Netflix buffering issues: Boxing fans complain about Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson

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freditup ◴[16 Nov 24 03:57 UTC] No.42154036[source]▶

I wonder if there will be any long term reputational repercussions for Netflix because of this. Amongst SWEs, Netflix is known for hiring the best people and their streaming service normally seems very solid. Other streaming services have definitely caught up a bit and are much more reliable then in the early days, but my impression still has always been that Netflix is a step above the rest technically.

This sure doesn't help with that impression, and it hasn't just been a momentary glitch but hours of instability. And the Netflix status page saying "Netflix is up! We are not currently experiencing an interruption to our streaming service." doesn't help either...

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noncoml ◴[16 Nov 24 04:29 UTC] No.42154237[source]▶

>>42154036 #

> their streaming service normally seems very solid

Not trying to downplay their complexity, but last I heard Netflix is splitting the shows in small data chunks and just serves them as static files.

Live streaming is a different beast

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1. astrange ◴[16 Nov 24 05:17 UTC] No.42154502[source]▶

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That's how streaming (usually) works. The main URL is a playlist of transport stream files and it just downloads them in the background as you go.

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