I'd think if someone could figure out a way to get the movies from RAM,
they could also figure out a way to capture them from a stream.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Travis Johnson via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote:
> Because then people could "save" the movies in RAM, and someone would
> figure out a way to be able to download them and put them on the Internet
> for free.
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> It's a licensing issue... that's why "streaming" is OK.
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> Travis
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> On 12/9/2014 7:00 PM, Bill Prince via Af wrote:
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> That 187MB translates to only about 11.25 GB per hour. Why not stick in a
> 32GB memory and be done? That would be almost 3 hours of buffer.
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> On 12/9/2014 4:50 PM, Travis Johnson via Af wrote:
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> It's really too bad that the devices that support all these streaming
> services can't have a larger buffer. I'm sure it's part of their licensing
> deals, but if they could buffer 60 seconds of stream (at any quality), they
> would have much fewer support calls for streaming issues, etc.
>
> Using Netflix's 25Mbps for 4k, that works out to 187.5MB of storage space.
> At current RAM prices, you can buy a 256MB module for $15 full retail... so
> places like Samsung can probably buy them in quantity for less than $2.
> Seems like it would be worth it to pay an extra $10 for a TV/DVD/PS4/Wii-U
> device that could handle 60 seconds of video.
>
> Travis
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> On 12/9/2014 5:34 PM, Sterling Jacobson via Af wrote:
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> That’s pretty cool.
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> You can do 4k direct from Youtube.
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> Several of the ones I’ve tested are sustained around 20-30Mbps.
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> But on my network it tends to burst to 90Mbps then sit around for a while,
> then burst back to 90Mbps.
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> I think the 4k will require a lot of optimizations before it works on the
> built in TV’s.
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> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On
> Behalf Of *Jerry Richardson via Af
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 09, 2014 5:12 PM
> *To:* af@afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Well there goes all our bandwidth. Amazon
> streaming 4K now.
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> Lovely
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> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On
> Behalf Of *Ryan Ghering via Af
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 09, 2014 3:38 PM
> *To:* af@afmug.com
> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Well there goes all our bandwidth. Amazon streaming 4K
> now.
>
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> http://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-starts-4k-uhd-streams/
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