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Reach more devices when you migrate from Shaka Player
Switching to Bitmovin’s player opens up the door to more devices including LG and Samsung Tizen smart TVs. Deliver the best viewing experience for your users with easier deployments when compared to Shaka.
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Everything you expect from Shaka Player, 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 Shaka has to offer but a lot more.
| Shaka Player | Bitmovin | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | | |
| Support for HLS and MPEG-DASH | | |
| Support for DRM | | |
| Official support for Samsung Tizen | | |
| Official support for LG Web OS | | |
| SLAs and support from video experts | | |
| Mean opinion score (MOS) testing for adaptive bitrate streaming (ITU P1203) to increase QoE | | |
Enjoy fast, simplified deployments on the widest range of devices with Bitmovin
Our Web SDK supports the broadest range of devices, including official support for LG and Samsung TVs, unlike Shaka Player which leaves you open to development issues. As a HTML5-based player, Shaka 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 Shaka Player with additional features
Everything you love about Shaka Player, 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.