Packaging
Source renditions are repackaged into fragmented MP4 and served as HLS. Playlists are regenerated when the ladder changes, segments are immutable once written.
Media edge
Streamnest packages origin media into HLS renditions and serves them from edge nodes close to the viewer. Playlists and segments are requested by path; there is no public catalogue on this host.
Source renditions are repackaged into fragmented MP4 and served as HLS. Playlists are regenerated when the ladder changes, segments are immutable once written.
Segments are held on the node that first served them. A cold path is fetched from origin once and reused by every following viewer of the same rendition.
Manifest and segment paths carry an opaque delivery key. A key is bound to one playback session and stops resolving when the session ends.