Digital storage of any media requires conversion from analog to digital format. The initial digital format after media production is still a raw file. For it to be stored and accessed across different devices, it needs to be compressed in a particular digital format compatible across the device. This form of video compression for files to make them compatible with a target device is called encoding. The terms video encoding and video transcoding are sometimes used interchangeably, in spite of the use-case difference between the two. Table Of Content: What Is Transcoding? How Does Video Transcoding Differ From Encoding? What…
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AES Encryption: What it is and how it compares to DRM systems
When you hear the term cyber security, one of the first things that strike to everyone’s mind is AES(Advanced Encryption Standard). The reason for the same is the rise of AES encryption as the global standard of encryption and one of the most popular technologies used for security purposes. If you or your organization offers or is looking out for some cybersecurity solutions, you must have definitely come across the term Advanced Encryption Standard previously. In this blog, we will be looking to illustrate the distinction between AES encryption, secure key exchange protocols, and DRM systems. Popular Streaming protocols that…
MPEG-DASH Player: Dynamic Adaptive Streaming Over HTTP Explained (2025)
There is a lot that goes on behind every video stream. To stream your videos seamlessly, video streaming protocols play a huge role. They break the video into smaller chunks and send it to the viewer. Depending on your requirements and end goals there are several protocols available. One of these is MPEG-DASH, which is widely used to stream videos online. In this article, I'd shed more light on what MPEG-DASH is, how it works, and also how it compares to HLS, another streaming protocol. TABLE OF CONTENT What is MPEG-DASH? What is MPEG Dash Playback? Is MPEG Dash playback…
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…
The Right DRM Solution For Your Business
In the past few years, there has been an exponential increase in video consumption. According to Statista, in 2019 alone, the number of digital video viewers was 2.6 billion, which is reported to increase to 3.1 billion in 2023. With the increase in the number of viewers, the number of platforms catering to them also increased. A few years back Netflix was the only major player in the video streaming market. But now there are many more platforms, including Amazon Prime, Disney Plus, Hulu, and many more. With so many streaming platforms available, users often prefer to pirate content rather…
Video Metadata – Optimize to Increase Your Viewers
Video Metadata is the textual description of relevant information associated to a video file, such as title, creation date, description, author and more. This information helps in better search, sorting and discovery of video as well as make the video SEO optimised for search engines. Table Of Content: What is Video Metadata? Type of Video Metadata How is Video Search different from Web Page Search? How To Optimize Video Metadata? Is search really all that important? Is Search the only way my users can get new content? Is there other video metadata? Role of Video Metadata in Video SEO FAQs…