Design a Live Video Streaming Service · System Design Interview

Design a Live Video Streaming ServiceDesign the system that takes a broadcaster’s camera feed and puts it in front of millions of viewers seconds later.What it has to do

A broadcaster pushes a feed and viewers watch it while it is happening

Quality follows each viewer’s connection

The broadcast can be replayed once it has ended

Scale

Broadcasts running at once: 80,000

Viewers on the largest broadcast: 5 million

Viewers watching at once overall: 30 million

Out of scope

The chat beside the stream

Discovery and the home page

Subscriptions and payouts

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