Youtube architecture?

Wowza Streaming Engine
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Hi,

Does anyone know what youtube uses to stream their “HD” content? Is it mp4 videos? It’s definitely http streaming.

I tried using Nginx, but when I server mp4 videos seeking is slow, whereas with youtube it’s fast.

Can Wowza be as fast as youtube in seeking mp4 high quality videos?

Thanks for your advice

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Not sure about Youtube. But you can try out Flash HTTP with Wowza here:

http://community.wowza.com/t/-/98

Silverlight Smooth seeking is very fast, I think FlashHTTP will be comparable.

Richard

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Thank you Richard! I had left the Wowza world for a few month, and that plugin is completly new to me. Glad to see Wowza team moves so quickly in order to offer the cutting edge technology!