Download and play videos vs. streaming

[OldGuyInTheClub]

Checklist

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Feature description

Add "Download and enqueue" to play selected videos from local memory vs. streaming. Each succeeding video would download in the background relative to the length of the one playing

Why do you want this feature?

A few of us have problems with NewPipe crashing presumably when it loses or changes connections e.g. #9358 and #6012

This is intermittent, is device and network dependent, and hard to debug. The connection can be mostly stable but if it glitches, there can be crashes.

Of course, users can do this now by downloading and playing in an external player but staying within the app would be a convenience. Could be of use even to users not having the problem

Pros:
Downloading seems pretty fast and stable so this would allow long playlists while eliminating the impact of network (or underlying OS) transients.

Potential concerns:
Overflowing storage with giant playlists
Deciding when to start downloading the next video relative to the one playing
Retaining vs. dynamically deleting downloads
etc.

Additional information

No response

[SameenAhnaf]

#1928 is a better solution ig.

[OldGuyInTheClub]

Does Wlan mean Wifi? If so, my problems are mostly on cellular data or transitioning between cell/wifi. If there's a glitch in the stream, the app often crashes. I'm suggesting downloading regardless of the connection type.

[SameenAhnaf]

Does Wlan mean Wifi?

Yes

If so, my problems are mostly on cellular data or transitioning between cell/wifi.

No problem, Preload entire queue option could have checkboxes to choose Wi-Fi or Mobile Data or both.