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't proxy.


If you created a subdomain, for example streams.example.com, you could then add it in your Cloudflare

DNS settings by creating a CNAME DNS record called streams and making sure it is grey-clouded.


We have seen sites have performance issues because of the number of connections that streamed content

causes when running through the Cloudflare proxy.


*Embedded services - such as YouTube and Vimeo - do not require any special configuration because that

content is not being served from your site.


We recently introduced Cloudflare 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 Cloudflare Stream.



Cloudflare Enterprise:

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, contact us.