- From: Thorsten Lohmar <thorsten.lohmar@ericsson.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 22:22:44 +0000
- To: Craig Pratt <craig@ecaspia.com>, Matthew Kerwin <matthew@kerwin.net.au>
- CC: "ietf-http-wg@w3.org" <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
HI there, > Switching to HLS or DASH is not an option for every application, of course. > And that certainly implies an additional layer of complexity when one just > wants to provide access to a progressively-updated representation. [TL] Yes, Understood, that this is not for all cases a solution. > > Media streaming aside, there's always been awareness of progressively- > updated representations in HTTP (IMHO). All we're really trying to do with > this draft is enable a Range request that accommodates progressively- > updated representations. I see this as a simple oversight with the bytes > Range Unit that we're trying to remedy in a least-impactful way - one that > many people have recognized but has not yet been addressed by an RFC. [TL] Yes, I think that I understand your use-case and your proposed now. I don't have a strong opinion, whether to solve the use-case on HTTP layer or not. > > Happy Wednesday, > > cp > > > > > From: phluid61@gmail.com [mailto:phluid61@gmail.com] On Behalf Of > > Matthew Kerwin > > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 10:17 PM > > To: Thorsten Lohmar > > Cc: ietf-http-wg@w3.org > > Subject: RE: Issue with "bytes" Range Unit and live streaming > > > > > > On 21/04/2016 6:14 AM, "Matthew Kerwin" <matthew@kerwin.net.au> > wrote: > >> > >> 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.. > > Sorry, that's B(ii) isn't it. > >>> BR, > >>> /Thorsten > >>> > >> Cheers > > > -- > > craig pratt > > Caspia Consulting > > craig@ecaspia.com > > 503.746.8008 > > > > > > >
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