On 2008-10-05, Winston wrote:
Clark Magnuson wrote:
?Why does this video have so much lag?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ3PJ...timate-rifles/


?And yet there is not lag with this one?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjIno...eature=related

In a word: Timing

I looked at both just now and saw no delays.
Of course it's 9:30 on a Sunday morning.
I expect them both to be pretty jerky by Monday at 10:00 AM.

But there is another factor to consider. The first video
connects to youtube, and then from there connects to www.shopfloor.org
to get the actual video -- so you have two systems which you have to
access, doubling the chance that one of them is busy. If you look
closely at that URL, it can be broken into two URLs. I'll copy it down
here and break it for you:

This one connects to the other -- note how it ends with "url=".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ3PJtwHt4o&eurl=

And here is what followed the "url=" to give you the actual URL where
the video lives.

http://www.shopfloor.org/2008/08/02/...timate-rifles/

I proved this to myself by entering just the second part into my
browser, and was able to view the video with no problems (near midnight
on Sunday, FWIW.)

I wonder how common it is for youtube to link through to another
site as they did here?

Enjoy,
DoN.

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