Video Streaming

Video Streaming

HLS, DASH, AV1, ABR strategies, bitrate ladders, DRM, VMAF.

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ARTICLE · 01

Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) Selection Algorithms

Buffer-based, throughput-based, and hybrid ABR algorithms — what changes between them.

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ARTICLE · 02

AV1 in Production in 2026

Where AV1 is finally worth the encoding cost.

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ARTICLE · 03

CDN Routing for Video

Origin shield, regional caches, and the tail of misses.

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ARTICLE · 04

DRM: Widevine, PlayReady, FairPlay

Multi-DRM packaging for cross-platform protected content.

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ARTICLE · 05

Fragmented MP4 Internals

Why fMP4 segmentation enables both HLS and DASH from one source.

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ARTICLE · 06

H.264 vs H.265 vs AV1

Codec efficiency licensing and hardware support trade-offs.

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ARTICLE · 07

HLS vs DASH for Video Streaming

When to pick HLS, when to pick DASH, and why most production stacks use both.

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ARTICLE · 08

Low-Latency DASH (LL-DASH)

CMAF, chunked encoding, and getting under 3 seconds.

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ARTICLE · 09

Low-Latency HLS (LL-HLS) Explained

How partial segments and CMAF reduce HLS latency from 30s to 2s.

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ARTICLE · 10

Thumbnail Generation Pipelines

Frame extraction smart-crop and CDN delivery.

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ARTICLE · 11

ABR Decision Logic Worked Through

Throughput-based vs buffer-based vs hybrid in plain code.

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ARTICLE · 12

Multi-DRM Video Packaging

Widevine, PlayReady, FairPlay in one workflow.

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ARTICLE · 13

Perceptual Video Quality Metrics

VMAF, SSIM, PSNR — when each one lies.

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ARTICLE · 14

Video Thumbnail Pipelines at Scale

Frame extraction, smart-crop, and CDN strategy.

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ARTICLE · 15

WebRTC Video Pipeline End to End

Encoding to decoding the path of a video packet.

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