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The files that fast.com has you download ARE chunks of video files :)

Does anyone know which video the test file is?

Perhaps it's encrypted, or a Netflix promo piece.

Wouldn't there be copyright issues to use their actual streaming licences content?

If you have a Netflix subscription it's probably this or something like this [1]. For non-flixers it's a calibration video similar to [2]

[1] https://www.netflix.com/watch/80103278

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGgf_dbDMsw

Earlier I got curious and I was wondering this too. Seems to be a 'random' blob of bytes every time that doesn't decode, but then I remembered they serve DRM'ed video that is then decrypted on the client.

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