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by jedberg 2049 days ago
Captions and thumbnails come from a different part of the CDN. Same with Netflix. The videos come from devices dedicated to large files, the captions and thumbnails come from a CDN designed for small files.
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jameshe 2049 days ago
How fun - same goes with the previews on hover over timestamps then, I guess?
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jedberg 2049 days ago
Most likely. Any small file comes from a different CDN than the video.
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jameshe 2049 days ago
Interesting, thank you! :)
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