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Streaming vs downloading your opinion?


joebabyny

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So, say you were to log onto a site that had a bunch of large video files available to view, like a "sports highlight" site(lol), and the files were generally 20-30 minute long scenes-er i mean highlight reels, and about 2-350 megs per clip. Do you do the streaming thing that starts as you play it, or do you just download the clip, maybe along with a second, then come back in a few minutes when it is done and downloaded onto your drive. OR as a third option, since the files would take up lots of harddrive space, do you just do the streaming route where it never downloads, or do you find that to be a ripoff?

Just taking an informal poll here, lol.

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I barely have enough patience for those slow streaming videos...and to have to wait for a whole download about the size you mentioned, id probably kill myself before its done.

There other thing i noticed about this too is that, like me, i have my demo reel on my website and the first time i put it up the movie file was embedded for streaming and when I was looking for interviews some companies asked me if there was something wrong with my video. They're like yeah your videos not loading, i dont see anything, all cause their too impatient to wait for the whole thing to download. And that sucks because I definently dont want the people interviewing me to already get tired of me because my demo reel didnt load quick enough. So i say if its not streaming, its not worth waiting.

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Well you know people get nervous thinking that those "sports highlight" downloads will be a virus... but downloading is the better way to go... most people have DSL/CABLE now and it would be quick...

BTW - do all JetNation members get to join this "sports" site of yours for free? :)

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