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Youtube doesn't retain loaded video data

glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
edited 2012-05-19 10:45:45 in Webspace
Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

For example, you watch a video that's 5 minutes long.  You've seen it the whole video.  You've just left the window or tab open.


 


You leave the computer.  Five hours later, you come back, and you are no longer connected to the internet.  Well, at least we had that video we saw earlier; we can rewatch that.


 


nope

Comments

  • gentlemanorcusgentlemanorcus
    edited 2012-05-19 10:48:29

    It retains loaded data for me, usually.


    Anyway, can't you just skip to where you left off?

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    it has to reload the data.


    Actually, I just checked something.


    If you finish watching a video, then want to rewatch an earlier bit of it, it will STILL have to re-load the data.

  • SaigyoujiSaigyouji
    But you never had any to begin with.
    It's kind of wonky. Sometimes it has to reload, sometimes it doesn't.
  • StormtroperStormtroper

    It's been happening consistently to me lately, with or without disconnecting from the internet.


    Also, it often happens that the timeline marker stops slightly ahead of where I'm currently watching, but it's still streaming and I can advance anywhere by clicking repeatedly to where it shows that it's already been streaming, but clicking elsewhere makes it load.

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    Well I cited being disconnected as proof that it actually tries to re-load the video from the Youtube server anew.

  • BeeBee

    It often doesn't pre-load the data either.  This was a huge problem when I was living in an apartment with no internet connection and basically had to open up everything I needed for the rest of the night before leaving the library.

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    I saw the Heapers' Hangout thread about exactly that and was reminded that Youtube also doesn't retain data that was loaded earlier.

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