libtransmission would only be the backend feeding the stream, the third-party audio/video-player would be the actual media-player that plays the audio/video stream (and deal with any other compression like ZIP or RAR if the files are archives as XBMC, Boxee, and Plex can already do). I am not asking for a media-player to be integrated into libtransmission but for libtransmission to have this 'progressive download' feature so that libtransmission can in turn be integrated into third-party media-players and media-center software (I am personally thinking of XBMC, Boxee, and Plex/CenterStage?).

If the backend supports it, then it should be the front-end responsibility to (automatically?) flag it for streaming. I feel that also integrating a player would be overkill.Īlthough an integrated player might feel bloat, if well implemented it shouldn't be. The ability to download progressively is very welkom indeed. Note: This 'progressive download' method should of course be optional. One practical example would be if a multimedia-player integrated the Transmission BitTorrent? client as backend for downloading torrents files, you point the player to a torrent and Transmission starts to download the file progressivly and then the player automaticly start the playback once it has cached/buffered to certain procentage of the video, (similar to how Flash Video and the Flash Video player works). The reason for this feature would be to be able to use the BitTorrent? P2P protocol for streaming broadcast and also online video viewing, making it possible to start playing back the video file before the download is complete.

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