How Netflix onboards new content: Video Processing at scale 🎥

1. Different format (codec)
2. Different resolution

Netflix: Open Connect (CDN)

Insider: Design Youtube

Functional requirements

Youtuber:

• Upload video (CRUD)

Viewer:

• Share and view video
• search based on video title
• stats: like/dislike, total number of views, etc.
• add/view comments.

Non-functional requirements

• Availability: High
• Reliability: High (no data loss)
• Consistency: fine if don't see the video for a while. (5s)
• Latency: Low (Viewer should not feel lag)