Kodi cannot start playback until having all files in a multiple rar file video

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Bug report

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Kodi cannot start playback until having all files in a multiple rar file video (possibly vfs rar addon not providing the video file until it is completely extracted?).

So for example if start downloading or copying the folder with all the rar files to the device where to play, one cannot start the playback in Kodi until all files are in place. This usecase works on another videoplayer so it seems possible to extract the first part of the video file and at the same time play it. If user scrolls to a later part of the video, the rar file for that place can be extracted into the video file (or if too troublesome to fix that just don't allow user to scroll or show no video).

The most important thing here is that once you start copy/download the files to the playback device it should be possible to play as soon as possible (of course the .rar file and the .r00 .r01 should be obtained in that order while copying/downloading to make the content available as soon as possible), to get a smooth experience when using Kodi.

Expected Behavior

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Playback can be started as soon as the .rar file is available, and should be able to continue if .r00 is provided in time, then .r01 and so on.

Actual Behavior

Playback cannot be started untill all rar files are available .rar .r00 .r01 and so on.

Possible Fix

Make the videofile available for playback ASAP, and continue to fill that videofile with data even if it is already being played.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1.Start copying/downloading multi rared mkv to device where kodi player is
2.In kodi, navigate to that mkv
3.No mkv available until copy/download is complete

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Your Environment

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• Android

• iOS

• tvOS

• Linux

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• Windows

• Windows UWP

• Operating system version/name: Android 14

• Kodi version: 21.2.0 android

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