Efficient video delivery

摘要

Efficient video delivery is disclosed. In some embodiments, at least a part of a video stream received from a video source is converted to a dividable video format file. The dividable video format file is split into a sequence of small files, and one or more of the sequence of small files is published.

主权项

1. A method for publishing a video stream, comprising:
receiving at a formatting server at least a part of a video stream; converting at a formatting server the received part of the video stream into a dividable video format; splitting at a formatting server the dividable video format into a sequence of small files; and publishing the sequence of small files as one or more portions of a single file to a node of a CDN; assembling, at the CDN node, the sequence of small files together in a correct order, and delivering, at the CDN node, the assembled sequence of small files to a web server within the CDN node; wherein a client request for the single file is at least in part serviceable by providing one or more of the sequence of small files as portions of the single file to the client.