[Suggestion] Please add an option to skip starting segments together with --hls-prefer-native

[whyau]

Downloading seems to be segment-by-segment with the experimental --hls-prefer-native option, it could be very convenient if there is an additional option to control over the starting segment number so that one can choose to record partial footage from a lengthy youtube video.

[gabrieleliot]

I'm going to second this request. I frequently download Twitch streams from Smitegame and the streams will sometimes be 72 hours long. Since the files are stored in small segments, it should be possible to specify a chunk of time to download, e.g. a 4 hour section. Downloading a 3 days stream is silly. Not to mention the fact that with --hls-prefer-native, there is no resuming supported, so if you have an internet connection blip a couple of hours in... too bad.

[whyau]

There may be a lot of work if we want to specify the chunk of time to download (or start time and stop time), since this may involve parsing of the segment information. On the other hand, having control over the starting and ending segment numbers could be straight-forward, and I have already done this on my own.

[gabrieleliot]

Yes, starting and ending segments would be fine. How have you done this?

[shirishag75]

looking forward to know more on this.