anyway to play half downloaded torrent movies?

Feb 19, 2001
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yes

If you have an AVI file lets say, make a copy of it..

use a program like DivFix so its playable. However since BT downloads chunk by chunk, you can only watch the downloaded chunks (and BT doesn't start with piece #1, so you will have to jump aroudn the video.. but it should give u an idea what you have)

Edit: I guess this is ATOT, but I would be quite disappointed with these answers here at a tech forum...
 

Alkesh

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i downloaded a stargate episode, i know the remainder of the download is only the credits.
 

darkxshade

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yes but only if it's a 2 file avi, that way you can set do not download on file 2 so that you only download file 1 then when you get file 1 finished you start file 2 and watch file 1. :p
 

Eeezee

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Yeah, I used to watch partially-finished avi files all the time. Sometimes a torrent file only finishes say 80% of the way and then the last seeder leaves. Well, you still have most of the data at least.
 

ForumMaster

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well a lot of programs do it. for example, in almost any p2p app, there is some preview function for video files. it doesn't really matter what type. for example, i use shareaza as my bittorrent client and it can definently preview video files.
 

Zolty

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Originally posted by: adambooth
Torrents don't download sequentially, so I'd say... no?

some BT programs such as azureus allow for sequencial downloading
 

Pepsei

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Originally posted by: Zolty
Originally posted by: adambooth
Torrents don't download sequentially, so I'd say... no?

some BT programs such as azureus allow for sequencial downloading

right. most torrents download out of sequence to ensure faster download and seed balancing(?).
 
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erm yes

AVIpreview (google it)

if your downloading a straight mpg or something u can play it.

i downloaded Top gear using BitLord........to check it was the right one i used AVI preview to watch the uncompleted video