[foms] WebM Manifest

[Pierre-Yves KEREMBELLEC]

>>> Furthermore, chunking like this restricts all clients to make the same  
>>> requests: if one client requests a 10s chunk and another
>>> a 5s chunk then you cache 15s of data even if the 5s piece is contained  
>>> within the 10s piece. This restriction reduces either
>>> cache efficiency or client performance.
>> 
>> Absolutely, this is the whole point: encouraging all clients to make the  
>> exact same requests, to increase cache-ability for
>> all types of caches, even those not playing nice with byte-ranges  
>> (enterprises, ISPs, browsers, ...).
> 
> Which browsers support <video> but don't play nice with byte-ranges? I  
> doubt such a browser exists, because HTTP byte ranges are a fundamental  
> part of how <video> currently works.

I was just wondering if browsers cached partial documents properly in all cases.

Regards,
Pierre-Yves