[Zope-dev] Re: Streaming large files

[Godefroid Chapelle]

Thilo Staebler wrote:

> hi!
> I have to stream large mpeg-files over http with range support. this 
> works quite nice until the client seeks in the (media)player and the 
> files aren't tooooo large, because zope caches the whole file...
> ...so each seek means streaming the whole file from the requested 
> position till end *g*
> -> my RESPONSE object doesn't even know, that the player has seeked e.g. 
> back to the beginning...
> is there a way to bypass the zope caching? and how do I know if the 
> player has disconnected, so I can stop streaming?
> 
> 
> thanks in advance
> thilo

You may want to take a look at Railroad project from Infrae.

http://infrae.com/products/railroad/

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