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Re: play while downloading

From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel-curl_at_haxx.se>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:03:47 +0100 (CET)

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 bduffy-libcurl1111_at_mailblocks.com wrote:

> I'm new to libcurl but I have it compiled into my program and working. I am
> wondering if it is possible to play an mpeg4 file while it is being
> downloaded via libcurl.

Yes, that's indeed possible. libcurl simply downloads what you tell it to, you
can do whatever you want with the data that is already downloaded. Passing it
to a video player is certainly a working possibility.

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Received on 2004-01-16