On 05/10/2012 07:49 PM, Tim wrote:
YT = "YouTube"?
I've noticed, lately, that YouTube no longer streams the whole thing to you, just a certain amount. I can see that the loading bar below the picture never keeps on going all the way through on a paused video, like it used to. Probably done to make it hard(er) for people to download videos. But, probably, making it impossible to watch videos on slow networks.
FWIW, I've only seen that behavior if the video being streamed is flash. I just paused an 8+ minute video in html5 the loading bar completed. A paused flash video stopped loading after about 55 seconds of video.
The download extensions to chrome and firefox don't seem to be affected. So, I don't think the theory of making downloads harder holds true.