Re:VP9: Faster, better, buffer-free YouTube videos
by anon4 on Monday April 06, 2015 @02:02PM
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I remember a time when the flash player loaded the entire video to a temp file and you could just go through /proc/$firefox-pid/fds, find it and dump the video that way.
Re:VP9: Faster, better, buffer-free YouTube videos
by teach on Monday April 06, 2015 @03:48PM
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Pretty sure I still have a bash script laying around to automate this process.
Re:VP9: Faster, better, buffer-free YouTube videos
by mkagenius on Monday April 06, 2015 @02:12PM
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The behavior is different for different resolution videos I think. Instead of seconds, I think they download x kilobytes ahead of time. Just try 360p vs 1080p (for same video).
Re:VP9: Faster, better, buffer-free YouTube videos
by cpeterso on Monday April 06, 2015 @03:22PM
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YouTube's playback latency is critical. If users have to wait for the video to buffer, they are more likely to close the tab and do something else.
Re:VP9: Faster, better, buffer-free YouTube videos
by Dylan16807 on Monday April 06, 2015 @04:06PM
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It's a limit on how much it buffers while playing. It does not improve the playback experience in any way, and causes significant degradation when you seek the video.
Fine, don't load the whole video ahead of time, but can you just load the first say 30 seconds? Or maybe even - and I know this is going to sound crazy - a whole minute ahead of time?
I remember a time when it seemingly didn't load even 5 seconds ahead of time. That's just ridiculous. Fire the bean counters who are in charge of that short-sighted idea.