RE: Issue with "bytes" Range Unit and live streaming

On 21/04/2016 5:37 AM, "Thorsten Lohmar" <thorsten.lohmar@ericsson.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi Craig,
>
> > What *is* missing is the ability to get a continuous byte range on live
content
> > that starts at an arbitrary offset and the ability to directly jump to
the live
> > point.
>
> Yes, and there are two solutions to the issue:
> A. Enable it on HTTP Layer through the definition of a new range request
method
> B. Enable working with existing HTTP procedures, i.e. client can workout
the precise byte offsets.

C. Use a different URL (e.g. a ?start= query parameter). It's less optimal
for caching, but it works today without any new specs.

>
> BR,
> /Thorsten
>

Cheers