On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 3:30 AM, Ashwin Rao <[email protected]>wrote:
> I agree that the buffer size should be less than 500 MB. A buffer size > of 10 MB would be large enough for most videos; 10 MB = 80 Mbits = 80 > seconds of playback data for a video encoded at 1 Mbps. For HD videos > that have an encoding rate of 5 Mbps it would account for 16 seconds > of playback time. A double buffering scheme where download > resumes/begins when the buffered amount falls below 10 MB and download > pauses when the buffer size is 20 MB could be tried. I need to re-look > at the typical encoding rates used by YouTube, NetFlix, Vimeo, and > Dailymotion. I do not have an idea on the video encoding rates used by > other video streaming services. > Someone should file a bug to add a new preference controlling the maximum desired buffered amount for any given media resource. It will mostly revert bug 572235 so please link to that bug. Rob -- “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. ... If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others?" [Matthew 5:43-47] _______________________________________________ dev-tech-network mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-network
