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minus-squareEleventhHourlinkfedilinkEnglish8•edit-21 year agoThey are also that. But when you watch YouTube-dl download a video, it downloads several parts, then ffmpeg recombines them into a single output file.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoThat may be to speed up the download using multiple connections. Other downloaders do it on other sites as well, doesn’t mean the files are split on the server.
minus-squareEleventhHourlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoI mean, you can sit here and make up a bunch of different reasons, but the simplest explanation is usually the correct one.
They are also that. But when you watch YouTube-dl download a video, it downloads several parts, then ffmpeg recombines them into a single output file.
That may be to speed up the download using multiple connections. Other downloaders do it on other sites as well, doesn’t mean the files are split on the server.
I mean, you can sit here and make up a bunch of different reasons, but the simplest explanation is usually the correct one.