At VdoCipher, we have worked with thousands of online businesses for their secure video hosting. In this period we have developed a broad understanding of the video hosting requirements that businesses have. A number of our customers had previously tried to self-host video content. Here we share our learnings from working with our customers. We see that in many cases, the first idea that comes to the video creator is to self-host videos. This means having an in-house team to handle video streaming & hosting technology. However, handling the video hosting on their own end is often not technically and…
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Adaptive Bitrate Streaming: How It Works and Why It Matters?
You'd have noticed that a video would end up taking forever to buffer. You'd rather leave the video platform than be patient enough to sit through a poor-quality stream. As a user, you always have the option to go to another platform. But as a video platform, this can be really bad news, as you end up losing your important users. Poor quality streams usually happen when your internet speed fluctuates and your video starts buffering. Buffering happens since your internet can't download the video files fast enough to keep up with the video playback. This is why in many…
React Native Video Player: Add Videos To React Native Apps
Are you an entrepreneur or an enterprise IT leader with plans to launch client-facing web and mobile apps? You will likely use videos heavily since these are increasingly popular. You might be considering the use of React for your proposed web app. Furthermore, you probably want to use React Native for the proposed mobile apps. These frameworks enjoy plenty of popularity. How to incorporate the React video and React Native Video playback functionality? Read on, as we explain that. TABLE OF CONTENT The Importance Of Video Content What Are React and React Native? Setting The Context: Key Challenges In Implementing…
Online Video Player for all Platforms
Online Video Player for all Platforms When looking for an online video player for your website or app, you might hear the names of quick, easy, and free options readily available to you. However, if you want more control over your video assets with custom capabilities, you might need a fully featured online video player. Try Player Now Explore Plans AWS Standard Technology Partner Web ✅ Mac/iOS ✅ Windows ✅ Android ✅ Closed Captioning Super Powered Search within captions in the custom video player to quickly go to a point in time of video. Use the full VTT spec to…
What is Video Piracy and How to prevent it? (2024)
If you are a business owner that deals in video content, Chances are that your videos are being pirated and you might be facing a substantial loss of revenue. The movie industry alone incurs a loss of around 40 and $97.1 billion due to digital video piracy. That’s a substantial amount, isn’t it? If you talk about global bandwidth, video piracy and other forms of piracy account for about 24% of global bandwidth. Table of Contents: What is Video Piracy? How Does Video Piracy Happen? The Extent of the Piracy Problem What is the Impact of piracy? How To Stop…
How To Integrate Widevine Shaka Player For DRM playback
If you are looking to stream your content along with Widevine DRM, chances are that you're bound to come across Shaka player. As an open-source JS library, the Shaka player is widely used for adaptive video streaming. You can play content based on DASH and HLS, without browser plugins, with the help of an Encrypted media extension. So, in order to help others out and make it easier for others to learn about using Shaka player for DRM playback, I wrote this article. So, without further ado, let's get started. Table of Contents: What is Widevine Shaka Player? What is…