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| Thread ID: 113873 | 2010-11-07 21:48:00 | Do Video Downloads Stop When You Leave? | Winston001 (3612) | Press F1 |
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| 1150954 | 2010-11-07 21:48:00 | Just curious. Occasionally I browse videos on Youtube etc and if uninterested, flick to something else before the vid has ended. What happens? Does the vid still stream in the background until the server site has delivered all of it, or does the download cut off as soon as I leave? |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1150955 | 2010-11-07 21:53:00 | It depends if the red line at the bottom of the video has reached the end or not. | jwil1 (65) | ||
| 1150956 | 2010-11-07 23:03:00 | When you say leave, do you mean closing the windows/tab then done? Or just switching to another? Closing it generally stops it, switching still loads it. |
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| 1150957 | 2010-11-08 09:08:00 | Ah - yes when I say leave, I mean switching to another video or website. So to stop the current video loading I need to close the tab? Firefox. | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1150958 | 2010-11-08 09:19:00 | Yup or stop the video. Or go to another it'll stop playing obviously | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1150959 | 2010-11-08 10:16:00 | Mmmm but stopping the video is really only "Pause". How do I stop it continuing to download without closing the tab? Not a big issue but occasionally I watch vids which are half an hour long only to move on (in the same tab) after 10 minutes or less. So probably the rest of the vid continues to stream even though I've left it. Its only come up because I was reduced to dial-up speed again recently and I don't download movies or games. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1150960 | 2010-11-08 10:20:00 | Right click the video and select the "stop download" option. | Fifthdawn (9467) | ||
| 1150961 | 2010-11-08 19:26:00 | If you move to another video in the same tab then of course the first one stops as you have changed to a new one | gary67 (56) | ||
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