"Karsten M. Self" wrote:
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> on Sun, May 06, 2001 at 08:46:33AM -0400, Sean ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
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> > > > I'm just amazed that it is so important to block us from caching
> > > > postage-stamp sized movie commercials, and 10-second snips of music.
> > > > What I hate is that with RealPlayer, I have seen "net congestion" errors
> > > > even the *second* time I play a clip! Can't they cache the whole thing
> > > > in a temp file or something? I've got the disk space.
> > >
> > > Ditto. RealAudio sucks in this regard.
> > >
> > > Caching is a key feature of the Internet. The fact that RealAudio
> > > specifically and pointedly breaks this is beyond dumbth.
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> > If you could cache the streamed content, then you would have the ability to
> > redistribute it. Real Player doesn't want this to happen, as are terrified
> > to
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> Frankly, I'm with those who wonder why so much low-value content is made
> so hard to get. Caching greatly increases the usefulness of Internet
> audio.
Thanks! This gave me a great laugh - especially since most radio
broadcasts have the commercials embedded unless there is a way to fast
forward through them automatically.
Eric
