Re: Track fragments

On Feb 16, 2010, at 12:04 AM, Davy Van Deursen wrote:

> Do you mean by 'activating' that the server typically sends all the tracks
> to the UA? If so, than this might cause (bandwidth) problems when multiple
> video tracks are present within the media resource ...
> 

  A smart client will use byte range requests to only fetch the portions of the media file it needs to display. This is important not only for the case where the author only intends to present a portion of the media resource, but for the case where the *user* doesn't want to watch the whole thing (eg. seeks to skip a portion).

  
eric

Received on Tuesday, 16 February 2010 14:49:55 UTC