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It would also presumably have to load that full frame over the network, so maybe that's part of the difference.

• Wowfunhappy 7y ago
  This is what I've always assumed was happening—but it's annoying! If I'm seeking backwards that means the frame has already been played once. Don't throw it away so quickly!
  • _bxg1 7y ago
    What the article suggests is that it didn't throw away the frame, it simply never had the complete frame that you're seeking to because it was in-between full frames.
    • Wowfunhappy 7y ago
      Which should also happen if the video is being played locally, which is why I was confused. Either Youtube caches the video data, in which case seeking should be as fast as offline players, or Youtube discards the data, in which case it has to be downloaded again. It certainly seems to me like Youtube is discarding the data. I wish they didn't do that.