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This is a visualization of the network packets of a YouTube video, slowed down 12 times. You can clearly see the handshake, some odd client/server negotiation, and the full ramp-up.

Created using Packet Flight: github.com/aristus/packet-flight

Each flying circle represents a network packet. The small green ones are control packets: ACK, SYN, etc. The larger blue ones are data packets.

The data is from a real tcpdump of the first 4 seconds of Rick Astley's music video.

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  • Shadrach 1 year ago
    We're no strangers to love
    You know the rules and so do I...
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  • Jack Repenning 1 year ago
    What's it mean when the data packets bubble around youtube before being sent?
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  • Carlos Bueno 1 year ago
    @Jack: It doesn't mean anything. Just a math quirk. Still a work in progress.
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