diff --git a/apps/proxy/vod_proxy/connection_manager.py b/apps/proxy/vod_proxy/connection_manager.py
index ad5f87cd..4d3ed43c 100644
--- a/apps/proxy/vod_proxy/connection_manager.py
+++ b/apps/proxy/vod_proxy/connection_manager.py
@@ -93,7 +93,24 @@ class PersistentVODConnection:
 
             # Capture headers from final URL
             if not self.content_length:
-                self.content_length = response.headers.get('content-length')
+                # First check if we have a pre-stored content length from HEAD request
+                try:
+                    import redis
+                    r = redis.StrictRedis(host='localhost', port=6379, db=0, decode_responses=True)
+                    content_length_key = f"vod_content_length:{self.session_id}"
+                    stored_length = r.get(content_length_key)
+                    if stored_length:
+                        self.content_length = stored_length
+                        logger.info(f"[{self.session_id}] *** USING PRE-STORED CONTENT LENGTH: {self.content_length} ***")
+                    else:
+                        # Fallback to response headers
+                        self.content_length = response.headers.get('content-length')
+                        logger.info(f"[{self.session_id}] *** USING RESPONSE CONTENT LENGTH: {self.content_length} ***")
+                except Exception as e:
+                    logger.error(f"[{self.session_id}] Error checking Redis for content length: {e}")
+                    # Fallback to response headers
+                    self.content_length = response.headers.get('content-length')
+
                 self.content_type = response.headers.get('content-type', 'video/mp4')
                 self.final_url = response.url
                 logger.info(f"[{self.session_id}] *** PERSISTENT CONNECTION - Final URL: {self.final_url} ***")
diff --git a/apps/proxy/vod_proxy/views.py b/apps/proxy/vod_proxy/views.py
index 10fa7d90..25adf177 100644
--- a/apps/proxy/vod_proxy/views.py
+++ b/apps/proxy/vod_proxy/views.py
@@ -292,6 +292,16 @@ class VODStreamView(View):
             # Close the small range request - we don't need to keep this connection
             response.close()
 
+            # Store the total content length in Redis for the persistent connection to use
+            try:
+                import redis
+                r = redis.StrictRedis(host='localhost', port=6379, db=0, decode_responses=True)
+                content_length_key = f"vod_content_length:{session_id}"
+                r.set(content_length_key, total_size, ex=1800)  # Store for 30 minutes
+                logger.info(f"[VOD-HEAD] Stored total content length {total_size} for session {session_id}")
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.error(f"[VOD-HEAD] Failed to store content length in Redis: {e}")
+
             # Now create a persistent connection for the session (if one doesn't exist)
             # This ensures the FUSE GET requests will reuse the same connection
             connection_manager = VODConnectionManager.get_instance()