MSE stalling can cause buffering gaps and workaround proposed by an expert might work across browsers. We tested for gaps in Chrome and other browsers to see if the workaround works properly.MSE stalling can cause buffering gaps and workaround proposed by an expert might work across browsers. We tested for gaps in Chrome and other browsers to see if the workaround works properly.
Read MoreCodecs are tools we use to reach our viewers. So, when it comes to codecs, the best ability is play-ability, or the ability to play on the target platforms our viewers prefer to watch. For years, H.264 has remained dominant simply because it played everywhere; but as videos grow larger, faster, and deeper in color, the cost of distributing H.264 is growing too high.
AV1 has leap-frogged V…
Read MoreTo some degree, we can compare a DASH MPD to a novel. A novel usually has multiple chapters (DASH periods) with exciting parts (high quality segments) and rather boring parts (low quality segments). Sometimes, we even skip some chapters (seek)….
Read MoreThis feature ships an AV1 encoder in Chrome desktop, specifically optimized for video conferencing with WebRTC integration. – better compression efficiency to reduce bandwidth consumption and improve visual quality This...
Read MoreThey were merged into a single codec at called Opus and standardized at the IETF in 2012 as RFC 6716, with the requirements that audio must perform well at high fidelity compression-wise and in low-delay applications, with voice...
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Read MoreRecently Cloudflare announced that their researchers have been working to improve internet privacy and security through a DNS protocol called Oblivious DNS over HTTPS, or ODoH. While the announcement suggests that it will improve internet privacy, their proposal can actually lead to significant privacy issues, if it’s adopted. In addition, as it is written today, ODoH is likely to […]
Read MoreCadi Jones, commercial director EMEA at adtech software experts Beeswax, is often tasked with demystifying digital advertising for marketers. She’s now taking these efforts wider to quickly, and clearly, explain the space for those of us lacking a jargon thesaurus or a degree in rocket science. Adtech, like the rest of the ad industry, really loves shiny new things. Things move fast. Programma[…]
Read MoreAkamai Image & Video Manager (IVM) already supports key modern image types, such as WebP, JPEG 2000, and JPEG XR, but the imaging industry is always evolving and raising the bar on the balance of compression and quality. In addition, creative and development teams are regularly asking about new formats, and it’s important to understand the leading ones. In this article, we’ll examine two newer[…]
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Read MoreIf you have a site with content like this, it could benefit from 103 Early Hints, and your participation in the experiment will help gather the data that the community needs to make a decision about this feature. Chrome and...
Read MoreMonitoring service providers for broadcast and over-the-top (OTT) livestreams perform a large number of quality checks. These range from low-level signal errors to high-level issues like content errors. Traditional live media analyzer software focus on quality checks at the signal level, such as the ETSI TR 101 290 Priority 1 and 2 checks. Higher-level quality checks, such as […]
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