Replacing Client-Side JavaScript SDKs with WebAssembly Components at the Edge
Fastly engineering post on running WebAssembly components at the CDN edge, a pattern applicable to moving manifest and player-side logic off the client.
Link
Related resources
- Fastly On-the-Fly Packager (OTFP)Docs for edge just-in-time VOD repackaging from source MP4 into HLS/DASH, with ad-break segmentation, cue injection and start/end clipping.
- 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…
- Theta EdgeCloud Architecture OverviewDocs for a distributed edge GPU marketplace for video and AI workloads, describing multi-shard topology and efficiency_score-based job rout…
- Cloudflare Media TransformationsEdge URL-based MP4 transformation (/cdn-cgi/media): clipping, resize/crop, frame extraction, spritesheets and audio removal without a separ…
- Livepeer: Benchmark Transcoding GuideDocumentation for livepeer_bench, covering real-time segment/duration ratio methodology and tuning concurrent transcode sessions on orchest…
- Akamai EdgeWorkers — Manifest and Playlist PersonalizationGuide to rewriting HLS/DASH manifests in edge JavaScript for rendition filtering, audio-language localization, live program replacement and…
- 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…
- 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.
- Streaming Media from Backblaze B2Practical guide to serving video from B2 object storage, including the byte-range gotcha where the Native API breaks Safari while the S3-co…
- 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.
- Using Apache Traffic Control — CDN caching internals (ApacheCon slides)Conference slides on real cache-tier efficiency for video CDNs: volume sizing, cache-key and query-parameter handling, long-tail popularity…
- RICHTER: Hybrid P2P-CDN Live Streaming with Online LearningIEEE paper combining P2P, CDN, edge and NFV resources for live streaming, using a Self-Organizing-Map online learning approach to cut optim…
- Quantum StorNext 7 Tiering Features ExplainedTechnical walkthrough of StorNext File System Pooling versus Storage Manager tiering for media workflows, including the sntier CLI, from a…
- Achieving 3-Second Latency: LL-HLS and LL-DASH Optimization with CDNEngineering deep-dive on a chunked-proxy CDN module that relays origin bytes mid-fetch, and why proxy_cache_lock plus proxy_buffering break…
- SRS Performance and Capacity BenchmarksSRS documentation reporting per-protocol capacity and benchmark numbers for RTMP, HTTP-FLV, HLS and WebRTC, useful for server sizing.