YouTube programming & D

[Chris]

I went to a talk on YouTube. It was about how they have been 
adapting to changing demands over the years. One of the major 
issues was the decoding/encoding of videos (including enhancement 
of quality). For this they break the videos up into digestible 
chunks and encode/convert/edit the chunks separately. At the end 
of the process they put all the chunks back together again. A 
video can thus be processed in 5-10 minutes.

The second major point was, of course, streaming and buffering.

I was thinking that D with ranges and component programming might 
be of interest for YouTube. The only thing I was worried about 
was the memory bit. The demands are quite tough (low footprint, 
speed). I know that GC can be deactivated in D but the library 
still depends on it. In my projects GC does not hurt, but for 
life streaming and the like it might be a different story. Does 
anyone have any experience with D in this respect? Any opinions?