The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 5, 2023

Problem Netflix’s content catalog is composed of video captured and encoded in one of various frame rates ranging from 23.97 24→60, 25→60, etc…), which manifests as choppy video playback as illustrated below: With Judder Without Judder It is important to note that the severity of the judder depends on the replication pattern.

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The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Each title is promoted with a custom set of artworks and video assets in support of helping each title find their audience of fans. Our goal is to empower creators with innovative tools that support them in effectively and efficiently create the best media possible.

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The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

By Xiaomei Liu , Rosanna Lee , Cyril Concolato Introduction Behind the scenes of the beloved Netflix streaming service and content, there are many technology innovations in media processing. Lastly, the packager kicks in, adding a system layer to the asset, making it ready to be consumed by the clients.

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Adrian Cockcroft

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Sustainability at AWS re:Invent 2022 -All the talks and videos I could find… Las Vegas MSG Sphere under construction next door to the Venetian Sands Expo Center — Photo by Adrian This blog post is long overdue — I spent too long trying to find time to watch all the videos, and finally gave up and listed a few below that I haven’t seen.

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The Netflix TechBlog

AUGUST 28, 2020

Since then, we’ve developed algorithms such as per-title encode optimizations and per-shot dynamic optimization , but these innovations were not back-ported on these premium bitstreams. We’ve worked hard over the last year to leapfrog to our most advanced encoding innovations?—?shot-optimized 8, 10, 12 and 16 Mbps?—?regardless

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Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The path to achieving unprecedented productivity and software innovation through ChatGPT and other generative AI – blog Paired with causal AI, organizations can increase the impact and safer use of ChatGPT and other generative AI technologies. So, what is artificial intelligence? What is predictive AI?

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Dynatrace

JULY 16, 2021

The innovative technology powering these recent and future use cases comes from Keptn , our recognized CNCF open-source project. If you want more information on Keptn, then I suggest joining the Keptn Open Source community and help us drive innovation that benefits both the open-source project and Dynatrace Cloud Automation Solution.

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Dynatrace

JUNE 1, 2023

But the pressure on CIOs to innovate faster comes at a cost. It represents the percentage of time a system or service is expected to be accessible and functioning correctly. Response time Response time refers to the total time it takes for a system to process a request or complete an operation. The Apdex score of 0.85

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The Netflix TechBlog

JANUARY 11, 2022

Here we describe the role of Experimentation and A/B testing within the larger Data Science and Engineering organization at Netflix, including how our platform investments support running tests at scale while enabling innovation. but that would slow down our overall pace of innovation. Curious to learn more?

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Dynatrace

JUNE 1, 2023

But the pressure on CIOs to innovate faster comes at a cost. It represents the percentage of time a system or service is expected to be accessible and functioning correctly. Response time Response time refers to the total time it takes for a system to process a request or complete an operation. The Apdex score of 0.85

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The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 6, 2019

Mounting object storage in Netflix’s media processing platform By Barak Alon (on behalf of Netflix’s Media Cloud Engineering team) MezzFS (short for “Mezzanine File System”) is a tool we’ve developed at Netflix that mounts cloud objects as local files via FUSE. Encoding is not a one-time process?—?large We have one file? Regional caching? —?Netflix

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The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Some of the areas for which we are actively seeking backend engineers include Streaming & Gaming Technologies, Product Innovation, Infrastructure, and Studio Technologies. Passion for large data sets, APIs, access & identity management, or delivering backend systems that enable mobile and cloud gaming is a big plus.

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Dynatrace

MARCH 3, 2020

The IDC FutureScape: Worldwide IT Industry 2020 Predictions highlights key trends for IT industry-wide technology adoption for the next five years and includes these predictions: Hasten to innovation. By 2024, over 50% of all IT spending will be directly put towards digital transformation and innovation (up from 31% in 2018).

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Dynatrace

JANUARY 5, 2023

As the globe strides into 2023 — with rapid change and macroeconomic uncertainty looming — organizations want tools and technologies that enable them to become more efficient, reduce costs, and innovate more. AIOps enables autonomous operations and boosts innovation, but you need to know how to implement it correctly.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

The secret sauce that turns the raw ingredients of experimentation into supercharged product innovation is culture. And we own the data pipelines that power everything from executive-oriented dashboards to the personalization systems that help connect each Netflix member with content that will spark joy for them.

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Dynatrace

AUGUST 16, 2023

For most organizations, online service reliability that balances innovation and uptime is a primary goal. SLOs are pivotal for development, DevOps, and SRE teams because they provide a common language for discussing system reliability. An error budget encourages a healthy trade-off between innovation and reliability.

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Dynatrace

MAY 8, 2023

It often involves replacing legacy systems and workflows that have been in place for years or even decades. With Dynatrace Application Security , VA was able to immediately detect whether the vulnerability was present in any of its systems. Turn off the tools you no longer need. Take advantage of Dynatrace University.

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Dynatrace

JUNE 28, 2022

Organizations can now accelerate innovation and reduce the risk of failed software releases by incorporating on-demand synthetic monitoring as a metrics provider for automatic, continuous release-validation processes. Synthetic monitors can be created with our innovative web recorder or through MONACO , our Monitoring-As-Code approach.

