Bloated cloud bills. Oddball formats nobody thought they’d see in 2025. Welcome to the real world of live video, where the VPU delivers unmatched efficiency and the surrounding software ensures that power translates into real-world reliability. In this Voices of Video episode, G&L’s Alexander Leschinsky and Scalstrm’s Dominique Vosters join NETINT to unpack how to turn raw VPU performance into complete, resilient workflows. They share lessons from European Parliament deployments, deinterlacing in the age of 4K, managing 320+ audio channels, and squeezing maximum performance from tiny, power-efficient hardware. The discussion tackles cloud vs. on-prem economics, total cost of ownership, and why building smarter – not bigger – architectures is the future of streaming.