On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, Neil D. Jackson wrote: > > Just out of interest, though, how could a client ask for 'part' of a WMV > file? All it can ask for, is the complete URL, surely? Or is there some > kind of 'resume' operation available in HTTP as there is in FTP? That's > kinda why I read between the lines, and put it down to the client closing > the data-stream before it was finished, hence the server recorded it had > sent what it had been asked for, up to that point. >
It can certainly ask for part of it if it wants -- there is a syntax for that in HTTP. This is common for PDF requests -- many clients ask for them a page at a time, because you often don't end up reading the whole document. -- Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UK http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adelie/stephen/ "Low Priced Cambridge Clare College. Big selection at eBay UK!" (Ad after Google search for Clare College Cambridge) +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list: | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | Digest version: http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help-digest/ | Usenet version: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.analog.general | List archives: http://www.analog.cx/docs/mailing.html#listarchives +------------------------------------------------------------------------
