Infrastructure & Delivery
Browse 352 curated video infrastructure and delivery resources — CDNs, origin servers, packaging, and cloud media tooling on Awesome Video.
Subcategories
- CDN Integration & Distribution
- Cloud & CDN
- Edge Computing & Caching Solutions
- Live Streaming Servers
- Multi-CDN Management
- Peer-to-Peer Streaming Solutions
- RTMPRTSPHTTP Protocol Servers
- Streaming Analytics & Monitoring
- Streaming Servers
- VOD Streaming Servers
Resources
- Unified Streaming — Origin Shield Cache RecommendationsTechnical doc on the origin shield caching pattern for video streaming to reduce origin load in multi-CDN setups.
- Varnish — Caching Video (official docs)Official technical guide on caching HLS/DASH segments and manifests with Varnish, including VCL snippets for TTL and live-segment expiry ha…
- video-transcode-queueReference architecture for a video upload and transcode pipeline running on Kubernetes with a job queue.
- ApsaraVideo Media Processing (MPS) Development GuideAlibaba Cloud MPS developer docs covering the job/queue/workflow/template model, Narrowband HD encoding, and APIs like SubmitJobs and AddMe…
- Azure Media Services Retirement and Migration GuideOfficial guidance on the June 2024 retirement of Azure Media Services: what was shut down, data retention, and partner replacement paths.
- ClipableSelf-hosted video sharing platform, a Streamable alternative for cloud/self-managed video hosting.
- Cloudflare Stream Live documentationDocs for Cloudflare Stream Live covering RTMPS/SRT ingest, live inputs, stream keys and the account-level API for programmatic channel mana…
- Cloudflare Stream WebRTC (WHIP/WHEP) DocumentationDocs for sub-second WHIP ingest and WHEP playback on Cloudflare Stream with unlimited concurrent viewers.
- Cloudflare Stream changelogRunning changelog of Cloudflare Stream platform changes, including packaging shifts such as VOD HLS moving from TS to fMP4 segments.
- Google Cloud Transcoder API — OverviewConcept documentation for the job/job-template model, ABR ladder configuration and HLS/DASH packaging in Google's managed transcoding servi…
- HovodSelf-hosted open-source Mux alternative: upload to multi-quality HLS (360p-4K), S3-compatible storage, dashboard, analytics, AI transcripti…
- MediaCMSOpen-source video/media CMS platform built on Django and React, self-hostable video publishing platform.
- Netflix Titus (Container orchestration for video)Netflix's open source container management platform that runs video processing workloads among others. While not video-specific, Titus is k…
- Nvidia DockerBuild and run Docker containers leveraging NVIDIA GPUs
- OCI Media Services Overview (Oracle Cloud)Oracle Cloud docs for Media Flow (transcoding, ABR ladder, transcription) and Media Streams (HLS packaging and CDN origin) media pipelines.
- Riot Games Keeps League of Legends Esports Rolling With Fully Cloud-Based Virtualized WorkflowAlthough the traditional sports world has come to a standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic, many major esports organizations are still…
- Akamai EdgeWorkers DASH Parser ModuleEdge JavaScript module for parsing and re-serializing MPDs to filter bitrates, cap resolution and personalize manifests at the CDN edge, bu…
- AndroidVideoCacheSingle-line-integration HTTP proxy caching library for Android video players, caches video while playing.
- Apache Traffic ServerHigh-performance open-source reverse-proxy and edge cache with live config reload and plugin extensibility, widely used as a video edge cac…
- Apache Traffic Server prefetch plugin — HLS segment prefetchingATS plugin docs for predictive prefetch of HLS segment sequences: next-URI prediction, dual-tier consistent-hash prefetch and lru:n fetch p…
- Build a Self-Hosted CDN with OpenResty EdgeStep-by-step guide to building a self-hosted CDN using OpenResty Edge (LuaJIT edge gateway), from the OpenResty core team.
- Cloudflare Media TransformationsEdge URL-based MP4 transformation (/cdn-cgi/media): clipping, resize/crop, frame extraction, spritesheets and audio removal without a separ…
- Coffee: Cost-Effective Edge Caching for 360° Live VideoAcademic paper on predictive tile-prefetch edge caching for 360-degree live video streaming, achieving 76% backhaul traffic reduction.
- Edge Computing with Fastly CDN and Varnish VCL for Authenticated Requests - EndertechA brief explanation of how to use Fastly CDN and Varnish with authenticated requests to offload static file serving from the origin and edg…