Streaming and Content Delivery: The Secrets of Seamless Media
Streaming and Content Delivery: The Secrets of Seamless Media Streaming video and audio reach people wherever they are. Behind the scenes, content delivery teams use networks and caches to move media quickly and reliably. The goal is smooth playback with minimal pauses, even on crowded networks. A typical setup starts at the origin server where the media is stored, then moves through a content delivery network, or CDN. The CDN places copies of the files at edge servers closer to users. When a viewer presses play, the system chooses the best edge node to serve the initial chunks. ...