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.
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