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> Those objecting that this index would be unavailable in a streaming scenario are forgetting that seeking is impossible there regardless. "Streaming" can also
by simoncion 11y ago
> Those objecting that this index would be unavailable in a streaming scenario are forgetting that seeking is impossible there regardless.
"Streaming" can also mean "playback of and/or seeking within a partially downloaded file". It's awfully nice to start watching that multi-gigabyte video within seconds, rather than minutes or hours and be able to rewind and fast-forward through the parts that are already on (and continue to be delivered to) your system.