Streaming server / YouTube

[Wojciech Puchar]

>> while watching...
>
> While downloading, you're usually not watching (while it's
> still possible to watch inclomplete files with mplayer).
if you type URL containing flash movie in browser (with flash enabled of 
course ;) it will start playing it before downloading all.

>
> And for complete correctness, the video IS stored on the
> harddrive "in parts" (according to the hard drive based
> caching of the stream).
are you sure on harddrive not memory only? i assume you talk about youtube 
player.