The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Antique Memes Roadshow@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agoFound this dusty antique from the days when video players would let you buffer. If only this were still a thing.startrek.websiteimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1281arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1272arrow-down1imageFound this dusty antique from the days when video players would let you buffer. If only this were still a thing.startrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Antique Memes Roadshow@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareezchili@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilinkarrow-up72·edit-29 months agoHTML5 made video a first class citizen of your browser and buffering is handled automatically now 🙂 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/Audio_and_video_delivery/buffering_seeking_time_ranges
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·9 months agoOh! I just assumed they were trying to save $ on all those looong “___ 10 hr version” videos or something.
minus-squareskulblaka@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up34·9 months agoIt’s both. Buffering the whole video was a waste of bandwidth and the changes for HTML5 means they could get away with lowering the buffering limit without destroying everyone’s viewing experience.
HTML5 made video a first class citizen of your browser and buffering is handled automatically now 🙂
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/Audio_and_video_delivery/buffering_seeking_time_ranges
Oh! I just assumed they were trying to save $ on all those looong “___ 10 hr version” videos or something.
It’s both. Buffering the whole video was a waste of bandwidth and the changes for HTML5 means they could get away with lowering the buffering limit without destroying everyone’s viewing experience.