[tor-talk] Streaming Videos VS Downloading Videos

Andreas Krey a.krey at gmx.de
Wed Dec 12 21:49:53 UTC 2018


On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 21:28:00 +0000, bo0od wrote:
> comparison should be equal , like full video downloaded and full video
> streamed.

Not necessarily. When streaming, bit rate is usually adapted dynamically to fit
the actual line speed, while a download should yield in the resolution you requested.
So, total transfer volume is not necessarily equals in both cases.

- Andreas

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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@*.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:29:21 -0800


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