27 Feb
2008
27 Feb
'08
4:12 p.m.
Andrew Burton wrote:
YouTube doesn't stream. It slowly downloads the
flash video files to
the temporary internet files folder where it's usually named "FlaXX.tmp".
The XX is usually a hex number depending on how many tmp files you
have in there. The file is also (99% of the time) deleted the second you
close the page it is linked to.
The good thing is that you can watch the video before it's fully
downloaded. A very good thing if you are on dial-up :)
So what is the difference between "streaming" and "downloading a file
while being able to view it while downloading"? The second is the
definition I usually allow myself when discussing streaming.
Peace... Sridhar