Design a Video Streaming Service · System Design Interview

Design a Video Streaming ServiceDesign the system that takes an uploaded video and plays it back smoothly to viewers anywhere in the world.What it has to do

A creator uploads a video and it becomes playable

A viewer plays a video, seeks within it, and the quality follows their connection

The same video plays on phones, browsers and televisions

Scale

Videos uploaded per day: 2 million

Hours watched per day: 1 billion

Out of scope

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Broadcasting something as it happens

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