2007-04-02 14:04:20 · 4 answers · asked by bdilkins 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Actually yes.
But normally you need to wait until you have about 80% of th file down.
Bittorent downloads the file by getting whatever part it can - not always the start.
But when you have enough of it for your player to make sence of it - then it should be able to play.
I used to do it a lot using Azureus and Xine under Fedora.
2007-04-02 14:15:34 · answer #1 · answered by Jawapro 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Torrents do not download the file from beginning to end, but rather grab whatever pieces of the file they can from whoever is offering. Thus, if your BitTorrent client says your movie is 30% downloaded, it doesn't mean the first 30% of the movie is done.
2007-04-02 14:09:04 · answer #2 · answered by cs_gmlynarczyk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. Torrent has no "file patching" capability, as its "pieces" may not match the individual "pieces" of the file's own format, thus no preview can be created. I guess it's THEORETICALLY possible to create one, but no one bothered.
In P2P program, it would be possible. Shareaza has such a function. Shareaza is also a BitTorrent client, but I am not sure if the preview function works on BT connections. You can try it though... it's free.
2007-04-02 14:27:02 · answer #3 · answered by Kasey C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can on P2P but not on torrents because you aren't actually downloading the file until it is done, just the linkage.
2007-04-02 14:07:39 · answer #4 · answered by dustinh456 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