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Re: [Gnash-dev] Proposal: Bittorrent support for Gnash
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Dossy Shiobara |
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Re: [Gnash-dev] Proposal: Bittorrent support for Gnash |
Date: |
Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:31:41 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) |
On 2008.03.17, Russ Nelson <address@hidden> 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 | address@hidden | 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] Proposal: Bittorrent support for Gnash, Rene Bartsch, 2008/03/17
- Re: [Gnash-dev] Proposal: Bittorrent support for Gnash, Dossy Shiobara, 2008/03/17
- Re: [Gnash-dev] Proposal: Bittorrent support for Gnash, Russ Nelson, 2008/03/17
- Re: [Gnash-dev] Proposal: Bittorrent support for Gnash, Rene Bartsch, 2008/03/17
- Re: [Gnash-dev] Proposal: Bittorrent support for Gnash, Russ Nelson, 2008/03/17
- Re: [Gnash-dev] Proposal: Bittorrent support for Gnash, Miriam Ruiz, 2008/03/18
- Re: [Gnash-dev] Proposal: Bittorrent support for Gnash, Russ Nelson, 2008/03/18
- Re: [Gnash-dev] Proposal: Bittorrent support for Gnash, Miriam Ruiz, 2008/03/18
- Re: [Gnash-dev] Proposal: Bittorrent support for Gnash, Rob Savoye, 2008/03/18
- Re: [Gnash-dev] Proposal: Bittorrent support for Gnash, Rene Bartsch, 2008/03/18
- Re: [Gnash-dev] Proposal: Bittorrent support for Gnash, Rene Bartsch, 2008/03/18
- Re: [Gnash-dev] Proposal: Bittorrent support for Gnash, Rene Bartsch, 2008/03/18