@JeffreyWay I'm trying to load two videos at the same time in laracasts. But the second one isn't loading until I close the first video tab. Is this some kind of security measure that you took or is it just me? I'm trying it in Win 10 chrome.
Kidding aside, Using chrome on OSX, and am able to open multiple videos at the same time.
I gotta stop them though... I can't handle listening to 2 Jefferys at once...
EDIT: I stand corrected. I don't know how I just managed to do it, because now I can't do it again. You might be right. I'm guessing there may be a limit to the number of concurrent streams to the same session.
It seems to allow you to open a second stream if you use a private browsing session. I don't think it's specifically tied to the user account either. It likely just a limitation per session.
While I'm watching one video, If I have any doubt, I'm not able to watch another video in another tab by pausing the one I was watching, until I close the one I was watching.
Definitely a cost thing. Its extremely unlikely that someone is paying attention to both streams at the same time and if a user is streaming two at the same time just to re-watch one of them because they weren't paying attention to it it would nearly double the bandwidth used. Not to mention @JeffreyWay is not YouTube and the server(s) he uses definitely has a maximum upload rate and in order to get everyone the best quality stream (little/no buffering) he needs to keep the pipes as open as possible which means limiting how many videos a single user can watch at the same time.
It looks like he's using vimeo to host the video. Likely through the PRO membership. I'm guessing it's a limitation that Vimeo makes where a user can't stream multiple videos at the same time, but I can't find anything about it in their help center or documentation.
@jhoff actually based on my Dev Tools he's just using videojs which means that he's probs streaming from his own servers (makes sense) and I tested Vimeo, It does allow you to watch multiple (well over a dozen) at the same time.
Certainly looks like the vimeo cdn to me. The player source is //player.vimeo.com/external/xxxxxxx.hd.mp4...
Vimeo seems to differentiate in their documentation that embedded, off-site streams are handled differently than videos directly on vimeo.com or vimeopro.com. I'm guessing this is an intentional limitation that we experience because the videos are embedded.
Additionally, I think he's using videojs to just skin the vimeo stream.
