Understanding low latency performance in live video streaming applications

In this section, we will first discuss the details behind low latency performance in the context of video streaming applications. We will define the important concepts and terms relevant to live video streaming to build an understanding of the field and business use cases. We will understand what causes latencies in these applications and the business impact of those. Finally, we will discuss technologies, platforms, and solutions to build and support low latency video streaming applications.

Defining important concepts in low latency streaming

Here, we will first define a few important concepts and terms when it comes to low latency streaming applications. Let us get started with a few basics and build up from there into more complex concepts.

Latency in video streaming

Video streaming is defined as audio-video content delivered in real time or near real time. Latency in general refers to the time...