Livestreamer success but now stuck

[mktrix]

I've been lurking on here and learning lots and I've managed to successfully download from watch espn via Livestreamer. I've a few questions however -

1) When Livestreamer is downloading, can i close watch espn completely/logout or must I still be logged in?

2) My file has successfully downloaded but during the download, it kept giving me "time out" errors. Livestreamer would then continue. Did Livestreamer try those segments again or just skip them resulting in unviewable or clunky playback?





Thanks