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This could be an answer as to why Netflix comes up reliably when all the other streaming services in my experience (Hulu, Disney, HBO Max, Amazon Prime) can tak
by wistlo 4y ago
This could be an answer as to why Netflix comes up reliably when all the other streaming services in my experience (Hulu, Disney, HBO Max, Amazon Prime) can take many multiples of time to initialize and deliver a stable stream.
- OJFord 4y agoOf those I only have Prime, and really agree. It was never as good I don't think, but lately in particular it's been so slow to start (and then it's an advert! It'll do it again for the actual content once I click 'skip'!) and occasionally pauses to buffer mid-stream. I don't get that with Netflix, I've occasionally had it crash out 'sorry this could not be played right now' (which is a weird bug itself - because it always loads fast & fine when I immediately press play on it again) but never such slow loading or pausing.
- drewg123 4y agoTo be honest, this has much more to do with Randall Stewart's RACK TCP, and his team's obsession with improving our member's QoE. Ironically, this costs a lot of CPU as compared to normal TCP (since it is doing pacing, limiting TSO burst sizes, etc). https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/main/sys/netinet/tcp_stacks/rack.c https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/main/sys/netinet...