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And then I always think, Netflix only has ~3,600 movies... My friend's Plex server has 4x that (in just movies). I'm also often underwhelmed by Netflix's engi
by munro 3y ago
And then I always think, Netflix only has ~3,600 movies... My friend's Plex server has 4x that (in just movies). I'm also often underwhelmed by Netflix's engineering posts
- zer00eyz 3y agoHe should write a mastrubatory blog post about how effective his set up is... Hell he could do a cost comparison for running his service vs Netflix per month. I think this is the year where I go back to stealing content, none of these services are worth it.
- ddalex 3y agoIf paying for content is not owning it, then copying it is not stealing.
- pitaj 3y agoHow much does that cost to put together, just in storage?
- munro 3y ago> Haha used to be 1PB, stored completely on Google Drive (they had unlimited), but then they cut me off so I cut down to 300TB and switched to self hosting at a data warehouse. > Now me and like 100 people share a ceph storage that we all pay $100/mo for. I think the current size is like 1.5PB
- alt227 3y agoBut your mate doesnt have to stream them on demand to millions of people round the world. They not only have to store the movies, but access and simultaneously stream them thousands of times from anywhere on the globe. Imagine how many people are watching things like Stranger things series premiere at the same time.
- gchamonlive 3y agoLet me have a copy locally, then you don't have to stream it to me every time. This is basically a scaling issue streaming platforms and publishers created themselves because of copyright. It makes their product expensive, bloated, clunky and make pirated content much more convenient. There are no excuses. Games are exactly like that. They just have to do better.
- croes 3y agoThat would raise the price for storage
- alt227 3y agoDoesnt change the required infrasctructure. On Stranger Things premiere day you still have to have the download infrastructure to handle hundreds of millions of downloads simultanesouly.
- gchamonlive 3y agoIt shifts the transcoding load to the user and it loads the movie async so you don't need the full bandwidth, so of course it changes the required infrastructure needs.
- alt227 3y agoIf I understand correctly streaming seervices dont transcode. They hold different versions of the same media to directly play the sppuroted version to the client
- jitl 3y ago> They hold different versions of the same media to directly play the sppuroted version to the client those different versions are transcoded from a mezzanine source, by a massive system, which is the subject of the OP. you can't just write off the main task from the discussion
- scarface_74 3y agoI am assuming you got the statistic from here https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/netflix-statistics-facts-figures/#:~:text=Netflix%20has%20over%2017%2C000%20titles%20globally%20as%20of%20October%202022 https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/netflix-statist... It also has 1800 TV series and how many episodes does the average TV series have?
- johnchristopher 3y agoNetflix has rotations though, does it paint a better picture ? It also has TV shows, I wonder how shows and movies compare regarding bandwidth, storage and offers.