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title: Upload, encode, and deliver videos
description: Build a complete video hosting and delivery solution with Cloudflare Stream.
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# Upload, encode, and deliver videos

Building a video platform requires upload handling, encoding to multiple resolutions, adaptive bitrate delivery, and global distribution. Cloudflare Stream handles all of this — upload, transcode, store, and deliver — with no video infrastructure to manage.

## Solutions

### Stream

Upload, encode, store, and deliver video with adaptive bitrate streaming. [Learn more about Stream](https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/).

* **Automatic encoding** \- Videos transcoded to multiple resolutions and formats on upload with no infrastructure to manage
* **Adaptive bitrate** \- HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) and Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) automatically adjusts quality to match viewer bandwidth
* **Global delivery** \- Video served directly from Cloudflare's edge network without a separate Content Delivery Network (CDN)

### Stream Live

Live streaming with automatic recording and instant playback. [Learn more about Stream Live](https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live/).

* **Live streaming** \- Low-latency live video with automatic recording and instant playback after the stream ends

### RealtimeKit

Add customizable live video and voice to web or mobile applications. [Learn more about RealtimeKit](https://developers.cloudflare.com/realtime/realtimekit/).

* **Real-time communication** \- Add peer-to-peer video and audio directly to your application

## Get started

1. [Stream get started](https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/get-started/)
2. [Set up Stream Live](https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live/)
3. [Secure videos with signed URLs](https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/viewing-videos/securing-your-stream/)

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