Download first and last pieces first

[teddyrogers]

Feature request, in Tribler it would be nice to have an option to download the first and last pieces of a torrent, similar to how qBittorrent prioritises these pieces when enabled.

There may be instances where you would want to check a torrent file before downloading the full torrent file. An example would be playing a video or checking the header/ format/ metadata of a file.

I don't believe this would need to be an option to make default for all torrents as it may impact the swarm and prioritising of rare pieces in some torrents.

[absolutep]

Adopting sequential download first, would be better than first/last piece thing

[teddyrogers]

Adopting sequential download first, would be better than first/last piece thing

For streaming/ watching a torrent as it is being downloaded? If so, some video formats have metadata saved at the end of the file. In this instance both first/ last and sequential downloading would be required. BiglyBT is another client, other than qBittorrent, that can do both.

[absolutep]

For streaming/ watching a torrent as it is being downloaded?

yes, but also for metadata.

some video formats have metadata saved at the end of the file

I have not encountered anything like this

BiglyBT is another client, other than qBittorrent, that can do both.

Yes, BiglyBT has many other support options including inbuilt I2P Router