Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 13:58:51 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Jos Chrispijn <jos@webrz.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Streaming server Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905261351410.45368@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <4A1BCEDE.1000701@webrz.net> References: <4A1A9FF0.40609@webrz.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905251913560.40022@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4A1B01DC.1060800@webrz.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905260045050.41921@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4A1BCEDE.1000701@webrz.net>
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>> so please test as it's true :) >> > I did test it and indeed it looks that way... OK >> actually youtube player does not throttle at all - just load as fast as >> possible into memory while playing at normal speed. > Yes but we are now discussing another service here. Imho there is some > difference between downloading (and viewing) by HTTP or viewing a YouTube > movie thru a YouTube site (and watching a Flash movie instead). Do you mean > that providing any movie in Flash format will have the same advantages as it > has viewing such a file thru a YouTube server? exactly. you may make a webpage with just link to the movie(s) somewhere, maybe some selector, preview images, whatever you like. it's just matter of that difference. you too may write some javascript/whatever program that will set up the movie playing in the right place on screen, provide stop/start/rev/fd (i'm imprecise as i know little of "modern" web/java/javascript programming :). That's what youtube do, AND do extra effort to lower bandwidth efficiency by preventing caching and storing files ;) possibly because of copyright reasons as someone pointed out. More probably for some other reason, as most files on youtube are just users amateur videos not copyrighted restricted material - while youtube prevent caching everything. There will be no practical difference between playing from FTP/HTTP and this. >> realplayer do the same thing, and supports both URL's and "live" streaming >> protocol. > So it would be better to forget my issue and rely on the smart settings of > the client's movieplayer? exactly! or - if you like "cool" webpage interface just make that webpage similarly to youtube and provide just link with "Play" to your movies.help
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