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The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The most important value of our Hack Days is that they support a culture of innovation. Below, you can find videos made by the hackers of some of our favorite hacks from this event. More importantly you can also adjust the video filters in real-time to creatively downgrade the viewing experience, further enhancing the nostalgic effect.

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Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 2, 2023

There are no videos of the talks, so I tend to be a bit more experimental and try out new content at GlueCon. My talk was on Innovation and Tipping Points, the first half was based on some content I’ve given before on how to get out of the way of innovation by speeding up time to value or idea to implementation.

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The Netflix TechBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

Our assets are often created by selecting static image frames directly from our source videos. Intro to AVA Discovery View AVA is an internal tool that surfaces still frames from video content. to pull moments from video content that authentically represent the title’s narrative themes, main characters, and visual characteristics.

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DZone

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Nevertheless, this medium of innovation is nowhere near perfect. for a shared document or video stream to reach you. Given that we have become extremely dependent on internet-based systems for all facets of life, we end up having to stare at “buffering” animations for a larger portion of our days than we would like.

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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. The science has spawned specialized chaos engineers who dedicate themselves to disrupting cloud software and the on-prem systems they interact with to make them resilient. Accelerates innovation.

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The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

ABlaze: The standard view of analyses in the XP UI Suppose you’re running a new video encoding test and theorize that the two new encodes should reduce play delay, a metric describing how long it takes for a video to play after you press the start button. If it’s new, it’s probably going to take some time to set up, right?

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Dynatrace

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The service pairs ideally with single-use functions that tie into other services and is intended to simplify application development and accelerate innovation. On the processing side, GCF functions can interface with Google’s own AI/ML technologies to inspect video and image content. Using GCF within a video analysis workflow.

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Dynatrace

DECEMBER 24, 2020

DevOps can view the health of all systems with greater clarity and gain a window into the user experience. With so much maintenance work out of the way, you can focus on innovating and optimizing applications that improve business outcomes and user experiences. Innovate faster with an all-in-one observability solution.

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Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

For IT teams seeking agility, cost savings, and a faster on-ramp to innovation, a cloud migration strategy is critical. Cloud migration enables IT teams to enlist public cloud infrastructure so an organization can innovate without getting mired in managing IT infrastructure as the organization scales. . – report .

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The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The most important value of our Hack Days is that they support a culture of innovation. Below, you can find videos made by the hackers of some of our favorite hacks from this event. More importantly you can also adjust the video filters in real-time to creatively downgrade the viewing experience, further enhancing the nostalgic effect.

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Innovation Mobile Technology Technology 130

The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The most important value of our Hack Days is that they support a culture of innovation. Below, you can find videos made by the hackers of some of our favorite hacks from this event. More importantly you can also adjust the video filters in real-time to creatively downgrade the viewing experience, further enhancing the nostalgic effect.

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Innovation Mobile Technology Technology 130

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. video streaming) takes place in the Open Connect network. We have created streams of events from a number of systems that get unified into a single tool.

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The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

by Eric Eiswerth Background Netflix has been offering streaming video-on-demand (SVOD) for over 10 years. We need to be constantly adapting and innovating as a result of this change. Let’s take a deeper look at the architecture, protocols, and systems involved. The world has changed a lot in this time.

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All Things Distributed

MARCH 11, 2015

Cloud computing is enabling amazing new innovations both in consumer and enterprise products, as it became the new normal for organizations of all sizes. AWS is enabling innovations in areas such as healthcare, automotive, life sciences, retail, media, energy, robotics that it is mind boggling and humbling.

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The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Martin Tingley with Wenjing Zheng , Simon Ejdemyr , Stephanie Lane , and Colin McFarland This is the second post in a multi-part series on how Netflix uses A/B tests to inform decisions and continuously innovate on our products. See here for Part 1: Decision Making at Netflix. Figure 2: A simple A/B test.

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Strategic Tech

JANUARY 19, 2020

How we spend our time and apply our resources when developing software systems is possibly the most fundamental and difficult challenge. The Core Domain(s) are parts of the system with the highest return on investment for the business. no longer an innovation that differentiates but still something that is needed.

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High Scalability

JUNE 15, 2018

1.6x : better deep learning cluster scheduling on k8s; 100,000 : Large-scale Diverse Driving Video Database; 3rd : reddit popularity in the US; 50% : increase in Neural Information Processing System papers, AI bubble? Dave Snowden ~ A key principle of complex design is shift a system to an adjacent possible. Hungry for more?

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The Agile Manager

JANUARY 31, 2023

In the box from the basement were a couple of PDAs, one each by HP and Compaq; phones by Motorola, Nokia (including a 9210 Communicator) and Ericcson; and a digital video recorder by Canon. In addition to bringing back fond memories, finding this trove got me thinking about about how rapidly mobile computing evolved.

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Entertainment Mobile Innovation Technology 52

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Martin Tingley with Wenjing Zheng , Simon Ejdemyr , Stephanie Lane , and Colin McFarland This is the fourth post in a multi-part series on how Netflix uses A/B tests to inform decisions and continuously innovate on our products. Need to catch up? Have a look at Part 1 (Decision Making at Netflix), Part 2 (What is an A/B Test?),

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