Question

1- Compare and contrast technical Video Streaming approaches used with Netflix and Vimeo?

Answer 1

Vimeo

Vimeo is the video platform for artists, advertisers, and general creative-types who produce high-quality content. It can be expensive for creators, however, and its interface needs work.

Vimeo is best suited for people who prioritize high-quality content over whatever happens to be trending. Short films, animation, informative pieces, and in-depth journalism are all at home here. The consistent quality of Vimeo's offerings is a breath of fresh air after wading through YouTube's sea of hit-or-miss content, though you are unlikely to find the latest viral videos on Vimeo. In short, Vimeo is akin to a private art gallery compared with YouTube's public convention-like experience. Sure, the former is pricier and less attended, but its works are usually of higher quality. There's nothing to prevent you from uploading the same content on YouTube and Vimeo, but you will be more successful if you respect the difference in audiences.

The first step to going live is creating your event on Vimeo. From your browser, go to Vimeo.com and click “Upload.” On the right side of this page, click the ● Create live event button, and you’ll be prompted to enter the name, date, time, and privacy of your event. Please note that scheduling your live event for a given time still requires you to manually begin streaming at that time.

Hitting the Next button will take you to the live settings page, which is the control center for your live stream.

The live settings page is where you can access your stream's Vimeo URL, add a thumbnail, grab the embed code for your stream, enable live viewer chat, and (when you're ready!) go live.

Along the top of the live settings page, you’ll see a pencil icon next to your stream's title, which allows you to edit it, as well as a countdown of how much time you have remaining in your broadcast (individual Vimeo streams cannot exceed 12 hours). Also on this page, you’ll find the option to add a thumbnail (on the bottom left of the player window), as well as the Onsite, Embed, and Destinations tabs.

Netflix

Netflix uses the internet to stream movies and TV shows from our servers to your screens, but we can't do it alone. From our servers to the world wide web to your ISP's (Internet Service Provider) network, our content travels across multiple touch points to get to your screen.

First, Netflix has to decide where to send your TV show or movie from. Netflix has servers all over the world, and will send your video stream from as close to you as possible. The shorter the route, the higher the video quality.

When you hit play, Netflix uses the most efficient path possible to carry the video through our system to your ISP. Much like when traveling on a highway, Netflix tries to route your video around any traffic, accidents, or construction on the way.

Netflix uses adaptive bitrate streamingtechnology to adjust the video and audio quality to match a customer's broadband connection speed and realtime network conditions.

Netflix provides users the ability to choose their download rates quality of video on its website.

Initial DVD discs sent to customers via US mail often received criticisms of being scratched and unable to fully play the rented movie. The popularity of Netflix dramatically increased with the addition of streaming through an online queue. This led to the majority of Netflix users reliably streaming movies and television shows rather than receiving physical DVD discs by mail.