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Out of curiosity, why is adaptive bitrate something you want for video playback outside of streaming? Personally I prefer having to buffer a bit but getting the
by eska 6y ago
Out of curiosity, why is adaptive bitrate something you want for video playback outside of streaming? Personally I prefer having to buffer a bit but getting the video at the desired minimum quality. E.g. having to seek back because text suddenly became unintelligible, only to realize that the quality then isn't increased so I have to refresh... argh, very upsetting!
- MaxBarraclough 6y ago> why is adaptive bitrate something you want for video playback outside of streaming? I don't follow. Adaptive bitrate only applies to streaming. > having to seek back because text suddenly became unintelligible That's an issue with the minimum quality being set too low, not an issue with adaptive bitrate itself.
- eska 6y agoBy streaming I meant live streaming as opposed to video playback. There one can offer the video at different qualities by switching between different files, or change the quality adaptively within the same stream. I'm not aware of sites using a minimum quality for adaptive streaming. It usually goes down all the way to potato quality, without a visible setting..?