I’m setting up a video-on-demand service and need the core streaming software engineered from the ground up. The system must reliably deliver high-quality VOD content either through a robust CDN or, if you can demonstrate clear advantages, a well-tuned dedicated server stack. I’m happy to discuss architecture—you can recommend CloudFront, Cloudflare Stream, Akamai, or a self-hosted Nginx-RTMP/HLS setup as long as it scales, secures the assets, and keeps latency low. Here’s what I expect: • A playback workflow that supports adaptive bitrate (HLS and/or MPEG-DASH). • An upload-to-encode pipeline so I can drop source files and have them transcoded automatically. • A clean, documented API (REST or GraphQL) my front-end team can call to list, search, and play titles. • Dashboards or logs that show bandwidth usage and viewer statistics. • Deployment scripts (Docker, Terraform, or similar) so I can reproduce the environment on staging and production. Please outline the tools you plan to use, the security measures you’ll put in place (tokenised URLs, DRM if applicable), and any ongoing maintenance requirements. Once delivered, I’ll test playback under various network conditions; smooth adaptive switching and consistent start-up times will be the key acceptance criteria. If this sounds like your wheelhouse, let’s talk through your approach, timeline, and past projects that prove you can make VOD run smoothly at scale.