Why to use Cloud Streaming server?

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A cloud streaming server is a computer or network configured to deliver online videos to viewers.
Modern online video is, like the rest of the internet, based on HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol). Today, live streaming video reaches viewers in a method very similar to any website. When a viewer clicks play on a video, their computer makes a connection to a server located somewhere in the world.
Cloud streaming server software has a few main jobs. These platforms host and deliver live and on-demand video content.
In order to deliver content, the cloud streaming server must ingest a live stream being delivered by a video encoder or receive an upload for video on demand (VOD) files. Modern streaming software uses RTMP (real-time messaging protocol) ingest to bring the content from the RTMP-enabled encoder to the platform.
The received video files are then stored in a video content management system (CMS) and prepared for delivery. This requires packaging video files in different formats and sizes, which may require cloud video encoding. Then the cloud server software will deliver these video streams to users as they connect.
As you can see, this is a complex process. Ingesting and transcoding video files is also resource-intensive. Video streaming servers require large amounts of storage and RAM, as well as fast processors and internet connections.
Then, imagine scaling this to deliver video to a thousand people, or a hundred thousand, or a million. You can begin to appreciate the challenges of running video streaming software.
In the past, broadcasters built its own cloud streaming servers in-house, but this process is highly technical and expensive. Today, broadcasters typically use cloud video streaming server software to keep things as simple as possible. Cloud streaming server software provides a superior alternative to in-house video servers. Rather than capital investment, cloud services allow predictable, smoothly scaling billing. Staff time and maintenance requirements are outsourced so your staffing needs are simplified, as well.

I hope this information will be helpful!
David Boon