Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 13:13:34 +0200 From: Jos Chrispijn <jos@webrz.net> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Streaming server Message-ID: <4A1BCEDE.1000701@webrz.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905260045050.41921@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> 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>
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Wojciech Puchar wrote: > so please test as it's true :) > I did test it and indeed it looks that way... > 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? > look at progress bar below movie window. if your network connection is > fast, it quickly gets from beginning to end, while current position > mark advances as movie is played. That is true, I saw that indeed. > in mplayer you can set buffer size, if you'll set it as large or > larger as movie - it will behave the same way with FTP/HTTP provided > movie. > > 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? thanks, Jos Chrispijnhome | help
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