i watch a lot of videos online mainly from youtube the video buffers before it starts and does this to the end does this count as a download?
2006-07-13 13:10:37 · 10 answers · asked by danilhastings 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
i have a download limit each month so after a while will i not be able to watch them any more?
2006-07-13 13:24:08 · update #1
Technically it is download. It steams the data from the website to your computer, and it plays whatever data it has received and cached. That's why you get to start watching a huge clip before it is even completely downloaded.
For how it works: see source of how UDP works (second source).
2006-07-13 13:17:07 · answer #1 · answered by HxH 2 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Yes it does count as a download. It has nothing to do with whether the file is stored. A download just means data coming from the internet to your computer, in whatever form... including web pages and videos from YouTube.
Unless you've got a very stingy download limit (e.g. 1Gb), you shouldn't really need to worry. Even when you go over it, they generally don't crack down unless you're abusing the service with peer-to-peer software (which you're not).
2006-07-13 13:33:12 · answer #2 · answered by chrisj14uk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well kinda .. it's a temporary download that's stored in your temporary internet files... you should empty them out every now and then... too much stuff in there will slow your connection speed down.
buffering is the same thing as 'esp' on a discman... it gets the info a few seconds ahead of time for smooth, un-interrupted playing.
2006-07-13 13:15:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Any time you click your mouse on a link to view a web page, you are downloading something.
Have fun,
Annorax64.
2006-07-13 13:12:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, anything on the Internet that you view is downloaded.
It's saved in the cache.
2006-07-13 13:11:40 · answer #5 · answered by NA A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, because you are streaming it, you are not saving the file to your computer, its jsut being sent to you over the net temporairily.. if you'd have downloaded it, you could watch it at will, connected to the net or not, but you cant.
2006-07-13 13:29:43 · answer #6 · answered by lavampdarkblade 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes!
2006-07-13 13:12:32 · answer #7 · answered by Jimbo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-07-13 13:13:55 · answer #8 · answered by mitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont watch more then 20 thats about 1.5gb
2006-07-14 06:34:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not if it doesnt say that you have to
2006-07-13 13:41:50 · answer #10 · answered by stepperstar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