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Seeking to a part of video that hasn't been loaded yet (on progressive download)


I was told there is a server technology that allows user to seek to a part of video that has not been loaded yet even if I am using progressive download, not true streaming.

What technology is it?


Solution

  • There are multiple ways to handle what you describe, for example: http://h264.code-shop.com/trac#Timeshiftingseek or http://stream.xmoov.com/.

    Obviously this won't be able to play data you didn't receive. It's a standard progressive HTTP download where the video file is "cut" on demand server sided.