Cloudflare has released Streamline, a developer playground that enables users to build custom video experiences using its Developer Platform. Streamline leverages Workers, Containers, and media protocols to modify video content and publish it as livestreams or hosted videos.
Key facts
| Fact | Detail | The source says |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | Cloudflare Stream | “Cloudflare Stream is a powerful broadcasting platform that, for many of our customers, just works.” |
| Components | Workers, Containers, Durable Objects | “Cloudflare provides the primitives we need. Containers are long-lived runtimes suitable for media processing. Durable Objects help with…” |
| Deployment | GitHub repositories | “We have published a public playground deployment of the example application. This is also something a user can deploy if desired.” |
What happened
Cloudflare has announced the release of Streamline, a developer playground designed to help users build custom video experiences using the company's Developer Platform. Streamline demonstrates how to create a system that can deliver bespoke video experiences by leveraging Workers, Containers, and several media protocols. The platform allows users to modify video content in real-time and publish the output as livestreams or new hosted videos. Streamline is built with modular components, allowing for future integration with dedicated encoding products. Users can try the public playground at https://playground.streamline-video.workers.dev.
What to weigh
- Streamline requires a durable, long-running environment for media processing.
- The media engine runs in a Container and is controlled by a Worker.
Source: Cloudflare