Swapping the Engine While It Runs | How Video Platforms Introduce Hardware Acceleration Without Breaking Production

Swapping the engine while it runs sounds risky - and in production video systems, it is. Hardware acceleration often gets positioned as “faster encoding,” but that’s not what makes engineering teams hesitate. The real challenge is introducing a new compute model without breaking workflows that already carry years of integrations, monitoring, and operational assumptions. As NAB approaches and the industry talks density and efficiency, the more important question is this: how do you evolve a pl...