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The pixels were sometimes larger than my thumb though. And every video was cut into short segments.
by Aerroon 3y ago
The pixels were sometimes larger than my thumb though. And every video was cut into short segments.
- Nextgrid 3y ago> every video was cut into short segments Which is a completely arbitrary restriction, thus people were working around it by splitting their video in parts? It isn't any cheaper to serve 10 short video files instead of 1 long video file (in fact it might be more expensive since a good codec would make 1 video file smaller in size than its equivalent separated into 10 discrete files).
- _Algernon_ 3y agoEarly in YT history you could leave a video page open and it would buffer an entire video. Was great on slow connections, but buffering a 10 minute video versus buffering a 10h video way certainly different in terms of server load.
- ndriscoll 3y agoP2P systems were able to deliver dvd rips 15 years ago, and even normies knew how to use them. Cheap, robust, high quality media delivery is a political problem, not a technical one.