![]() For example: Plasma AzureBlobUtility.īlobUtility.exe -k AccessKey -a AccountName -c ContainerName -setDefaultServiceVersion Seriously? Isn’t there an easier way? Well, there are free tools out there to do this for you. So how do it change it? Send a Set Blob Service Properties REST API request. The bad new is, this setting is not exposed in the Azure Portal nor most tools I’ve used (e.g. The good news is, Azure Blobs does support this, you just need to enable it by setting the default version of the service to a newer one. ![]() Under the hood, this is supported automatically by most modern video players AS LONG AS the server serving the video supports returning byte ranges and returns the response header: “Accept-Ranges: bytes” Described with less jargon: in order to jump to a portion of the video that hasn’t downloaded yet you can either:ġ) wait until the download (buffer) catches up to the new position of playback (results seen above) orĢ) the solution: tell the server to skip all the data yet to be buffered prior to the new position (identified below in red) and instead start buffering from the new position. The reason is simple: by default, Azure Blobs does not enable support for byte range requests. Result: Buffering, waiting, annoyance, time for a coffee break? But, what happens, when you try to seek to an unbuffered portion of the content? mp4 file on your Azure Blobs container and point your video player at the video, you’ll see the video play and buffer just fine. While Azure Blobs is very easy to setup and manage, there’s one essential configuration setting you will want to change before serving progressive download video that isn’t so obvious: byte-range support. Note: if you need the uber-solution (encoding, adaptive streaming, …etc) check out Windows Azure Media Services which offers a full range of services to deliver high quality video to a range of different platforms. In particular, I find it extremely useful for hosting progressive download videos (e.g.mp4 files). ![]() Azure Blobs is a great, inexpensive, and scalable cloud storage service that you can use to host any static file.
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