I was always under the impression that YouTube operated on a progessive download system to deliver their videos, but while monkeying around with the site today it appears that they may be streaming FLV’s or using some sort of hybrid system. Simple test: Go to a you tube video, like this chemical brothers video, and quickly click to the end of the timeline. I am not claiming any scientific validity but I found the functionity interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2hzVV2Nwfs
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