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Table 8 The parameters in online prediction experiments with Twitch

From: Online architecture for predicting live video transcoding resources

Parameter

Description

Video source

Online live video from Twitch. Resolution: 1280 × 720, Video format: HLS (segment length: 1 s)

Prediction algorithms

RF, RL, RL with multiple RL agents (4)

Reference

vCPU request = x%*vCPU limit

Online model training

Every 30 min

Target

Transcoding speed > 1.0

vCPU limit

2 vCPU = 256 × 144 (197 kbps), 3 vCPU = 640 × 360 (829 kbps), 4 vCPU = 854 × 480 (1380 kbps)

vCPU request

35%*vCPU limit for VM with 4 vCPU, 45%*vCPU limit for VM with 6 and 8 vCPU, 50%*vCPU limit for VM with 16 vCPU

Video URL source

Twitch Stream API (v5) [55]

Video URL conversion

Streamlink [56]