happenslemmy.kde.socialimage tubbadu ( @tubbadu@lemmy.kde.social ) Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 5 months ago message-square37fedilinkarrow-up1366
arrow-up1366imageHate when it happenslemmy.kde.social tubbadu ( @tubbadu@lemmy.kde.social ) Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 5 months ago message-square37fedilink
minus-square wahming ( @wahming@monyet.cc ) linkfedilinkEnglish6•5 months agoVideo files can be played with as little as 5% downloaded, so long as the header and footer are complete
minus-square xor ( @xor@infosec.pub ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agovery loose definition of “played”
minus-square wahming ( @wahming@monyet.cc ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoIt works well with shows you want to start watching immediately. Enable sequential download, 2 minues to grab the header/footer, and you can start watching. It’ll download faster than you watch.
minus-square xor ( @xor@infosec.pub ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agowell i know that… it’s basically streaming from the torrent…
minus-square Draconic NEO ( @Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoCan those be reconstructed if necessary?
minus-square wahming ( @wahming@monyet.cc ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoThe header and footer? Possibly, if you knew the technical metadata of the file. Codec, bitrate, all that jazz
Video files can be played with as little as 5% downloaded, so long as the header and footer are complete
very loose definition of “played”
It works well with shows you want to start watching immediately. Enable sequential download, 2 minues to grab the header/footer, and you can start watching. It’ll download faster than you watch.
well i know that… it’s basically streaming from the torrent…
Can those be reconstructed if necessary?
The header and footer? Possibly, if you knew the technical metadata of the file. Codec, bitrate, all that jazz