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is it possible to make vlc media player play a video file while it is being downloaded? Currently when I try to play a video file as it is being downloaded, the video player closes when it reaches a part where the data is not yet downloaded. Is it possible to have it pause and start buffering or waiting for the file to display just like what you tube does?

Open the URL in VLC, instead of starting the download in another application.

The application i am using is developed using python and downloads torrent sequentially, which is why i wanted to try streaming the file as it downloads to test if it works properly. I cant open the url in vlc because it would not use what im trying to test. is there another way to configure or code vlc to act as a video streaming application?

Then you have to use the library API; you can't use the player application.