Speed, quality and scale are always top of mind when it comes to providing the highest quality of viewing experiences. In this blog, we are joined by Markus Hafellner (Senior Product Manager, VOD Encoding), who takes us through a key update to the Bitmovin Next-Generation VOD Encoder and advancements made to the split and stitch algorithm allowing users to enjoy content at the highest possible quality.
Originally published on 13th October 2022. This blog was updated on 1st, June 2023 with new features for the Streams product. Simplifying video streaming for an easier workflow experience We built Bitmovin’s Streams solution to make streaming simple for everyone, regardless of their level of video development or streaming knowledge. Driven by seeing how complex…
What have we built? We have built and released a dedicated Player SDK for Roku. This solution is designed to enable developers to be able to work with Roku devices without needing deep technical knowledge of the Roku playback setup and removing the need for heavy lift development efforts in building out functionality for Roku…
React Native has become one of the most popular UI frameworks for mobile development and continues to see widescale adoption. Over the past year, we have seen rapidly growing interest from companies looking to stream video in their mobile applications with the Bitmovin Player. This topic has also been trending in the Bitmovin developer Community…
During the summer, we released V3 of our Player SDKs for Android and iOS, marking a significant milestone in our mission to deliver the best tools to achieve any simple or complex video workflow packaged into a best-in-class developer experience. In this blog post, we will dive deeper into the more technical aspects of what…
In Q3, we’ve recently had some big news regarding the Bitmovin Player and how we now officially have dedicated PlayStation 5 player support streaming Playback. To go into more detail on what this means and why this is important, we sat down with Jacob Arends, an Associate Product Manager at Bitmovin, and asked him the…
Bitmovin is going Live! We’ve expanded on our award-winning VoD encoding engine to build a live encoding solution that is more resilient and cost efficient than anything before. Ready to run on AWS, Google Cloud and Azure, the Bitmovin Live Event Encoder frees you from vendor lock-in and allows you to migrate or build multi-cloud…
In the latest news from Bitmovin, we will launch the first category product suite at IBC focused on ensuring Playback for audiences across devices and simplifying deployment and optimization for developers. Why Does This Matter? Guaranteeing Playback quality is challenging, especially when development teams have multiple priorities they have to account for before they launch…
At long last, we are happy to announce the beta version of our new Bitmovin CDN Streaming storage! Great, how does Bitmovin’s CDN Streaming storage help me? In the past, using the Bitmovin encoder meant you needed to provide your own output storage for your encoding jobs and then configure your own CDN for streaming…
If one looks at video and audio encodings like H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1 and all of the things that are associated with it, it can be very easy to get lost. There are millions of possible configurations and figuring out the right one can be a difficult task. The Bitmovin API makes it possible to…
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