On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Boris Zbarsky <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/17/11 4:05 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote: >> >> Assuming a browser is able to play back video in realtime, i.e. their >> CPU and download bandwidth are sufficient to download video data at or >> above the speed it is required in to provide continuous playback > > ... and that both conditions will continue for the duration of the video's > playback. > > Right? > > Determining whether this condition holds either making some assumptions that > may or may not be true or having some magical future-predicting technology. > > If nothing else, I'm thinking things like "I would like to buffer up this > 3-hour-long-video so I can watch it on the plane, where my network bandwidth > will be precisely 0". Definitely as use case I've had.
Yes, I agree. Maybe though - since this is definitely a use case for "special users" - this could be on a right-click menu as an option: "download full media resource and save for later playback" or something similar. This is indeed a user need scenario, which goes against the minimum bandwidth waste aim of content providers. But it is the special use case, not the norm IMHO. Cheers, Silvia.
