[whatwg] Limiting the amount of downloaded but not watched video
Zachary Ozer
zach at longtailvideo.com
Thu Jan 20 10:16:21 PST 2011
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 3:14 AM, Philip Jägenstedt <philipj at opera.com>wrote:
> * effective state can only increase to higher states, never go from e.g.
> metadata to none (it makes no sense)
What if my bandwidth situation improves (moving from 3g to WiFi, for example)?
At that point, perhaps I should go from auto to invoked?
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 4:19 AM, Glenn Maynard <glenn at zewt.org> wrote:
> I think that pausing shouldn't affect read-ahead buffering behavior. I'd
> suggest another preload value, preload=buffer, sitting between "metadata"
> and "auto". In addition to everything loaded by "metadata", it also fills
> the read-ahead buffer (whether the video is playing or not).
Would the read-ahead buffer length be a configurable property?
== New Proposal ==
Based on the feedback we've gotten, I'd like to propose the following:
* Adding an additional preload state between metadata and auto (I'll
call it state3, but we should name it "invoked" or "buffer")
* Adding the "downloadTargetBuffer" property, which can be updated at any time
=== Use cases ===
==== Starting with preload = none / meta ====
* Once the user has indicated they want to play a video, the browser
will go into state3 and buffer at least "downloadTargetBuffer" seconds
of video before playing
* Once in state3, the browser will attempt to maintain a buffer of
approximately "downloadTargetBuffer" seconds, regardless of state
* If the browser cannot maintain a buffer of length
"downloadTargetBuffer", it will set preload = "auto"
* If preload is later set back to state3, the browser will:
> If the buffer >= "downloadTargetBuffer" seconds:
- The browser will play through the current buffer surplus until it
has approximately "downloadTargetBuffer" seconds in the buffer
- Once the surplus has been used, the browser will attempt to
maintain a buffer of approximately "downloadTargetBuffer"
seconds
- If the browser cannot maintain a buffer of length
"downloadTargetBuffer", it will set preload = "auto"
> If the buffer < "downloadTargetBuffer" seconds:
- The browser will set preload = "auto"
==== Starting with preload = state3 ====
* On page load, the browser will go into state3 and buffer at least
"downloadTargetBuffer" seconds of video before playing
* Once the user has indicated they want to play a video, the browser
will attempt to maintain a buffer of approximately
"downloadTargetBuffer" seconds, regardless of state
* If the browser cannot maintain a buffer of length
"downloadTargetBuffer", it will set preload = "auto"
* If preload is later set back to state3, the browser will:
> If the buffer >= "downloadTargetBuffer" seconds:
- The browser will play through the current buffer surplus until it
has approximately "downloadTargetBuffer" seconds in the buffer
- Once the surplus has been used, the browser will attempt to
maintain a buffer of approximately "downloadTargetBuffer"
seconds
- If the browser cannot maintain a buffer of length
"downloadTargetBuffer", it will set preload = "auto"
> If the buffer < "downloadTargetBuffer" seconds:
- The browser will set preload = "auto"
==== Starting with preload = auto ====
* On page load, the browser will go into auto and buffer as much video
as possible
* If preload is later set to state3, the browser will:
> If the buffer >= "downloadTargetBuffer" seconds:
- The browser will play through the current buffer surplus until it
has approximately "downloadTargetBuffer" seconds in the buffer
- Once the surplus has been used, the browser will attempt to
maintain a buffer of approximately "downloadTargetBuffer"
seconds
- If the browser cannot maintain a buffer of length
"downloadTargetBuffer", it will set preload = "auto"
> If the buffer < "downloadTargetBuffer" seconds:
- The browser will set preload = "auto"
Best,
Zach
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Zachary Ozer
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