- From: Eric Carlson <eric.carlson@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:14:47 -0800
On Nov 24, 2008, at 2:21 PM, Calogero Alex Baldacchino wrote: > Well, the length attribute could be an indication about such limit > and could accept a generic value, such as 'unknown' (or '0', with > the same meaning - just to have only numerical values) to indicate > an endless stream (i.e. a realtime iptv): in such a case, any > seeking operation could be either prohibited or just related to the > amount of yet played content which is eventually present in a local > cache. > It is a mistake to assume that media data is present in the local cache after it has been played. Some devices have very limited storage (eg. small handhelds) and choose to use a very limited non-persistent cache, live streams have essentially unbounded size and can't be cached, even downloaded content can be so large that clients on a desktop class machine may choose to no buffer the entire file. eric
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