Stop caching beyond `--end`
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Description
Expected behavior of the wanted feature
- In the following, mpv should stop caching youtube video beyond
--endi.e. after 05:23, once it has finished caching upto end point.
mpv --no-config \
--start=1:31 \
--end=05:23 \
--ab-loop-a=1:31 \
--ab-loop-b=05:23 \
--speed=1 \
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xklZ5wysniE
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Research direction
Reproduce the behavior with the provided mpv command and inspect the caching and --end handling paths in the mpv source. Done means caching stops at 05:23 for the shown YouTube playback scenario, rather than continuing beyond the requested end point.
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- Tech stack
- c
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- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
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