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by Jakob 2786 days ago
For VoD I like the approach where you use a fast and reliable CDN for the first seconds and in the background buffer the rest of the video from a cheap location/CDN.

This works if you download video faster than real time which is almost always the case. That way you get the best of both worlds.

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That's clever!

What do metrics show for UX for that workflow? (Bonus: What tool for capturing play data?)