HardAI Evaluated

Design a Video Streaming Platform

Overview

Design a video service that ingests creator uploads, transcodes them into multi-bitrate streams (HLS/DASH), and serves smooth streaming playback to global viewers.

Requirements

1Support high-bandwidth video uploads from creators with resumable chunking
2Asynchronous distributed video transcoding into multiple resolutions (4K, 1080p, 720p, 480p)
3Low-buffering playback worldwide using adaptive bitrate streaming (HLS/DASH)
4Track video view counts, recommendations, and search indexing
5Cost-effective storage tiering for viral vs long-tail video archives

Architecture Hints (4)

Target Concepts

#CDN#Transcoding#S3#HLS/DASH#Kafka Workers

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Design a Video Streaming Platform

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