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Embed YouTube videos in posts
Danny Boy:
Just no. It would end in a total disaster.
phflack:
--- Quote from: Evar678 on August 06, 2012, 05:50:34 PM ---He means one page on a topic containing something like 30 videos would lag the browser's load time.
Like how a topic with very large / a lot of images takes a few extra seconds to load. Only the time for videos would be larger.
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youtube videos don't start loading until you play them
Evar678:
--- Quote from: phflack on August 06, 2012, 05:54:57 PM ---youtube videos don't start loading until you play them
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Indeed. But, they still have to send a request to youtube to get the player properties. Too many requests at once would cause browser lag.
Plexious:
Nobody is forcing you to press the "Play" button.
Evar678:
--- Quote from: Evar678 on August 06, 2012, 05:55:51 PM ---Indeed. But, they still have to send a request to youtube to get the player properties. Too many requests at once would cause browser lag.
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