CDN ?

[stevespaw]

As I have been thinking about use case - I realized that I had not considered CDN. Can I connect this to a CDN, or is it using the CDN of the source, and just referencing the Current Playtime? I am still trying to get a grip on how this works. Thanks for a cool tool!

[dyc3]

If you give OTT a link to an HLS stream or mp4 video, it will always use that URL when telling clients where to grab the video from. OTT doesn't restream the video for clients, it tells the clients the URL to stream the video from.

flowchart LR
    OTT-->A[Client 0]
    OTT-->B[Client 1]
    OTT-->C[Client N]

    A --> Source
    B --> Source
    C --> Source

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Could you elaborate a little bit more on your use case? Based on the issues you've filed, it sounds like you're trying to sync video between a bunch of clients for a movie premiere style event?

[dyc3]

uhhh... I have no idea. I don't have the hardware necessary to test that kind of capacity. However, I could probably whip up a k6 load test for you so that you can run it on your own hardware to make that assertion.

[stevespaw]

Love it that you are willing to try!!! I'm am trying to assess features now to present some ideas. This is like 95% of what we have been discussing for a while, I just ran across it. I am down to the Timer question and a new API question. :-).

[stevespaw]

We do have a 2 million viewer possible project.

[dyc3]

The biggest problem I foresee with 2 million people is the user list. Currently it's not paginated so it would end up rendering 2 million entries in everyone's browser. On top of that, every new user joining the room would cause a message to be broadcast. So definitely some changes would need to be implemented:

1. user list pagination
2. and/or a way to disable the user list

[stevespaw]

For this application, just a way to disable the list would be perfect.