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Originally Posted by nate
OK, the player drops the connection, then lighty can let the player restart its connection at the same point thanks to its streaming abilty... is that it?
Also, will the apache mod_flv or whatever its called do the same thing if the player makes the same set of calls?
Also, whats a "legal" tube as opposed to one that isnt? Are you referring to whether or not the content is licensed?
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Correct -- the player can tell lighty (or Apache with mod_flv for that matter) to start serving the movie from a given byte offset, e.g. start from 100.000 bytes in to the end. It's basically a function of the player.
The mod_flv streaming stuff basically enables some optimisations and some tricks on the server end of things to make serving flv files easier (sets up content types, does the accept-ranges things and so on).
Well, legal, might not have been the best term but more often than not tube sites with full length clips and a shitload of them at that (especially user submitted stuff) are using unlicensed content -- besides I still think tube sites that post anything > 5 minutes in length are shooting themselves in the foot something horrid but that wasn't the subject of the topic so I'll let that rest
