Re: [squid-users] streaming live television and performance problems

So, in other words, if you use the proxy server to stream video content,
then don't bother with trying to cache any of the files at all?
Is there a way we can identify streamed video and ignore it, yet cache
everything else?
I'm guessing ignore mp3, mpeg, avi, flv. SOme streamed content might use
their own preference so it's difficult to catch everything?

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From: "Amos Jeffries" <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:49 PM
To: "Andrej van der Zee" <andrejvanderzee_at_gmail.com>
Cc: <squid-users_at_squid-cache.org>
Subject: Re: [squid-users] streaming live television and performance
problems

> Andrej van der Zee wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have seen a few posts about caching and poor performance of video
>> recently. I am also experiencing problems, but I am not sure the
>> cause. I am using Squid exclusively for myself to access a live
>> television streaming service in my home country. It works find for
>> maybe 30 seconds, but then Windows Media Player starts re-buffering
>> constantly. Could caching have something to do with this? And what is
>> Squid actually trying to cache? The broadcast takes about 4 hours
>> adding up to a few GBs. Is Squid trying to cache this in a single
>> file?
>>
>
> Depends on the transmission server. But yes it probably is.
>
> Amos
> --
> Please be using
> Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE6 or 3.0.STABLE18
> Current Beta Squid 3.1.0.13
>
Received on Fri Aug 28 2009 - 09:22:04 MDT