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<blockquote data-quote="mbuzina" data-source="post: 715457" data-attributes="member: 12382">Hi. Great idea to add this feature. May I suggest another optimization for the Online Vids plugin? For me case is as follows:Videos are buffered to compensate for NW issues to guarantee smooth playback. Thats why we buffer a part of the stream before we start playing, right?So maybe we can make this calculation a little smarter. Can you read out the MB/sec that a stream has (on VBR use an average value)? If so we sould say buffer the minimum of 2% or x seconds of video (x can be configured, should default to something like 2-3 seconds). Or even better, add another option for maximum bandwith, resulting in the following calculation:br = Bitrate of the videosize = total size of videosize/br = duration of videox = config option, how many seconds of video should be bufferedy = config option, what is the download speed of your internet connectionif br&gt;y then&nbsp; buffer = size - ((size/br + x)*y); // We need to download most of the video because bit rate is higher than our download speed. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; // Assume that we can start playing as soon as the leftover time is enough to download the rest and add the buffer seconds to thatelse&nbsp; buffer = min(size/50,br*x);&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; // Buffer 2% or configured number of seconds, whichever is the lowest</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mbuzina, post: 715457, member: 12382"] Hi. Great idea to add this feature. May I suggest another optimization for the Online Vids plugin? For me case is as follows: Videos are buffered to compensate for NW issues to guarantee smooth playback. Thats why we buffer a part of the stream before we start playing, right? So maybe we can make this calculation a little smarter. Can you read out the MB/sec that a stream has (on VBR use an average value)? If so we sould say buffer the minimum of 2% or x seconds of video (x can be configured, should default to something like 2-3 seconds). Or even better, add another option for maximum bandwith, resulting in the following calculation: br = Bitrate of the video size = total size of video size/br = duration of video x = config option, how many seconds of video should be buffered y = config option, what is the download speed of your internet connection if br>y then buffer = size - ((size/br + x)*y); // We need to download most of the video because bit rate is higher than our download speed. // Assume that we can start playing as soon as the leftover time is enough to download the rest and add the buffer seconds to that else buffer = min(size/50,br*x); // Buffer 2% or configured number of seconds, whichever is the lowest [/QUOTE]

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