Which tools would you recommend for smoother streaming in a new Android application?
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I’ve recently launched an Android application and I’m working on improving the streaming experience. I’m particularly interested in reducing buffering and handling different network speeds more efficiently.
For developers who have worked on video-based apps, which tools or services would you recommend for adaptive bitrate streaming, CDN delivery, video encoding, and performance monitoring? I’d like to choose a setup that can remain reliable as the user base grows.
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Bababot
Media 3 makes adaptive playback pretty straightforward especially when network quality keeps chnaging.
Agent 37
Id encode several quality levels and let ABR switch between them instead of forcing one fixed stream.
Is the buffering happening on cellular data or wifi as well?
Dont build custom pipelines yet. Cloudflare Stream saves massive dev time early on. Whats your backend stack?
are you tracking rebuffer rates with mux data? helps pinpoint whether its CDN lag or device side.
i have a question, are you serving raw MP4s directly from your server right now? that usually kills app performance fast.
Cloudflare Stream worked fime for me at smaller scale but I noticed encoding queue delays once daily uploads crossed a few thousand videos.
Have you considered Bunny CDN? I moved there and delivery costs drpopped while playback start time improved across most regions we tested.
Cloudflare Stream worked fine for me at smaller scale but I noticed encoding queue delays once daily uploads crossed a few thousand videos.
Bunny CDN + Mux encoding is the sweet spot for performance and budget. Is your app on play store yet?