Cloud-Based Workflows with AWS: Plugging in the Video Player and Video Analytics In the first two parts of this series on using Bitmovin’s Per-Title Encoding on AWS, we’ve focused on the architecture of the application and setting up encoding using Bitmovin Cloud Connect. But now that we have our encoded videos saved to Amazon S3, what’s…
Implementing Cloud-Based Per-Title Encoding in the Real World Bitmovin’s gives developers access to industry-leading codecs and advanced encoding algorithms such as Per-Title. As you saw in the first part of this series, Per-Title Encoding allows you to save money on storage and streaming costs while giving viewers the best perceivable quality for their streaming session. In…
Part III – The Epic Battle of CPU Architectures: AMD vs ARM vs Intel Selecting, implementing, and running a CPU architecture is one of the most critical steps to running a successful Software or Product as a Service (SaaS or PaaS) organization as it’s the basis of how service will function. At the time of…
If you work with video on the internet, you know how resource-intensive encoding can be. While moving from in-house to cloud-hosted servers can save you a lot of money, that doesn’t change the fact that processing large videos with modern codecs takes significant computing power. “Video transcoding is one of the most computationally challenging things…
Part II – Applying Docker Tags to ARM The Journey from x86 to ARM continues As I covered in the first installment of our Journey from x86 to ARM series, the first major step for migrating a CPU Architecture is to update all relevant library dependencies that are compiled and optimized for one architecture to…
Part I – Updating Library Dependencies from x86 to ARM ARM CPU architectures have been in the news a lot recently: Apple announced that they are going to use ARM processors and ditch Intel. Cloud computing platforms such as AWS are offering instances with ARM. It seems like there is a significant shift in the…
The Limitations of Video Analytics Most performance-oriented tech platforms typically provide some semblance of reporting, however, the quality and clarity of that reporting vary greatly from provider to provider. This same logic applies equally for video analytics providers, and many OTT video software solutions weren’t able to clearly present information on what was happening with…
VVC – the latest evolution for modern codecs Versatile Video Coding (h.266/VVC) is the newest block-based hybrid codec from the Joint Video Experts Team (JVET), a group comprised of MPEG and ISO/ITU members such as Bitmovin and Fraunhofer HHI, and promises to vastly improve the compression capabilities of workflows for any organization within the streaming…
MPEG-DASH sample streams and HLS test streams or m3u8 streams as they are often called, are important tools that you should have available throughout your development process. It’s good to have a variety of streams available when you are testing your adaptive streaming solution to ensure you are covering all aspects of your playback. We have collected…
As demand for streaming video grows worldwide, many ISPs and hosting providers have struggled to keep up. In 2020, Bitmovin has seen a 118% increase in videos played, but a 15% lower download speed on average. As a video provider, you can’t fix connection speeds due to overwhelmed internet service providers, but using the latest…
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