Live Streaming Challenges & How we are Dealing with Them

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LIVE STREAMING CHALLENGES & HOW WE ARE DEALING WITH THEM Flavio Ribeiro, 2018

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REQUIREMENTS

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• multiple live events per week • pretty high quality • interactivity • low-latency • low/medium audience peaks • syndication

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• multiple ad-hoc concurrent events • large variety of inputs • low quality • low audience

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• all-access • live linear channels • aﬃliates (monetization, ads)

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• “internet breaking” event • record breaking audience • multiple revenue models • multiple backup plans • multiple devices

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PROBLEMS • fragmentation on current implementations • vendors granularity (and the impact of it in contracts) • independent initiatives • development cost ↑ • Infrastructure maintenance ↑ • diﬀerent integration with other platforms • CMS, live-to-vod, clips, thumbnails • too expensive for some BU's

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• centralize live stream workflows for “ad-hoc” and live-linear channels • enable all users to benefit from new features • provide abstraction layer for cloud interfacing • reduce vendor lock-in • transparent switch between vendors • enable smaller business units to do live streaming events • easier/cost-effective

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POST /channel

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Response

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GET /channel/097c3605h9

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Response

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payload parsing & processing media ingest plugin media origin plugin media edge

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payload parsing & processing media ingest plugin media origin plugin media edge “input”: { “type”: “RTP”, } , “output”: { “dvr”: true, “protocols”: [“dash”] } AWS MediaLive AWS MediaPackage

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payload parsing & processing media ingest plugin media origin plugin media edge “input”: { “type”: “RTMP”, } , “output”: { “protocols”: [“lhls”] } NGINX-rtmp + Lua

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media edge

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• CDN setup & conﬁguration management • general purpose • all sorts of content (JS, images, static pages)

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POST /endpoint CDN 1 CDN 2 CDN 3

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CDN 1 CDN 2 CDN 3

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CDN 1 CDN 2 CDN 3

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CDN 1 CDN 2 CDN 3

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payload parsing & processing media ingest plugin media origin plugin media edge

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payload parsing & processing media ingest plugin media origin plugin

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STATUS

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FUTURE • support syndication

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FUTURE • support syndication • ﬁnalize stand-alone CMS

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FUTURE • support syndication • ﬁnalize stand-alone CMS • open source

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thanks! @ﬂavioribeiro