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AI & Engineering Academics›⚒️ AI Craft›Lessons›Design a Video Streaming Platform - YouTube/Netflix Architecture
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AI Craft • Advanced⏱️ 25 min read

Design a Video Streaming Platform - YouTube/Netflix Architecture

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Design a scalable video streaming platform covering upload pipelines, adaptive bitrate transcoding, CDN distribution, and live streaming architecture.

Programme
AI Craft
Level
Advanced
Reading time
25 min read

Learning objectives

By the end of this lesson, you will understand:

  • ✓Step 1 - Requirements Gathering
  • ✓Step 2 - High-Level Architecture
  • ✓Step 3 - Video Upload Pipeline
  • ✓Step 4 - Streaming Protocols and CDN
  • ✓Step 5 - Supporting Services

Lesson outline

  1. Step 1 - Requirements Gathering
  2. Functional Requirements
  3. Non-Functional Requirements
  4. Step 2 - High-Level Architecture
  5. Step 3 - Video Upload Pipeline
  6. Step-by-Step Processing
  7. Transcoding at Scale
  8. Step 4 - Streaming Protocols and CDN
  9. Adaptive Bitrate Streaming
  10. CDN Architecture
  11. Step 5 - Supporting Services
  12. Video Metadata Service
  13. View Counting at Scale
  14. Live Streaming Architecture
  15. Step 6 - Cost Breakdown and Optimisations
  16. Content Protection (DRM)
  17. 📚 Further Reading

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Video streaming accounts for over 65% of global internet traffic. Designing this system covers file processing pipelines, CDN architecture, and adaptive streaming - concepts that apply far beyond video.

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