Chunked HTTP video cache routing

A method comprising:

• in a client system linked to at least one arbitrary cache node and a group of interconnected computers that include one or more local cache nodes, the client system including at least a processor and a memory, the memory including a browser, loading a player in the browser;
• and
• on the player, playing chunked HTTP video requested from the one arbitrary cache node acting as a master cache node, the master cache node requesting a chunked HTTP video manifest and returning a modified version of the manifest that references multimedia content on the local cache nodes, the player loading one or more subsequent chunked HTTP video requests from the local cache nodes by parsing and obeying the modified manifest, the request for the manifest directed by a PAC file to the master cache node, the request for the manifest using reverse proxying.