Case Studies & Whitepapers
Explore 21 curated Case Studies & Whitepapers resources in Intro & Learning — tools, guides, and references for video developers on Awesome Video.
About this collection
Case Studies & Whitepapers is a focused collection within Intro & Learning, with 21 curated resources.
Resources
- A Hitchhiker's Guide to Structural SimilarityNetflix-affiliated deep-dive paper on SSIM quality metrics and their application to streaming QoE evaluation.
- Building Service Topology at Scale (Netflix Tech Blog)Real-time service dependency-mapping system for streaming microservices at scale, architecture and lessons learned.
- DAZN Engineering BlogEngineering blog of live sports streaming service DAZN, covering playback architecture, scale events and cloud streaming infrastructure.
- Encoding Bitrate Optimization Using Playback Statistics for HTTP-based Adaptive Video StreamingAcademic paper with industry framing on ABR bitrate ladder optimization using real playback statistics.
- FFmpeg at Meta: Media Processing at Scale (2026)March 2026 engineering post on Meta's FFmpeg fleet architecture, upstream engagement and hardware encoder integration across its media pipe…
- From ExoPlayer2 to Media3: Rebuilding Android Playback at PatreonEngineering case study on migrating production Android playback stack from ExoPlayer2 to Media3, with real tradeoffs.
- High Quality Video Encoding at Scale (Netflix Tech Blog)Deep-dive into Netflix's EC2-based elastic encode pipeline, per-title encoding, and automated quality scoring.
- How Disney Built Their Streaming Data Analytics PlatformDisney+ real-time analytics architecture using Kinesis Data Streams, Kinesis Data Analytics (Flink), and Firehose feeding recommendations a…
- How We Scale Live Streaming for Millions of Viewers Simultaneously (Meta Engineering)Meta engineering case study on coordinated failover, dedicated link capacity, and multi-path geo-distribution for large-scale live broadcas…
- Ingesting Live Video Streams at Global Scale (Twitch Engineering)Twitch engineering case study on replacing static HAProxy routing with "Intelligest," a capacity/network-aware live ingest routing system a…
- Low-Latency Streaming: A First Step Towards StandardizationCDN Alliance whitepaper (Sept 2025) on low-latency live streaming standardization, covering WHIP/WHEP approaches.
- OTT Reference Architecture (Fora Soft)Conceptual model framing OTT platforms as data plane (ingest/encode/package/encrypt/origin/CDN/player) vs control plane (identity/entitleme…
- Optimising CDN Cost and Enhancing Video Quality: A Zee5 Case StudyNamed-company case study on Zee5's use of AWS MediaConvert QVBR mode and VMAF-driven quality validation to balance CDN cost and video quali…
- Peacock on AWS Case StudyNBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service: zero-to-launch cloud infrastructure in 12 months using EC2 and AppSync GraphQL, scaling to 26M+ s…
- Riding the Dragon — Vimeo's Falkor Transcoding Infrastructure RebuildVimeo engineering account of rebuilding its transcoding platform on GKE with split API/worker clusters, and the economics that limited AV1…
- Streaming Live From the Battlefield: Military Video in 2019Metadata and low-latency video create a tactical advantage in intelligence-gathering and decision making. Discover why HEVC is gaining mome…
- Twitch/AMD/NGCodec FPGA VP9 Encoding Case StudyCase study on FPGA-accelerated VP9 encoding at Twitch, showing 25% bitrate savings and 30x performance over CPU encoding.
- Unreeling Netflix: Understanding and Improving Multi-CDN Movie DeliveryAcademic paper (Princeton/Bell Labs) measuring Netflix's multi-CDN delivery architecture, DNS-based CDN selection, and AWS backend.
- Video in the War Zone: The Current State of Military StreamingFor the armed forces, streaming is a matter of national security. Here's an exclusive look at how the military, from analysts to ground tro…
- Vimeo's Transcoding Infrastructure — Paris Video Tech talk writeupTalk writeup with slides and video on how Vimeo rebuilt its transcoding platform, from an engineer who worked on it.
- VisualOn + Axinom Joint Whitepaper: Encoding Cost Optimization2025 joint technical whitepaper covering encoding cost optimization across DASH/HLS/CMAF and DRM (Widevine/PlayReady/FairPlay) tradeoffs.