> Wouldn't a byte range request for the whole file fall under the "single, long lived http connection"? Yes, it would (though a better description would be "a

> Wouldn't a byte range request for the whole file fall under the "single, long lived http connection"? Yes, it would (though a better description would be "a single, long lived http request" because this doesn't have anything to do with connections), and wewewedxfgdf also replied Yes. > Sure it could be terminated early and another request made for seeking, but regardless the video can start before the whole file is downloaded, assuming it's encoded correctly? Yes.