I wanted to watch http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/the-buck-stops-here/the-secularism-debate-just-a-media-fixation/284320 episode of Barkha Dutt's 'The Buck Stops Here'.
I had missed the LIVE show, so I went to NDTV website to get the episode.
To my utter surprise I found that I cannot download the video as the video is streamed via some RMTP method. Googling RMTP tells that this kind of streaming is available only for online viewing, in other words, making it impossible to download any video to watch later.
There is another flaw in this system - if I get disconnected for any of the various factors - power interruptions, internet connection dropping out, etc which are routine - the video play starts from the very beginning!
After several failed attempts, I dropped the idea of watching the show.
Earlier, I used to watch many shows offline from www.ndtv.com as they could be saved.
The fun is over.
Why do Media websites have video archives if visitors cannot save them to watch later?
How many watch their archives LIVE/online?
News channels could save wearing out their servers by removing videos.
If the Organisations running these News Channels believe they can force viewers to watch their LIVE programs or make them watch them online, they are in for some surprises.
None would visit their website and spend time on watching interrupted videos.
BECAUSE, the visitors are either critics or people who like the shows.
I had missed the LIVE show, so I went to NDTV website to get the episode.
To my utter surprise I found that I cannot download the video as the video is streamed via some RMTP method. Googling RMTP tells that this kind of streaming is available only for online viewing, in other words, making it impossible to download any video to watch later.
There is another flaw in this system - if I get disconnected for any of the various factors - power interruptions, internet connection dropping out, etc which are routine - the video play starts from the very beginning!
After several failed attempts, I dropped the idea of watching the show.
Earlier, I used to watch many shows offline from www.ndtv.com as they could be saved.
The fun is over.
Why do Media websites have video archives if visitors cannot save them to watch later?
How many watch their archives LIVE/online?
News channels could save wearing out their servers by removing videos.
If the Organisations running these News Channels believe they can force viewers to watch their LIVE programs or make them watch them online, they are in for some surprises.
None would visit their website and spend time on watching interrupted videos.
BECAUSE, the visitors are either critics or people who like the shows.
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