Re: Behaviour of Smart UAs vs. UAs that need server help in error cases

Hi Davy,

> Since the requested time range is invalid, the server answers with a 416
> (Requested Range Not Satisfiable), and the UA still doesn't have a clue
> about the duration of the media.
>
> So the question is, what is the behaviour of a UA getting a 416 from a
> Media Fragments-enabled server (especially in the case when the decoding
> pipeline is not setup)?
>
> I think this situation must be clarified in the spec.

I'm unsure how we have finally closed this discussion:
   * In the case of not satisfiable *time* range, as Silvia pointed out, 
the server will provide the indication of the entire duration of the 
media so that solves the problem.
   * In the case of a non-existent track, I'm not sure we should talk 
about a "not satisfiable requested range" (416). I guess this will be 
clarified when we go through these test cases.

   Raphaël

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