can VLC Media player play a video file that is currently downloading?

[nickolaiu]

can VLC Media player play a video file that is currently downloading?

I'm trying to develop an application that downloads videos via torrent but also plays the media as it is being dowloaded. The problem I have is when the download starts, and the streaming also starts, the vlc media player auto closes when it reaches a part where it can't find the video data it needs to play. Is it possible to code vlc media player to pause or buffer (like youtube) to wait for the files to finish downloading? I use python and developing but i dont use libvlc and just use the app itself when opening the files