Video subscription platform such as Netflix, Disney plus, Hulu has become an innate part of our life. As the existing platforms have played a firm role in our life, new video platforms keep on rising. Recent advancements in tech have made it easier to build your own video subscription platform. If you are someone who just knows how to produce content, you can build your own OTT platform using various tools and services available, without doing any development of your own. In this blog, I'll explore how you can build your own video subscription platform with tools available online. Also,…
Tech Update: Netflix Updates Codecs Use for Efficient Encoding
Netflix have switched streaming to encoding in H.264 High Profile and VP9 (profile 0), in response to increasing processor capabilities of decoding streams online. The fact that both these compression formats have found broad decoder support from Mobile Hardware and Android OS respectively has motivated this change. Netflix optimize their encoding to H.264 high AVCHi-Mobile (H.264 High Profile) and VP9 Codecs Essentially the difference between baseline, main and high profiles of H.264 encoding is increasing compression efficiency, with the requirement of greater decoding capability. This means that compression in high profile reduces video bitrate for a given stream quality more…
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How to Create Video Hosting Website like YouTube as Streaming Platform
According to Statista, there were 4.95 million worldwide internet users as of January 2022. This accounts for nearly two-thirds of the global population connected to the internet. With such a fast-growing online user base, more and more websites are coming up each day. The count today stands at more than 1.8 billion global websites. Amid such a competitive market, your site must stand out in the crowd and attract search engines to direct traffic to your website. It involves using the latest technologies on your website to have a creative path for the visitor to understand your product or service.…
Anti Video Piracy Solutions to deal with Piracy of Videos
Illegal copying and distribution of film, music, and software are increasing. Although the Internet has played a part in this, the main reason is that the technology to make copies is now widely available. Many people claim that the film and music industry has not been very successful in making their products available to people, so it is the industry's fault that people steal the products. Why do people steal? People steal because they can. It is very easy. Popular internet-based video platforms such as YouTube serve as the main online video sources. There is no doubt that many videos…
DRM Streaming for Encrypted Video through Widevine & FairPlay Protection
Streaming is the ability to watch or listen to media as it is downloaded. Video Streaming is the process of sending video data over the Internet to allow a user to watch the video while it is being downloaded. More people watch videos on their mobile than on any other device. More than half of the traffic to sites like Facebook and YouTube is video. Companies invest in videos because it's a powerful way to connect with customers, but videos are also the most pirated form of content. DRM streaming is a technology used to protect digital audio and video…