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AWS Cloudfront: Am I "streaming" video or am I "downloading" video?


Have a flash video player that mimics the functionality of the youtube player regarding video input. I believe this is called "progressive download". I'm using Amazon Cloudfront to server up the video, and it asks me if the distribution is "download" or "streaming". Which one should I choose for this kind of player?

note: this is NOT live video streaming...its just basic, static FLV file playing similar to what the youtube player does.


Solution

  • This would be streaming as someone would play the video. Download is downloading the .flv file and then playing it on a person's computer rather than in his web browser.