Why is there a delay when watching the World Cup live stream? From CDN and encoding to network congestion, here's how live stream technology works.
While watching the World Cup live, your neighbor is already cheering, but your screen hasn't even shown a goal yet? This article breaks down signal capture, audio/video encoding, HLS slicing, CDN, network congestion, and player buffering, and provides methods for diagnosis and improvement.
By Cody X