[linux-audio-user] Solved: flash movie buffering problems

[Patrick Shirkey]

Hi,

Yesterday while I was researching how to get flash movies to load very 
quickly I came across some detailed explanations of the buffer problem 
that so many people get when watching flash movies.

Apparently it is widely known that streaming from a server where the 
movie has to be fully cached in local memory while downloading causes 
buffering problems in movies over 2 minutes long.

The official Macromedia solution is to use their closed source streaming 
server which allows much greater flexibility and control of the stream 
while also preventing the file from being cached in local memory so it 
is harder to rip or copy.

This leaves me with the question: Is the buffering problem for movies > 
2 min a design flaw or feature?


Cheers.


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Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd.
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