Video Streaming involves packaging video, DRM, CDNs, playback in media players, analytics, and much more to make the viewing experience sublime!
Here is a list of free MPEG-DASH mpd (Manifest) test URLs for testing OTT DASH Video Players (including Big Buck Bunny, Tears of Steel, and mpd URLs from BBC, Dolby, Bitmovin, etc.). MPEG-DASH mpd or Manifest Test URLs When you are working with MPEG-DASH (either writing a packager, or writing an MPEG-DASH-compliant player, or you […]
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It is critical to have the right tools to build and debug media players, and today, we shall talk about the Media Panel in Google Chrome’s Developer Tools. There is a ton of information that the Media Panel exposes that is very useful for media engineering. In this tutorial, I’ll be using a mix of
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In this tutorial, we shall learn about HLS packaging using FFmeg. The great part about using FFmpeg is that you can ingest a video, resize it, transcode, package, and stream it without leaving the command line! We shall first take a look at all the steps to create a HLS packaging for VOD and then
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Lets review two of the most popular apps available to live streamers: OBS Studio and Streamlabs OBS, and see which one is best suited for your needs!
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Zoom is one of the most popular video conferencing apps. The best part is that you can live stream on Zoom using OBS Studio and even record your Zoom meetings using OBS Studio. Today, we will show you how to properly connect OBS Studio to Zoom using a virtual camera approach or using NDI 4
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In this step-by-step tutorial, let’s look at how to install OBS Studio on Windows, Mac, and Ubuntu. If you have ever felt the need for a Screen Recording or Live Streaming software that gives you absolute flexibility without compromising quality, then, OBS Studio is one of the best tools for the job, and it works
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So, you’ve downloaded and installed OBS Studio on your computer and you want to start recording your screen, but you’re lost? Well, simply follow this step-by-step tutorial and you will be ready to start recording high-quality videos of your screen in no time with OBS Studio. Let’s get started. A Brief Overview of OBS Studio
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In this article, Ben Morrell talks to Paolo Cuttorelli, VP & GM of Evergent about Sustainable Subscriptions, Revenue Success, and Churn Prevention in a Pandemic.
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VPAID (Video Player-Ad Interface Definition) provides the tools to advertisers to serve rich media and interactive ads to users. It differs from VAST (Video Ad Serving Template) in being able to provide interactivity to the users which are very important in improving the ad-experience. Both VAST and VPAID are important tools in AVOD and Ad Insertion
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Advertising-based monetization (AVOD – Advertising-Based Video On Demand or Ad Insertion in linear/live TV) is a critical revenue generator for hundreds of publishers and content providers in the world. By leveraging the power of advertising, content providers have been able to subsidize or provide their content for free – allowing millions of users to enjoy
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