Hi all
We deliver videos to iphones using a Ref Movie but with a dynamic content reference so the same Ref Mov template can be used for serving all our different videos by dynamically writing a video path.
Now when we serve a regular Ref Mov created in QT the Ref Mov becomes active/clickable within a split second but when we use the dynamic method it takes several seconds even up to a minute with large files before the Ref Mov becomes clickable.
We've found out that when using the dynamic method the iphone actually fetches the entire file before making the Ref Mov clickable. When clicked it then loads the video in the media player and starts reading the entire file from scratch again so it is not that it loads the file and buffers it for playback.
I would assume that he byte range request would only sniff a few bytes to estimate bandwidth etc. but for some reason this is not the case.
Does anyone know if the fetching of the entire file at the initial Ref Mov atage can be avoided some how or if there is anything we can do about it?
Best Regards Karsten