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0 pointsnoncoml1y ago0 comments

> their streaming service normally seems very solid

Not trying to downplay their complexity, but last I heard Netflix is splitting the shows in small data chunks and just serves them as static files.

Live streaming is a different beast

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astrange1y ago

That's how streaming (usually) works. The main URL is a playlist of transport stream files and it just downloads them in the background as you go.

treflop1y ago

Static files have been pretty much the standard streaming protocols for both VOD and live for the last 15 years ago. Before, it was Adobe Flash (RTMP).

With the way that they are designed, you can even use a regular CDN.

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