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

On 21/04/2016 6:14 AM, "Matthew Kerwin" <matthew@kerwin.net.au> wrote:
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> On 21/04/2016 5:37 AM, "Thorsten Lohmar" <thorsten.lohmar@ericsson.com>
wrote:
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> > 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.
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> 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..

Sorry, that's B(ii) isn't it.

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> > BR,
> > /Thorsten
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> Cheers