{"id":1479,"date":"2020-06-07T21:28:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T13:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&p=1479"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:24:08","slug":"can-i-use-cloudflare-with-a-streaming-music-or-video-site","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/can-i-use-cloudflare-with-a-streaming-music-or-video-site","title":{"rendered":"Can I use Cloudflare with a music streaming or video site?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cloudflare\"<\/h3>\n

Can I use Cloudflare with a music streaming or video site?<\/h3>\n

Cloudflare can most certainly help speed up and protect your websites. However, sites that stream content should move this type of content to a subdomain in their DNS settings that we don\u2019t proxy.<\/p>\n

If you created a subdomain, for example\u00a0streams.example.com<\/em>, you could then add it in your Cloudflare DNS settings by creating a\u00a0CNAME DNS record called\u00a0streams<\/em>\u00a0and making sure it is grey-clouded.<\/p>\n

We have seen sites have performance issues because of the number of connections that streamed content causes when running through the Cloudflare proxy.<\/p>\n

*Embedded services \u2013 such as YouTube and Vimeo \u2013 do not require any special configuration because that content is not being served from your site.<\/p>\n

We\u00a0recently introduced\u00a0Cloudflare Stream, a video-on-demand platform for developers and content teams building video applications. Cloudflare Stream combines video storage, processing, global delivery, and playing into a unified video streaming solution. Learn more about\u00a0Cloudflare Stream<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cloudflare Enterprise:<\/strong><\/p>\n

For Enterprise customers, Cloudflare can allow caching\/streaming of media whenever it would be considered appropriate for that account. To learn more about the Cloudflare Enterprise plan,\u00a0contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Can I use Cloudflare with a music streaming or video site? Cloudflare can most certainly help speed up and protect your websites. However, sites that stream content should move this type of content to a subdomain in their DNS settings that we don\u2019t proxy. If you created a subdomain, for example\u00a0streams.example.com, you could then add it in your Cloudflare DNS…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[43],"kbtag":[1124,1467,1468],"class_list":["post-1479","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-cloudflare","kbtag-cloudflare","kbtag-music-streaming","kbtag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1479"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4893,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/1479\/revisions\/4893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=1479"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=1479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}