When it comes to streaming a video online, there is a lot that goes in the background. In order to ensure smooth video playback regardless of network, at times you have to create different bitrate or video qualities to give an optimal experience to viewers. You face several choices here. One set of choices concern the encoder settings. You might have heard about Constant Bitrate (CBR) and Variable Bitrate (VBR) as the two prominent types of encoding. What are they, and how do they differ? Which one should you use? Read on, as we answer these questions. Table of Contents:…
Top 11 OTT Streaming Platforms (OTT Video Streaming Providers)
OTT (“Over-The-Top”) streaming is popular, and its market share continues to grow rapidly. A growing number of consumers all over the world continue to flock towards OTT streaming platforms like Netflix. OTT providers work behind the scene, which makes superior streaming experiences possible. In this post, we talk about the top OTT streaming platforms. Subsequently, we explain the criteria to choose OTT providers. We wrap it all up with a comparison of the top OTT providers. What is an OTT Streaming Platform? OTT streaming refers to a relatively new approach to delivering video content to consumers. In the case of…
How To Prevent Video Download From Your Website?
"How to Prevent video download?" This has been a major concern for any video platform looking to generate revenue for them. Let’s take a scenario which we recently faced with a customer. Andrew, a product head in a major eLearning video platform based in the USA reached out to us. Their platform allows individual teachers to create courses on their platform. These are pre recorded videos and contain the complete syllabus for the year. Their courses were really popular among students. But they saw a steep decline in the number of sign ups and views of their popular courses. After…
Video Codecs: Everything You Need To Know About
During the pandemic when most of the world was under lockdown and more people were online than ever, major video streaming platforms took a collective decision to limit video content to 480p to relieve strain on global mobile networks. Did you know YouTube (35%) and Netflix (15%) account for 50% of all global mobile internet traffic? The report also suggests 79% of global mobile data traffic will be video by 2022. With this growth rate, video codecs will play an even bigger role in the years to come. Statista provides information on the level of global mobile video traffic from…
H.264 Advanced Video Coding: An overview
You'd have noticed that when you record or create a video, it is often of very high size. These files are called raw files, which are very large in size. These are further converted into relevant formats with the help of video codecs. This ensures that your video is compatible with all the different browsers and devices as they might support the different formats. One such video codec, which is being widely used is H.264 AVC. H.264 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) is a well-known video codec. What exactly is it, and how does it work? How does it compare with…
Google Meet vs Zoom vs Microsoft Teams: Best Video Conferencing Tool For You
Amid the WFH setup and virtual schooling, demand for video solutions is higher than ever. As per a report, the global video conferencing market size is forecasted to reach $10.92 billion by 2027. Zoom has noticed a huge adoption rate with lockdown and possesses 49% of the worldwide market share. Zoom has seen the most generous year-on-year development of the relative multitude of platforms. Despite Microsoft Teams being top in 41 nations, it has a small worldwide market share of 15% only. However, it keeps on acquiring prominence with a 5% development from 2020. Google Meet is another close competitor…