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> 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? I
by 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.