> There are ways to prevent a file lock when open a file in Windows but it not standard and rarely used by applications, even ones written by Microsoft. mpv ha

> There are ways to prevent a file lock when open a file in Windows but it not standard and rarely used by applications, even ones written by Microsoft. mpv happily opens files while they are downloading, and they don't interfere each other. > Windows even wired HID event processing in the OS to verify that the display manager is running. If the screen ever goes black during updates, just plug-in a keyboard and press a key to restart it. Funny you mention this, I just have managed to set up my laptop to listen audiobooks. It was such a pain. I somehow disabled the windows lock screen, made a script that calls "nircmd monitor off" every 5 seconds. And with mpv I can listen audio in total dark, and change volume and seek position on the touchpad with gestures. It works, but it is probably cheaper to get an mp4 player with volume and jump back buttons