[whatwg] Limiting the amount of downloaded but not watched video from Robert O'Callahan on 2011-01-17 (public-whatwg-archive@w3.org from January 2011)

From: Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:41:17 +1300
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=dmwcuPPgfQHfEqUy=X-oWgqAXi0p=wEBBsws0@mail.gmail.com>

One solution that could work here is to honour dynamic changes to 'preload',
so switching preload to 'none' would stop buffering. Then a script could do
that, for example, after the user has paused the video for ten seconds. The
script could also look at 'buffered' to make its decision.

Rob
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"Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for
they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures
every day to see if what Paul said was true." [Acts 17:11]

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