The Netflix TechBlog

AUGUST 28, 2020

As the number of 4K titles in our catalog continues to grow and more devices support the premium features, we expect these video streams to have an increasing impact on our members and the network. Mbps, is for a 4K animation title episode which can be very efficiently encoded. shot-optimized encoding and 4K VMAF model ?—?

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Dynatrace

OCTOBER 16, 2024

An example of this is shown in the video above, where we incorporated network-related metrics into the Kubernetes cluster dashboard. By incorporating a new tile, you can integrate these logs into your dashboard along with key metrics, such as the new Kubernetes network metrics we added earlier.

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The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

We have been leveraging machine learning (ML) models to personalize artwork and to help our creatives create promotional content efficiently. In addition, we provide a unified library that enables ML practitioners to seamlessly access video, audio, image, and various text-based assets.

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Dynatrace

JUNE 21, 2024

They collect data from multiple sources through real user monitoring , synthetic monitoring, network monitoring, and application performance monitoring systems. This allows ITOps to measure each user journey’s effectiveness and efficiency.

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Best Practices Monitoring Metrics Transportation 214

The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

After content ingestion, inspection and encoding, the packaging step encapsulates encoded video and audio in codec agnostic container formats and provides features such as audio video synchronization, random access and DRM protection. It is worth pointing out that cloud processing is always subject to variable network conditions.

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The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Rajiv Shringi Vinay Chella Kaidan Fullerton Oleksii Tkachuk Joey Lynch Introduction As Netflix continues to expand and diversify into various sectors like Video on Demand and Gaming , the ability to ingest and store vast amounts of temporal data — often reaching petabytes — with millisecond access latency has become increasingly vital.

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The Netflix TechBlog

MAY 1, 2019

Most conversations about streaming quality focus on video. We’re really proud of the improvements we’ve brought to the video experience, but the focus on those makes it easy to overlook the importance of sound , and sound is every bit as important to entertainment as video. is the story nearly as thrilling and emotional?

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Dynatrace

AUGUST 1, 2022

For example, let’s say you have an idea for a new social network and decide to use Kubernetes as your container management platform. You also decide to run your database for storing user uploads – such as images or videos – directly in Kubernetes. Dynatrace’s PVCs extension enables you to make efficient use of your resources.

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Storage Database Network Metrics 201

The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

AV1 is a high performance, royalty-free video codec that provides 20% improved compression efficiency over our VP9† encodes. Our support for AV1 represents Netflix’s continued investment in delivering the most efficient and highest quality video streams. AV1-libaom compression efficiency as measured against VP9-libvpx.

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The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

AV1 is a high performance, royalty-free video codec that provides 20% improved compression efficiency over our VP9† encodes. Our support for AV1 represents Netflix’s continued investment in delivering the most efficient and highest quality video streams. AV1-libaom compression efficiency as measured against VP9-libvpx.

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Media Open Source Mobile Hardware 164

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 8, 2022

DevOps platform engineers are responsible for cloud platform availability and performance, as well as the efficiency of virtual bandwidth, routers, switches, virtual private networks, firewalls, and network management. DevOps engineer tools can help ease the pressure as environment complexity grows.

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Dynatrace

JUNE 1, 2023

This SLO highlights the importance of a smooth and efficient checkout experience. for the workout video playback feature. The ApDex SLO ensures that users have a positive experience when watching workout videos within the fitness app. Fitness app : The fitness app should maintain a success rate of 98% for workout video playback.

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Dynatrace

JUNE 1, 2023

This SLO example highlights the importance of a smooth and efficient checkout experience. for the workout video playback feature. The ApDex SLO ensures that users have a positive experience when watching workout videos within the fitness app. E-commerce website: For an e-commerce website, maintain an ApDex score of 0.9

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Traffic Website Latency Virtualization 173

Adrian Cockcroft

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Paul Reed, Clean Energy & Sustainability, AWS Solutions, Amazon Web Services SUS101 | Advancing sustainable AWS infrastructure to power AI solutions In this session, learn how AWS is committed to innovating with data center efficiency and lowering its carbon footprint to build a more sustainable business.

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The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

They are continuously innovating compression algorithms to efficiently send high quality audio and video files to our customers over the internet. I focus on improving experimentation methodology to test how well the newest files are working: do they need less bits to stream while providing a higher video quality? benefit more?

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Analytics Education Innovation Engineering 228

The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 26, 2022

Figure 1: Netflix ML Architecture Fact: A fact is data about our members or videos. An example of data about members is the video they had watched or added to their My List. An example of video data is video metadata, like the length of a video. Pay the storage, network, and compute cost.

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Storage Design Scalability Latency 192

The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 29, 2019

We use Python through the full content lifecycle, from deciding which content to fund all the way to operating the CDN that serves the final video to 148 million members. Open Connect Open Connect is Netflix’s content delivery network (CDN). video streaming) takes place in the Open Connect network. are you logged in?

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Open Source Network Infrastructure Big Data 280

The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

As an example, to render the screen shown here, the app sends a query that looks like this: paths: ["videos", 80154610, "detail"] A path starts from a root object , and is followed by a sequence of keys that we want to retrieve the data for. Instead, it is part of a different path : [videos, <id>, similars].

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Latency Cache Java Traffic 238

The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Edgar helps Netflix teams troubleshoot distributed systems efficiently with the help of a summarized presentation of request tracing, logs, analysis, and metadata. A span: Represents a unit of work, such as a network call from one service to another (a client/server relationship) or a purely internal action (e.g., What is Edgar?

