# Youtube architecture?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/youtube-architecture/33883>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [August 20, 2010, 10:50am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/youtube-architecture/33883 "2010-08-20T10:50:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![aze\_aze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@aze\_aze](https://community.wowza.com/u/aze_aze)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 10:50am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/youtube-architecture/33883/1 "2010-08-20T10:50:40Z")

</div>

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

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/youtube-architecture/33883/2 "2010-08-20T18:54:04Z")

</div>

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

[http://community.wowza.com/t/-/98](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/98)

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

Richard

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![aze\_aze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@aze\_aze](https://community.wowza.com/u/aze_aze)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/youtube-architecture/33883/3 "2010-08-20T12:58:03Z")

</div>

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!