Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jim Janney Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: RAM FileDescriptor Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:40:24 -0600 Organization: on the cosmic charge account Lines: 9 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="75975abe3fe3503ca7350803ab98e478"; logging-data="3331"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18gYZ5TGx0ADyRLcOpTn2aL" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:mUl5bxqwstXH2zwYx/WEhiShDe4= sha1:dE3FHFmYjA3ZlkoWcnM7TGP56BQ= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:19395 bob smith writes: > Let's say you have a function that plays a movie that is passed in as a FileDescriptor. Is there any way to load the movie into RAM and get a FileDescriptor for the RAM? Let's assume it's a short movie and only takes 30 minutes to play. How much time do you save by loading it into RAM? -- Jim Janney