Chapter 34: Media Streaming & Cloud Storage Systems

Media and cloud-storage systems keep high-volume, latency-sensitive data usable across changing networks and devices. This chapter covers video delivery, file synchronization, and privacy-sensitive video analytics.

• 34.1 System Design: Video Streaming Platforms (YouTube & Netflix Video Transcoding Pipelines, Adaptive Bitrate Streaming - HLS/DASH, Open Connect Appliance CDN Storage, Per-Title Encoding)
• 34.2 System Design: Google Drive / Cloud Sync Architecture (Chunking Engine, File Delta Sync, Metadata Storage, Block Deduplication)
• 34.3 System Design: Real-Time CCTV Video Analytics & Theft Detection Engine (RTSP Stream Ingestion, Edge-Cloud Hybrid Inference, Motion Detection Filters, Object ReID, Spatial-Temporal Action Recognition, Evidence Clip Archival)
• Chapter 34 References