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>>You have to wait for the whole film to finish downloading >It depends on the video file format. If the file format supports opening partial files you can jus
by ogogmad 5y ago
>>You have to wait for the whole film to finish downloading
>It depends on the video file format. If the file format supports opening partial files you can just open them when downloading.
I based my assumption on the fact that BitTorrent doesn't download the file from beginning to end in order. It downloads the file in a random order.
- s9w 5y ago
- schleck8 5y agoNo, it can download files in order. Almost all clients have that option.
- ogogmad 5y agoIsn't the random order option better in some way? Is there a way of using probability to quantify this in some way? I'm thinking that there's a higher probability that a random "chunk" of a file will be available if the chunks are downloaded randomly. But I haven't looked into this enough to know.
- OrderlyTiamat 5y agoI'd assume you are correct (intuitively, if you don't constrain order at all, you'll have more opportunities for matching required parts than if you do constrain order) However I've found that it's very much possible to stream 1080p torrents without any problems, even when skipping back and forth or jumping to other parts of the movie without anymore noticeable delay than I'd expect from e.g. netflix.
- NmAmDa 5y agoIf it was not possible to download in order, things like popcorn wouldn't be there for years. It streams torrent movies via this method.