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0 pointsMattDaEskimo1y ago0 comments

I'm not an expert in this, but at least familiar with the trade.

I'd imagine with on-demand services you already have the full content and therefore can use algorithms to compress frames and perform all kinds of neat tricks to.

With live streaming I'd imagine a lot of these algorithms are useless as there isn't enough delay & time to properly use them, so they're required to stream every single pixel and maybe some JIT algorithms

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MBCook1y ago

People are always impressed that Netflix can stand up to a new episode of Squid Game being released. And it’s not easy, we’ve seen HBO failed to handle Game of Thrones for example.

But in either case, you can put that stuff on your CDN days ahead of time. You can choose to preload it in the cache because you know a bunch of people are gonna want it. You also know that not every single individual is going to start at the exact same time.

For live, every single person wants every single bite at the same time and you can’t preload anything. Brutal.

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MBCook1y ago

People are always impressed that Netflix can stand up to a new episode of Squid Game being released. And it’s not easy, we’ve seen HBO failed to handle Game of Thrones for example.

For live, every single person wants every single bite at the same time and you can’t preload anything. Brutal.

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