786471 - Streaming is inconsistant

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Air Mozilla :: Streaming, defect)

Description

[Tom Lowenthal]

When watching a live stream, sometimes audio and video cut out for a few seconds. Moments later, the stream comes back, having missed a few seconds of content. If my connection can't keep up, buffer the content rather than skipping it.

Comment 1

[Zandr Milewski [:zandr]]

The player isn't our code, but rather provided by the CDN. 

The general behavior of TCP streaming players is exactly as you describe as desired, I suspect that the issue may be with local system performance, not the stream itself. Unfortunately, there isn't enough information here to tell.

Comment 2

[Ralph Giles (:rillian)]

You could try the webm alternate stream, which uses the html5 <video> element, and behaves the way you want.

It's experimental and not always available, but try http://ec2-50-112-77-171.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com:8000/airmoz.webm the next time you want to watch a stream.

Comment 3

[Richard A Milewski[:richard]]

Not enough info, and the underlying infrastructure has changed since this bug was filed.