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Latency Transportation Engineering Traffic 298

The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 2, 2019

To do this, we have teams of experts that develop more efficient video and audio encodes , refine the adaptive streaming algorithm , and optimize content placement on the distributed servers that host the shows and movies that you watch. Often times simply moving the mean or median of a metric is not the experimenter’s goal.

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Metrics Strategy Testing Efficiency 145

The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 2, 2019

To do this, we have teams of experts that develop more efficient video and audio encodes , refine the adaptive streaming algorithm , and optimize content placement on the distributed servers that host the shows and movies that you watch. Often times simply moving the mean or median of a metric is not the experimenter’s goal.

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Metrics Strategy Testing Efficiency 142

The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 2, 2019

To do this, we have teams of experts that develop more efficient video and audio encodes , refine the adaptive streaming algorithm , and optimize content placement on the distributed servers that host the shows and movies that you watch. Often times simply moving the mean or median of a metric is not the experimenter’s goal.

Metrics 130

Metrics Strategy Testing Efficiency 130

VoltDB

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In this fast-paced ecosystem, two vital elements determine the efficiency of this traffic: latency and throughput. On the other hand, high throughput is crucial for tasks like downloading large files or streaming high-definition videos, where the volume of data transferred matters.

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Scalegrid

JUNE 7, 2024

and MQTT 5 ensures that RabbitMQ can interoperate seamlessly within our growingly networked world, establishing itself as a multipurpose instrument in today’s vast technological landscape. Its compatibility with MQTT, known for being a compact messaging protocol, Demonstrates its adaptability for use in Internet of Things (IoT) contexts.

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IoT Software Architecture Architecture Scalability 130

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Video files? This article is the first of a brief two-part series where we will look specifically at the media you are most likely to use: images, video, and audio. That means we will have to use vanilla methods for videos and audio in Gatsby. That means we will have to use vanilla methods for videos and audio in Gatsby.

Media 81

Media Network Processing Code 81

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Investigating a video streaming failure consists of inspecting all aspects of a member account. Reconstructing a streaming session was a tedious and time consuming process that involved tracing all interactions (requests) between the Netflix app, our Content Delivery Network (CDN), and backend microservices.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

CDN’s Effectiveness: Static Vs Dynamic ContentBack in the day, a CDN’s primary function revolved around caching static content and delivering it efficiently to end-users. Examples include real-time video conferencing, gaming, or personalized web pages. ‍Dynamic Content - Online GamingImagine a video gaming match.

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Cache Traffic Games Network 52

The Netflix TechBlog

JULY 20, 2020

The application is a combination of neural embeddings , which encode the semantic information in words and sentences, and locality sensitive hashing , which efficiently assigns approximately nearby items to the same buckets and faraway items to different buckets. 0.3, -0.5, -0.7, and “problem authenticating” might be [0.1, 0.35, -0.5, -0.7,

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High Scalability

OCTOBER 5, 2018

They'll love it and you'll be their hero forever. They'll love it and you'll be their hero forever.

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Internet Internet Scalability Software Engineering 156

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

CDN’s Effectiveness: Static Vs Dynamic ContentBack in the day, a CDN’s primary function revolved around caching static content and delivering it efficiently to end-users. Examples include real-time video conferencing, gaming, or personalized web pages. Dynamic Content - Online GamingImagine a video gaming match.

Cache 40

Cache Traffic Games Network 40

The Netflix TechBlog

MAY 21, 2019

Netflix engineers run a series of tests and benchmarks to validate the device across multiple dimensions including compatibility of the device with the Netflix SDK, device performance, audio-video playback quality, license handling, encryption and security. The neural network (NN)-based agent uses a deep net with fully connected layers.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

With the ever-growing demands of the internet, websites and web applications face the challenge of delivering content swiftly and efficiently to users worldwide. Enter the concept of Content Delivery Networks (CDN) with Multiple Origins Load Balancing. ‍This enables smarter, more efficient load distribution.‍Advanced

Traffic 52

Traffic Cache Servers Network 52

Particular Software

MARCH 1, 2021

Of course, there are upfront and ongoing costs associated with any computer network. The servers themselves, cabling, network switches, racks, load balancers, firewalls, power equipment, air handling, security, rent/mortgage, not to mention experienced staff to keep it all running smoothly, all come with a cost.

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Transportation Network Cloud Design 98

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 21, 2023

Continue reading below ↓ Meet Smashing Workshops on front-end & UX , with practical takeaways, live sessions, video recordings and a friendly Q&A. Additionally, by leveraging multiple CPU cores, Web Workers can make more efficient use of system resources, enabling faster and more efficient processing of data.

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Efficiency Code Strategy Network 110

ACM Sigarch

DECEMBER 6, 2018

As we move beyond individual image and frame-based analysis, it is clear that video data is much richer and including temporal information (across frames) in addition to the spatial aspects (within a frame) adds additional attributes that should be considered in workload/architecture research. Generative and Interactive Visual Workloads.

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Wireless IoT Architecture Analytics 54

Apica

APRIL 1, 2022

This created a tipping point in the organization to help deliver a solution that would not only meet this need but easily tie into the existing platform and any network environment. They interface to differing degrees with network services, third-party APIs, and older legacy apps, creating a great deal of complexity.

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Monitoring Traffic Network Design 52

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

With the ever-growing demands of the internet, websites and web applications face the challenge of delivering content swiftly and efficiently to users worldwide. Enter the concept of Content Delivery Networks (CDN) with Multiple Origins Load Balancing. Turbocharge Your Content Delivery With CDN Multiple Origins Load Balancer!

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