On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:20:46PM +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> writes: > > > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:50:00 +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > > >> Jochen Schulz writes: > >> > >>> Rodolfo Medina: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> All right, I didn't want to be prolix. This happens when I try to > >>>> catch a streaming video from internet. On my system, while the video > >>>> is running from the web, it is stored in the directory > >>>> ~/.mozilla/firefox/<garbage>/Cache. After it's all stored, I collect > >>>> it from there and `mv' it at my pleasure. Now, usually when the file > >>>> reaches 5.5MB, a new file is created in /tmp and the loading continues > >>>> there. So the video gets broken into small pieces that I have to > >>>> search for here and there, which is uncomfortable. That's why I want > >>>> to know how to get rid of that limit of 5.5MB. > > > > Can you post a link with a video sample? > > > > I have no problem to get the whole video stored in the cache folder when > > watching them at Youtube, provided the whole cache size of the browser is > > set to a higher value that the video occupies. > > > The video in question is here: > > http://6.cn/plist/264891/75.html > I just tried that link, and it behaves like you said. But I tried another link to a 50+ MB flash video and iceweasel does not split that file up into 5.5 MB chunks. So I suspect the website is forcing this behavior -- possibly to save bandwidth (preventing someone who only watches the first 5 minutes from unnecessarily downloading the entire file).
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