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That works for pre-roll ads, forcing the client to silence them and wait at best (I believe the Twitch streaming service does this) For mid-stream ads, that do
by tux3 3y ago
That works for pre-roll ads, forcing the client to silence them and wait at best (I believe the Twitch streaming service does this)
For mid-stream ads, that doesn't work. You could pre-fetch the ad and surrounding video early, so that you can watch buffered content while the server thinks an ad is playing.
- alkonaut 3y agoThe server would need to not allow buffering further than the next ad.