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Hello

I just used VLC (2.1.5) to save a two-hour streaming audio file (M3U) through "Media > Open Network Stream", and have a couple of questions:

1. Until download is complete, the file is still 0-byte long: What happens if VLC or the computer crashes before the file is saved?
2. Is there a temporary file I can listen to while VLC is still busy downloading the rest of the stream?

Thank you.