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I'm curious about this as well. Specially how their videos barely buffer and almost instant. you could say that they can preload them cause for you is mostly VO
by jalino23 4y ago
I'm curious about this as well. Specially how their videos barely buffer and almost instant. you could say that they can preload them cause for you is mostly VOD, but they have live as well and it may not be as instant. its still feels pretty instant no matter how fast you scroll. I don't know how to inspect their app but their website version is using video/x-flv progressive download for playback. which surprised cause
1. I thought flash was deprecated by the browser and
2. I thought the industry has moved onto HLS/Dash or stream via websockets for live streaming.
- toast0 4y ago> 2. I thought the industry has moved onto HLS/Dash or stream via websockets for live streaming. Industry consensus doesn't mean best performance, unfortunately. Maybe it means works well enough for existing participants, but going your own way can be more efficient or less efficient, or a waste of time. Industry solutions tend to take more round trips in search of flexibility, and number of round trips is a big factor in download time if the round trip time is large, as is common on mobile.
- pjc50 4y agoHLS at least adds significant latency because it involves multiple round trips before you can get the first frame: - request top level playlist (choice of bitrates, etc) - request playlist for a particular bitrate - actually request a segment with some frames in