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FreeTubeApp / FreeTube

An Open Source YouTube app for privacy
https://freetubeapp.io/
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Add support for stream cache configuration #336

Open morfikov opened 5 years ago

morfikov commented 5 years ago

When you have a slow internet connection, you can lower the vid quality in order to watch the video. Some video players (mpv) allow the cache to be configured. In this way, you can set how many data can be downloaded and held in the cache. But in the case of FreeTube when you pause a vid, it won't catch more stream -- it will download only a few MiB and will wait for user to play the vid. Is there a chance to implement such options like (1)how many seconds or MiB can be cached (possibly even a full vid), and (2)the download speed?

peepo5 commented 3 years ago

Really good idea. Some people have terrible wifi and want to wait for the video to load out in cache. This could be a custom settings option.