NX MoQ — Next Generation Video Transport

NXMoQ

Next Generation Video Transport

One stream in → Infinite viewers

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The Problem

Scaling to millions of viewers
on edge hardware

Today's mediaserver architecture ties egress directly to the edge. Every viewer that connects demands dedicated resources from hardware that was designed for ingress.

Every viewer — whether HLS web client, WebRTC session, or desktop app via UDP hole-punch — demands a dedicated connection, thread, send buffer, and encoder state on the server. 10 viewers = 10× the edge load
Hard cap of 2,000 simultaneous TCP connections per mediaserver — a single busy site can exhaust this across a handful of cameras
A single transcoding thread serializes all quality-variant requests — multiple viewers at different resolutions queue behind each other
Edge hardware like Raspberry Pi or lightweight NVRs can capture 4K but collapse when asked to serve even a few concurrent streams
No CDN path exists for live video — scaling requires standing up media proxies at every hop, or accepting 5–30s HLS/DASH latency

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The Solution

NX MoQ decouples ingress from egress. Edge hardware records and streams once to the cloud — the Cloudflare MoQ Relay network handles fan-out to unlimited consumers across 330+ cities with sub-second latency, whether they're watching live or pulling archive.

Edge Handles Ingress Cloud Handles Egress Single Stream Per Device Infinite Fan-Out Sub-Second Latency Video + Arbitrary Data

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System Architecture

Cloud-Scale Video Distribution

Consumers

Web Players Browser-native MoQ

Integrations ML, SIEM, analytics

AI Agents Autonomous consumers

Mobile Native SDKs

MoQ Cloud Platform

Cloudflare MoQ Relay Anycast fan-out across 330+ cities

Live Video

Archive Video

RT Analytics

Stored Analytics

MoQ Origin Server Session orchestration

← Archive Source → ← Analytics Source →

Cloud Storage S3-compatible archive

Live Video

RT Analytics

Archive Storage

Analytics Storage

Edge / On-Premise

NX VMS Mediaserver Camera ingress, local recording

MoQ Cloud Storage Plugin Single outbound connection per camera

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Archive Data Flow

Every recording. Globally accessible. Instantly.

Edge

NX VMS Mediaserver

MoQ Cloud Storage Plugin

Archive Upload

Cloud Storage

Object Storage S3-compatible, encrypted at rest

Archive Playback Request

MoQ Platform

MoQ Origin Reads segments, publishes as MoQ tracks

Cloudflare MoQ Relay 330+ cities · Anycast fan-out

QUIC Streams

Infinite Consumers

                            Playback Viewers
                            Browse & review from anywhere
                        

                            Forensic Export
                            Evidence packages & clips
                        

                            AI Re-Processing
                            Batch analytics on stored footage
                        

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Live Data Flow

A Raspberry Pi pushing 4K to a thousand screens

Any Device · 1 Outbound Stream

Mediaserver on Pi Zero / NVR / Server 4K capable — even on minimal hardware

MoQ Plugin Live video + realtime analytics over single QUIC connection

Single QUIC Connection · Video + Analytics

MoQ Platform

MoQ Origin Receives single stream, announces to relay

Cloudflare MoQ Relay Anycast fan-out · 330+ cities

QUIC Streams · Full Resolution

Unlimited Consumers

                            10+ Integrations
                            ML training, object detection, LPR — full-res 4K
                        

                            ∞ Live Viewers
                            Security ops, remote teams, public streams
                        

                            AI Agents
                            Analytics stream + on-demand video
                        

1

Stream from device

∞

Consumers served

<1s

End-to-end latency

06 / 09

What This Enables

Not just video — any stream of data, to any consumer

MoQ transports arbitrary data streams alongside video. This opens the door to autonomous consumers that blend analytics, video, and decision-making in real time.

Autonomous Security Agent

An AI agent subscribes to the realtime analytics stream from dozens of cameras — processed metadata like motion events, object classifications, and anomaly scores arrive as lightweight MoQ data tracks.

Monitors analytics streams across an entire site in real time
When an anomaly is detected, dynamically subscribes to the live video track
Runs a vision-language model on the live feed to assess the situation
Captures key frames and video snippets as evidence
Compiles findings into a structured incident report automatically

Real-Time Operational Dashboards

Embed live video and analytics data side-by-side in operational tools — SIEM, NOC displays, or custom dashboards.

Sub-second video alongside real-time metadata overlays
No transcoding proxy needed — direct MoQ subscription
Scales to any number of dashboard instances

Multi-Model ML Training

Multiple ML pipelines consume the same full-resolution stream without adding load to the source device.

10+ models trained simultaneously on 4K live feed
Zero impact on edge hardware — fan-out is in the cloud
Each pipeline subscribes independently to video + analytics

Global Live Monitoring

Security operators anywhere in the world get sub-second live feeds from any camera — even those on lightweight edge hardware.

Pi Zero pushes 4K, Cloudflare delivers it globally
No VPN or port-forwarding required
Unlimited concurrent operators per camera

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Getting Started

How to get MoQ scale

1

Upgrade to
Nx Witness Enterprise

Subscription-based VMS with cloud-native capabilities and Nx Connect

2

Add
Nx Cloud Archive

Cloud storage subscription for durable, encrypted video archive with global access

3

Add
Nx MoQ Relay

MoQ-powered live distribution subscription — pay per GB of egress through Cloudflare

4

Select Sites
to Enable NX MoQ

Choose which sites get cloud-scale distribution via the Nx Connect management portal

Ready to Scale

One stream per device, infinite viewers worldwide, sub-second latency

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