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Yeah, I hate watching 15 minutes of something at low quality because one TCP packet was dropped. Paranoia leads to the most user satisfaction ("at least the sh
by jrockway 5y ago
Yeah, I hate watching 15 minutes of something at low quality because one TCP packet was dropped. Paranoia leads to the most user satisfaction ("at least the show didn't freeze") but I would rather buffer the thing locally and watch in uninterrupted 4k @ 50Mbps or whatever. (Also, what's the point of gigabit internet if I can't watch a measly 50Mbps stream?)
- beardedetim 5y agoMost players that use adaptive bit rate allow you to set it at a constant one instead, with the buffering and all. I feel the same way and often click a specific rendition and then let it buffer locally.
- OJFord 5y agoBut Netflix (which GP was talking about implicitly by the comment they replied to) doesn't.
- douglasisshiny 5y agoSure, but Netflix uses HLS, I assume, and doesn't have segments that are 15 minutes in length. So if you did drop a tcp packet, you're more likely to have lower quality for 10-20 seconds, not 15 minutes.
- gowld 5y ago> what's the point of gigabit internet if I can't watch a measly 50Mbps stream?) Revenue from ricer "networkophiles", like the audiophiles before them.
- na85 5y agoAt least packet loss and ping stability can be measured, unlike "sounds fuller".
- warrenm 5y agoBuffferbloat is a thing - and it's not [generally] good
- warrenm 5y ago>Also, what's the point of gigabit internet if I can't watch a measly 50Mbps stream? Just because your connection is "gigabit" doesn't mean everything in between is gigabit Nor does it mean that you haven't happened to have a hit a very busy sending server[farm|datacenter]