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Netflix needed to efficiently extract and surface key moments from hundreds or thousands of hours of raw video footage for editorial teams to accelerate the creative content production process.
Delivering high-quality streaming video across diverse devices and varying network conditions requires efficient video encoding; legacy codecs like H.264 and VP9 were limiting compression efficiency, consuming more bandwidth for equivalent visual quality.
Netflix needed a custom origin server to bridge its cloud-based live streaming pipelines with its CDN (Open Connect), handling the unique challenges of live content delivery such as low-latency requirements, reliability, and the real-time nature of live streams compared to on-demand content.