Streamssuch

Streamssuch is a term used to describe a cross-platform search interface and index that aggregates metadata for streaming content from multiple video and live-streaming services. The goal is to help users discover both live streams and on-demand videos from diverse platforms through a single search experience.

Operation relies on a combination of public APIs, official data partnerships, and policy-compliant data collection to gather titles, descriptions, categories, languages, duration, broadcast status, and platform availability. The data are normalized into a common schema to enable cross-platform search results, ranking, and consistent filtering.

Typical features include keyword search, filters for live versus on-demand status, platform, language, region, duration, and popularity, as well as sorting by relevance or recency. Results may include direct playback links where permitted and metadata such as channel or creator.

Technically, an implementation of streamssuch would expose REST or GraphQL APIs, support authentication and rate limiting, and rely on open data formats such as JSON. Interoperability would depend on adherence to platform terms and the use of standard metadata fields like title, description, tags, and category.

As a concept, streamssuch has appeared in discussions about universal discovery across streaming ecosystems but does not point to a single, widely adopted project. Real-world equivalents include federated metadata registries and universal search layers, though they face licensing and technical obstacles.

Limitations and critiques include dependency on platform cooperation, potential privacy concerns with analytics, and copyright considerations for indexing and linking to streams.