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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The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

We have built an internal system that allows someone to perform in-video search across the entire Netflix video catalog, and we’d like to share our experience in building this system. Building in-video search To build such a visual search engine, we needed a machine learning system that can understand visual elements.

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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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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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Dynatrace

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In 2009, the purveyor of online videos migrated to AWS cloud infrastructure to deliver its entertainment to a growing audience. A disruption spanning hardware, networks, and cloud infrastructure can require input and participation from network and infrastructure architects, risk experts, security teams, and even procurement officers.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Netflix video processing pipeline went live with the launch of our streaming service in 2007. To that end, the Video and Image Encoding team in Encoding Technologies (ET) has spent the last few years rebuilding the video processing pipeline on our next-generation microservice-based computing platform Cosmos.

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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The resource loading waterfall is a cascade of files downloaded from the network server to the client to load your website from start to finish. It essentially describes the lifetime of each file you download to load your page from the network. You can see this by opening your browser and looking in the Networking tab.

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Brendan Gregg

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Fortunately, it was videoed for those who missed it. A video of the talk is on youtube : The slides are on slideshare : I love this talk as I get to share more about what the Performance and Operating Systems team at Netflix does, rather than just my work. Networking. File System. Storage I/O. tcp_tw_reuse = 1 net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range

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Brendan Gregg

DECEMBER 30, 2017

Fortunately, it was videoed for those who missed it. A video of the talk is on youtube : The slides are on slideshare : I love this talk as I get to share more about what the Performance and Operating Systems team at Netflix does, rather than just my work. Networking. File System. Storage I/O. tcp_tw_reuse = 1 net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range

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Testsigma

AUGUST 12, 2021

In this post, we’ll discuss the modern automated testing tools for web applications and how they can bring in more efficiency. It also takes screenshots and videos of bugs and crashes. Bug management: BrowserStack takes video recordings, automated screenshots of errors, text logs, console logs, and network logs.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2019

This feature, supported by each of the larger servers (Apache, IIS, nginx), is mainly used for video playback. If a user jumps to the end of a video, it would not be very efficient to load the complete video before the user can finally see the desired part. Network console when loading the preview image ( Large preview ).

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Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The video is now on [YouTube]: The slides are [online] and as a [PDF]: first prev next last / permalink/zoom In Q&A I was asked about CXL (compute express link) which was fortunate as I had planned to cover it and then forgot, so the question let me talk about it (although Q&A is missing from the video).

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Speed Curve

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

It's only tracked on certain elements, e.g., IMG and VIDEO (learn more here ). Use , srcset, and efficient modern image formats. Avoid images that cause network congestion with critical CSS and JS. MORE: Using the Vitals dashboard [VIDEO]. A quick summary of his main tips: For faster LCP. Request key hero image early.

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The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In other types of experiments, we might focus on more technical metrics, such as the time it takes the app to load, or the quality of video we are able to provide under different network conditions. How do we most efficiently analyze the data? Figure 2: A simple A/B test. There’s a lot of statistics involved as well?—?how

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Tech News Gather

JULY 22, 2022

In addition, Microsoft 365 can also help improve your productivity by providing you with an organized workspace and tools to help you get your work done more efficiently. It offers features such as the ability to insert images and videos that can help you make your presentations more engaging. What are Microsoft 365 Apps?

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All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

We’ve reduced AWS prices 27 times since launching 7 years ago, added enterprise service support enhancements, and created innovative tools to help customers be more efficient. I wanted to share a new video with you where our customers discuss this critical behind the scenes function in a little more detail.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Now, with viewers all over the world expecting flawless and high-definition streaming, video providers have their work cut out for them. This is where a well-architected Content Delivery Network (CDN) shines. This is where a well-architected Content Delivery Network (CDN) shines.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Now, with viewers all over the world expecting flawless and high-definition streaming, video providers have their work cut out for them. This is where a well-architected Content Delivery Network (CDN) shines. This is where a well-architected Content Delivery Network (CDN) shines.

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Tasktop

MAY 18, 2021

Tasktop Viz is a value stream management solution that measures and optimizes the flow of business value across end-to-end collaboration networks. . Flow Efficiency was going down, indicating wait times were increasing in their processes. . Maintaining low WIP is critical for keeping us efficient and fast.” . Register today.

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ACM Sigarch

APRIL 26, 2018

They use the graph as the basic representation for many AI-related algorithms, including neural network, Bayesian network, Markov Field, and some other emerging methods. Compared with Google Pixel 1, the HDR photography is accelerated by 5x and the power efficiency increased by 10x. GPU can also be considered as a special SPU.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 4, 2019

These applications range from critical low-latency services powering our customer-facing video streaming service, to batch jobs for encoding or machine learning. Every month, we run millions of containers on thousands of machines on Titus, serving hundreds of internal applications and customers.

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Tasktop

OCTOBER 18, 2021

It’s been just over a week since this year’s virtual DevOps Enterprise Summit USA and I don’t know about you, but I am already missing the vibrant Slack conversations, the impromptu Gather interactions, the industry-leading content and the many networking opportunities that brought together the thriving DevOps community. . DevOps and OKRs.

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Testsigma

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Deep learning: employs artificial neural networks that keep learning constantly by processing both negative and positive data. Artificial neural networks are made to mimic the human brain. The machine uses multiple artificial neural network layers to determine and output from many inputs provided.

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Testsigma

APRIL 13, 2021

During compatibility testing of an application, we check the compatibility of the application with multiple devices, hardware, software versions, network, operating systems, and browsers, etc. The app should support the software components like APIs, videos, voice, images, etc. Compatibility Testing. on an iOS device. Scenario: .

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Tasktop

MAY 12, 2021

Tasktop Viz is a value stream management (VSM) solution for software delivery that measures and optimizes the flow of business value across end-to-end collaboration networks. . “As Their heart was in the right place, but was it really efficient?” Everyone was dropping everything and swarming the issue. Rebecca asked. Register today.

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All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Similarly, Earth Networks uses DynamoDB to power its lightning alert system, which gives millions of users real time access to live streaming lightning data, while Dropcam uses DynamoDB to power its cloud based monitoring system which has become one of the biggest video streaming platforms in the world.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2019

This includes the work done by the server, the client and the intermediary communications networks that transmit data between the two. All of the major browsers provide developer tools that allow us to measure network activity. Reduce Network Requests. Are we embedding YouTube videos? Large preview ). Large preview ).

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Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The video is now on YouTube : The slides are online and as a PDF : first prev next last / permalink/zoom In Q&A I was asked about CXL (compute express link) which was fortunate as I had planned to cover it and then forgot, so the question let me talk about it (although Q&A is missing from the video).

Performance 52

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Dotcom-Montior

DECEMBER 8, 2021

By ITIL definition, the service desk may take the form of incident resolution or service requests, but whatever the case, the primary goal of the service desk to provide quick and efficient service. This helps to improve efficiency and ensures that information is consistent, up-to-date, and available. Problem Management.

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