Architecture behind live streaming [on hold]

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Published on 2014-08-23T02:43:57Z Indexed on 2014/08/23 4:21 UTC
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I'm a Comp Sci undergraduate student, and I'm currently trying to understand the architecture behind streaming. I hear several terms and I'm not quite sure how they are related (e.g. streaming, broadcasting, ingesting, etc.)

Is there a blog post or book that explains:

  • How it all works in a high-level view (the workflow)
  • The architecture (i.e. I capture content using my camera and want to display it real-time to an audience. I imagine that the content will be transferred to a server, but how does that server transmit the information to several users simultaneously?)

Thanks!

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