This message was deleted.

We don’t support adaptive bitrates - our goal with HLS is to provide a file recording option that retains as much data as possible if the egress fails for any reason. We recommend using webrtc directly over HLS for streaming, but if it needs to be HLS and needs adaptive bitrates, you would need to reprocess the files

This is for a stream that could go beyond the number of clients that can be simultaneously connected to the webrtc channel, not just saving it for later use. Being able to run adaptive bitrates in parallel vs ingesting a single HLS and then reprocessing could significantly lower the delay from the initial stream

Hey @white-receptionist-16557, I'd be interested in hearing about your desired scale. With Cloud, there shouldn't be any issues with connecting 100k+ concurrent participants to the session.