Date   : Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:38:29 +0100
From   : philb@... (Phil Blundell)
Subject: GoMMC as a harddisc?

On Sat, 2011-07-16 at 18:38 +0200, Rick Murray wrote:
> a video file needs both the beginning and the end in order to work, 
> you can't arbitrarily chop out the final X megabytes and arrive at 
> a playable file. 

Actually you can, with at least some container formats.  MPEG
transport/program streams will generally allow you to jump in at any GOP
boundary -- DVB, for example, relies on this property since you wouldn't
otherwise be able to change channels partway through a programme.

That's not to say that I necessarily believe the whole story, but that
particular aspect of it isn't totally implausible.

p.