I watch movies I download. I know that I can wait until the file is completely downloaded. But I usually don't do so.
I usually open the partially downloaded file by VLC or other player. It shows me warning that the file is not complete and that seeking might not work correctly. (But it does work until I try to seek to forward to area of movie which wasn't downloaded yet.)
I do this usually immediately after starting download. At least I used to do so.
The Chrome browser have had small problem with this approach when the download was completed. The file is named sligtly differently. It has the suffix .crdownload and the file should be renamed after the download is completed. Which the browser couldn’t do because the file was opened. So it showed the warning and I renamed the file manually.
Now I tried to use newer version of Chrome and it doesn’t work so flawlessly. At first sight it works. I wathed the movie. But when the download is completed it probably has again problem with renaming the file but now it has problem to even show me the warning and instead it deletes the downloaded contents and starts the download once again! What a nonsense. Is this a bug or a feature? Should I report the bug somewhere?
What should I do now? Use a different browser? I tried Chromium browser. But the new versions behave the same and have the same problem.
Or should I use old version of Chrome and Chromium? I have several years old version of them. I would love not to update and use that old browsers. But most webpages complain that they don’t support so ancient browsers.
So how do you do it?
Best Answer
Just trace the file ending with .crdownload -> right click on the file -> in the "opens with" change button, select google chrome and then apply. now double click the file which has chrome logio then the file plays in chrome simultaneously while downloading.