1. What is a key advantage to using chunks versus continuous ABR? (1-2 sentences explaining what is the advantage and why it helps chunks versus continuous ABR)

2. What is a key disadvantage to using chunks over continuous ABR? (1-2 sentences explaining what is the disadvantage and why it hurts chunks versus continuous ABR)

Now suppose YouTube wants a viewer to be able to switch between high and low quality as conditions change. YouTube considers 2 options: [option 1: chunks, like we discussed in class] o break the video up into 30 second chunks, and player can only switch bitrates at chunk boundaries Based on recent performance and/or amount of video it has buffered, player selects a chunk by picking the URL for it from a manifest and fetching it using HTTP player cannot begin playing a chunk until the full 30 second file arrives [option 2: continuous ABR, not currently used by YouTube, but let's pretend] o YouTube develops a new application protocol called CABR that encodes the video into N packets per second if the player receives a at least M