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Better video for mobile RTC with AV1 and HD

Engineering at Meta

But, as we’ve implemented AV1 for mobile RTC , we’ve also had to address a number of challenges including scaling, improving video quality for low-bandwidth users as well as high-end networks, CPU and battery usage, and maintaining quality stability. As seen in Figure 1, some calls operate in very low-bandwidth conditions.

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Behind the scenes with Stream Live, Cloudflare’s live streaming service

CloudFaire

When the media content arrives at the Cloudflare server servicing the connection, it is first handled by a Spectrum application. To start viewing, a video player will request an HLS or DASH playlist which describes the attributes of the media content and acts as an index for each segment.

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Winning the 10G Race with Cato

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The Need for Speed The rapidly evolving technology and digital transformation landscape has ushered in increased requirements for high-speed connectivity to accommodate high-bandwidth application and service demands.

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Building Meta’s GenAI Infrastructure

Engineering at Meta

Our storage deployment addresses the data and checkpointing needs of the AI clusters via a home-grown Linux Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) API backed by a version of Meta’s ‘Tectonic’ distributed storage solution optimized for Flash media. After we optimize the full system (software, network, etc.),

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How Meta brought AV1 to Reels

Engineering at Meta

As people create, share, and consume an ever-increasing volume of online videos, Meta is working to develop the most bandwidth-efficient ways to transcode content while maintaining reasonable compute and power consumption levels. As a result, people who use our products can enjoy high-quality video at much lower bandwidth.

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Bringing HDR video to Reels

Engineering at Meta

From a product perspective, we need to ensure that HDR is correctly preserved through our entire media pipeline to provide a quality user experience all the way from the creator’s device through our server-side video processing/storage and, ultimately, view-side delivery and playback.

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Customer Spotlight: How EdgeUno Delivers Leading Internet Services in LATAM

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With 20 PoPs and more than 2,500 internetwork connections, if you stream content or look at social media in Latin America today, you’re probably using the EdgeUno network. EdgeUno was founded with a central focus: to improve the availability and quality of internet services in countries with emerging economies. Reduces MTTR.