On 2008.03.17, Russ Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, but when you're streaming through a TCP connection, you cannot > guarantee at the beginning that every block will be available by the > time you're ready to consume it.
True. > The biggest difference between TCP and BitTorrent is that TCP delivers > data in the same order you sent it, which is the order in which the > user wants it, whereas BitTorrent delivers in random order, so you > potentially have to wait until the very end of reception. Then again, > people's typical response to insufficient bandwidth (slow delivery) is > to click on pause until the entire stream has been received. Given that BitTorrent streaming isn't practical, is there real value in tightly integrating Gnash with a BitTorrent client? It seems like a lot of work for very little return, IMHO. -- Dossy Shiobara | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://dossy.org/ Panoptic Computer Network | http://panoptic.com/ "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70) _______________________________________________ Gnash-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnash-dev
