Stream/Download Hybrid mode
This may already exist but If do I can't find it in any of the options menus.
I would like a streaming mode that upon playing, starts to stream but also downloads that episode and keeps it available for instant resuming until it's been listened to, or ignored long enough that it can be discarded.
I listen to a lot of podcasts and the streaming is great except that I tend to pause and resume quite a lot, this usually works okay, but recently I've found that streaming mode, resuming playback can take a long time, even though I paused only a few seconds ago
Playback and therefore streaming is handled by the device built-in player, therefore I don’t have access to the buffered data.
As a workaround you can enable the feature that allows you to listen to an episode while it’s being downloaded