Comment Re: More wasted RAM (Score 2) 149
Your comment is so off base I decided to log in.
Absolutely nothing streams in a webpage the way you describe it. Iâ(TM)ll provide a simplified overview.
âoeStreamingâ in a browser involves downloading a CHUNK of data (RAM needed to store this chunk),
It is then fed into the appropriate codec to read the chunk and decompress (RAM needed for codec), the codec needs to move the raw bits to audio hardware, this often involves copying the bits from RAM to the hardware device, which can have its own RAM.
All this ignores any Javascript running, encryption, containerization of the tab, etcâ¦
Quite simply, it is not possible to stream in a browser tab without using RAM.
If you still think Iâ(TM)m wrong, remove the RAM from your computer and boot. It canâ(TM)t. It wonâ(TM)t. Everything that runs uses RAM.