Design Video Streaming

Design upload, transcoding, playback, CDN delivery, entitlement checks, and analytics.

45 min

3 sections

video

cdn

transcoding

01. Use a media processing pipeline

Section 1 of 3

Video upload is not a single request. It is a workflow: direct upload, durable metadata, virus scan, transcode into renditions, package manifests, publish, deliver through CDN, and collect playback telemetry.

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Video pipeline:
Upload session
  -> object storage
  -> media validation
  -> transcoding queue
  -> HLS/DASH renditions
  -> thumbnail generation
  -> content moderation
  -> publish metadata
  -> CDN cache warming

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