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CDN:Overview

Last Updated:Mar 31, 2026

Alibaba Cloud Content Delivery Network (CDN) provides video management features that optimize bandwidth usage, improve cache efficiency, and give you control over audio and video delivery.

Optimize bandwidth and cache

[Object chunking](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/cdn/user-guide/object-chunking#task-187634) — Retrieves content from origin servers using HTTP range requests, increasing the cache hit ratio, reducing the amount of data transfer during the back-to-origin process, and reducing the response time.

[Audio extraction](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/cdn/user-guide/audio-extraction#task-1664445) — Extracts and returns only the audio data from a video file, without delivering the full video stream to clients, reducing bandwidth and data usage.

Enable playback controls

[Video seeking](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/cdn/user-guide/video-seeking#task-187634) — Lets users seek to any position in a video or audio file without compromising playback quality.

[Audio or video preview](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/cdn/user-guide/audio-and-video-preview#task-2310777) — Delivers a fixed-length segment of an audio or video file to clients instead of the full file. Use this to implement content previews before a user authenticates or purchases access.

Protect content

[M3U8 encryption and rewrite](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/cdn/user-guide/m3u8-encryption-and-rewrite#task-1938061) — Rewrites M3U8 files that are transmitted over HLS. You can use custom parameters to rewrite M3U8 files.