Hybrid Abr Tuning Pitfalls Sheet

PDF cheat sheet for the article '05_5-hybrid-abr-mpc-festive'.

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Video Streaming: A Complete Guide to Video Delivery: From ABR and CDNs to Players, WebRTC, DRM, and the Economics of Streaming

This sheet lists the pitfalls of tuning hybrid ABR algorithms such as MPC and FESTIVE. Volume 3 covers ABR in depth: buffer-based, throughput-based and hybrid rung selection, bitrate ladders, players and QoE monitoring. Written by Nikolay Sapunov, CEO at Fora Soft.

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