LAV Filters - DirectShow Media Splitter and Decoders

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Originally Posted by RealSnoopyDog

What sense would it make to download every file first before you can start playing it back? This may cause many problems

• Copyright violations
• Waiting for hours before playback starts, depending on the file size.
• For internet streams, there isn't always a "file" to download, it is just a stream.

It is not the job of the splitter to handle such things. If you are using software like DVBViewer which handles things transparent, you can store an internet stream as a normal DVB channel so you can also record it on your local disk.

Turn on mobile data/tethering -> download -> turn off mobile data/tethering. Ten years ago, it would have been spin up the disk, read it all, spin down.

Only the most naive filters would ever have fully buffered before releasing the buffer. Start the download, start playing when requested, these operations aren't connected. Isn't this how many streams work today? What's important is that it keeps downloading constantly until finished, not