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Switch from Video.js to reach even more devices
Switching to Bitmovin’s player opens up the door to more devices including the latest LG and Samsung Tizen smart TVs. Deliver the best viewing experience for your users with easier deployments when compared to Video.js.
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Everything you love about Video.js, plus a lot more
Bitmovin’s player offers a broader range of features, seamless integration, and specialized assistance, providing you with not only everything that Video.js has to offer but a lot more.
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Out of the box advertising integration to enable content monetization | ||
Over 1000 player tests performed on real devices daily to ensure stability | ||
On-demand testing for production streams on real devices with Stream Lab | ||
Out-of-the-box integration with Bitmovin’s Analytics | ||
Frequent releases ensuring browser, device-support and feature compatibility | ||
Up to date and clear product roadmap | ||
Clear documentation and how-to walkthroughs and tutorials | ||
Support for HLS and MPEG-DASH | ||
Support for DRM | ||
SLAs and support from video experts | ||
Quality of experience testing (MOS) |
Benefit from reductions in development cost when you switch to Bitmovin
Our Web SDK supports the broadest range of devices, including official support for the latest LG and Samsung TVs, unlike Video.js which which only supports devices up to 2018. As a HTML5-based player, Video.js is unable to support native playback on iOS, Android or Roku. With Bitmovin you get dedicated SDKs, backed by extensive documentation, tutorials and video experts for each of these platforms.
Go beyond Video.js with additional features
Everything you love about Video.js, plus a lot more with enhanced capabilities developed
by Bitmovin’s team of video engineers.
Watermarking
Stream protected content seamlessly across all devices with our dedicated multi-DRM support as well as pre-integrations with major DRM providers.
Advertising
Integrate Server and Client side Ad Insertion with Bitmovin’s Advertising Module or Google IMA and define the logic and configuration.
Playlists
Provide a continuous viewing experience for your users by creating playlists with gapless playback between video sources
Subtitles & Closed Captions
Thumbnails (Timeline hover previews)
Casting support
Fast channel switching
Cross platform UI with responsive design and Picture in picture
Offline Playback
Low Latency sub 3 seconds
Stream Meta Data handling
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Bigger benefits when you build with Bitmovin
Benefit from SDKs for web, iOS, Android, Roku, Smart TVs, Gaming Consoles and Set Top Boxes for a truly unified development experience.
On average, developers using one of Bitmovin’s Mobile SDKs save over 300 hours of development time per year on native player maintenance alone.
When deploying 2 or more of Bitmovin’s Player SDKs, on average, customers can reach an additional 200,000 viewers per month.