Video Streaming With Akka Streams Streaming videos should not give you a headache. Proper tools like Akka Streams will increase your efficiency. Here you can learn more about streaming. by First of all, do not let the title deceive you — it will not be simple println(“Hello world”) but with Actor System. Today, we will implement your first (sorry if I assumed wrongly) video streaming service. Namely, I will use Akka HTTP and Streams to create a REST API capable of streaming a video file, in mp4 format, in a way that matches the expectations of HTML5 tag. Besides, I will also add a few words about Akka and some components like Akka Streams to give you some theoretical background before you start coding. But first, one question.