Building Netflix's New Video Pipeline
summary
Netflix rebuilds its video pipeline on Cosmos-based microservices with a clear three-layer contract API → workflow → compute; encoding becomes a distinct service that chunks input, encodes in parallel, then assembles and validates results. New services include video inspection, complexity analysis, ladder generation, MAF quality scoring, and validation. A bridge layer for gradual cutover lets traffic shift feature-by-feature. Entire pipeline goes live in 2023, deployment latency drops from 2–4 weeks to ~30 minutes and supports multiple production pushes per day.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:43Agenda
- 2:56Limitations of Reload
- 5:18Architecture
- 7:38Approach
- 8:53Cosmos Architecture
- 9:54Encoding Contract
- 10:35Workflow
- 11:22Computing Layer
- 11:59Resource Management
- 13:44Bridge Layer
- 14:34Results
- 16:03Benefits
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