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OTT Video Streaming Platform
An OTT streaming service like a Netflix-style app: user apps, catalog and entitlement services, DRM, and delivery through a CDN.
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What this diagram shows
- Video segments are served from a CDN, not the app servers
- Entitlement and DRM licence checks before playback
- Watch history feeds recommendations
Prompt used
An OTT video streaming platform: viewers use smart TV, mobile and web apps that call an API gateway. Services: user and subscription service, catalog service, entitlement service, DRM licence service, playback service that returns the manifest URL, watch history and recommendation service. Video files are transcoded into HLS/DASH segments in object storage and delivered through a CDN. Payments via an external payment gateway.
Mermaid code
C4Container
title OTT Streaming Platform
Person(viewer, "Viewer", "Watches shows and films")
System_Boundary(ott, "Streaming Platform") {
Container(apps, "Viewer Apps", "TV, mobile, web", "Browse and play")
Container(api, "API Gateway", "Envoy", "Auth and routing")
Container(catalog, "Catalog Service", "Java", "Titles and metadata")
Container(ent, "Entitlement Service", "Go", "Who can watch what")
Container(play, "Playback Service", "Go", "Manifest URLs")
Container(drm, "DRM Licence Service", "Widevine / FairPlay", "Decryption keys")
Container(reco, "Recommendations", "Python", "Personal rows")
ContainerDb(media, "Media Storage", "Object storage", "HLS/DASH segments")
}
System_Ext(cdn, "CDN", "Edge video delivery")
System_Ext(pay, "Payment Gateway", "Subscriptions")
Rel(viewer, apps, "Uses")
Rel(apps, api, "Calls")
Rel(api, catalog, "Routes")
Rel(api, play, "Routes")
Rel(play, ent, "Checks access")
Rel(apps, drm, "Gets licence")
Rel(apps, cdn, "Streams video")
Rel(cdn, media, "Pulls segments")
Rel(api, reco, "Routes")
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