Vint Cerf: Online Video Will Be More Downloaded Than Streamed
June 26, 2008 by Mike Abundo
Filed under Computers
Vint Cerf, the father of the Internet, says online video will be more downloaded than streamed — the same way music is today. That doesn’t precisely jive with Cisco’s predictions, but it certainly has precedent in online audio.
Aside from having fathered the Internet, Dr. Cerf also serves as VP and Chief Internet Evangelist of Google. You have to wonder what his prophecy means for Google’s streaming-only YouTube.
Youtube video is downloaded not streamed, except when consumed on some mobile phones. For mobile, Youtube provides a 320×240 rstp stream. I guess they are not moving to rtsp streaming for video on websites. A lot of people think Youtube is streaming because of the random access, but that’s the virtue of the python frontend at Google.
So YouTube’s continued success is in fact consistent with Dr. Cerf’s prediction. Thanks for the technical clarification! :)