HLS streaming diagram
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Streaming Media

What is HLS Streaming and How Do You Deploy It?

If you’ve ever wondered how streaming media works, Cardinal Peak’s experienced engineering HLS streaming dives into Apple’s HTTP live streaming protocol and how it works, offering advice on deploying HLS video streams.
Howdy Pierce
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Video

How to Measure the Bitrate of a Video Stream

Occasionally we need to measure the bitrate of a particular video stream on the network. In this example I will show how to measure the data rate of a video streamed from Amazon.com.
Howdy Pierce
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Networking

The Two Ways to Get Video Across the Internet

In all the internet video out there, there are basically two methods of delivery: Progressive download and adaptive bit rate streaming.
If you’ve ever wondered how streaming media works, Cardinal Peak’s experienced engineering HLS streaming dives into Apple’s HTTP live streaming protocol and how it works, offering advice on deploying HLS video streams.
Occasionally we need to measure the bitrate of a particular video stream on the network. In this example I will show how to measure the data rate of a video streamed from Amazon.com.
In all the internet video out there, there are basically two methods of delivery: Progressive download and adaptive bit rate streaming.