The DASH-IF Conformance Tool is a free open-source tool for checking DASH content conformity. It has been improved by the JCCP and checks CMAF, WAVE, HLS and DVB-DASH compliance. The project partners welcome usage and feedback.
Read MoreThe Streaming Video Technology Alliance (SVTA) has launched its first open source repository, the Common Media Library (CML). Contributors such as Amazon Web Services, Comcast and Brightcove will provide input at Apple’s HLS Interest Day and Demuxed 2023. All SVTA projects are governed by a scoping document and representatives of SVTA.The Streaming Video Technology Alliance (SVTA) has launched its first open source repository, the Common Media Library (CML). Contributors such as Amazon Web Services, Comcast and Brightcove will provide input at Apple’s HLS Interest Day and Demuxed 2023. All SVTA projects are governed by a scoping document and representatives of SVTA.
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The BBC R&D team provides streaming media test content for adaptive bit rate systems. Streams include VOD, live and low-latency versions, all conformant to CMAF. Live streams help clients interact with server while Low Latency reduces latency to broadcast speeds. Updated features such as webcasts, languages & access services improve interoperability & protocol capabilities. Clients can verify synchronisation between components.The BBC R&D team provides streaming media test content for adaptive bit rate systems. Streams include VOD, live and low-latency versions, all conformant to CMAF. Live streams help clients interact with server while Low Latency reduces latency to broadcast speeds. Updated features such as webcasts, languages & access services improve interoperability & protocol capabilities. Clients can verify synchronisation between components.
Read MoreSlack leverages AWS Elemental MediaConvert to quickly and efficiently process audio & video for Slack Calls, enabling users to engage in deeper conversations faster. Features include MP4 transcodes, HLS streaming, and auto-captioning with Amazon Transcribe.Slack leverages AWS Elemental MediaConvert to quickly and efficiently process audio & video for Slack Calls, enabling users to engage in deeper conversations faster. Features include MP4 transcodes, HLS streaming, and auto-captioning with Amazon Transcribe.
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Bitmovin and Dolby.io partnered to create an ultra-low latency video streaming player with full replay/review capabilities. It supports HLS and DASH formats and is ideal for gaming, sports, education and conferences. This powerful platform is built on WebRTC, offering end-to-end encryption, sub-second latency and no rewind or start-over options.Bitmovin and Dolby.io partnered to create an ultra-low latency video streaming player with full replay/review capabilities. It supports HLS and DASH formats and is ideal for gaming, sports, education and conferences. This powerful platform is built on WebRTC, offering end-to-end encryption, sub-second latency and no rewind or start-over options.
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Telestream’s 2020 OTT Streaming Trends report reveals OTT providers are increasingly using fMP4 and CMAF for packaging ABR content instead of the MPEG-2 TS standard. H.264 is the most used codec (58%), followed by HEVC (23%), VP9 (16%) and AV1 (3%). HLS remains dominant, but many streaming services are switching to CMAF. Get the report for more details.
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As the demand for video streaming escalates, so does the cost associated with maintaining and delivering high-quality content to viewers. Broadcasters, OTT Platforms, and any industry streaming video over the Internet are actively seeking robust monetization strategies to sustain and expand their businesses. While Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) and Transactional Video On Demand (TVOD) models meet the needs of certain companies, the Advertising Video On Demand (AVOD) model has emerged as the go-to choice for growth without burdening subscribers with high additional costs. AVOD allows content providers to engage a wider audience by offering free or lower-cost access to their video libraries while being subsidized by advertisements. Ad Insertion is then the key technical component to enable this, and two options are available to implement this model successfully: Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI) and Client-Side Ad Insertion (CSAI). IIn this blog, we will focus on SSAI, how it wor…
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The FAMIUM ABR Testbed enables content providers to test the ABR logic of media players such as dash.js, hls.js, and ExoPlayer under different network conditions. It integrates a graphical network trajectory editor and the FAMIUM SAND streaming analytics solution to analyze the user experience in a dashboard.
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We’ve all had those moments: You’re trying to debug something and decided you’ve reached your absolute limit, and the only possible explanation you can come up with is that computers suck, the internet is terrible, and we should all just pack it up and go back to living in the woods. You’re ready to trade in your laptop for a bow and arrow so you can strike out on your own, learn to hunt, and live off the land to never have to deal with computers again. But then someone has a new idea. Maybe you haven’t exhausted all your options. Maybe you can peel back just one more layer and keep trying to find where this bug is coming from. If you work in the internet video space, you may have experienced these kinds of bugs more than most. I’m here to tell one such story from Mux that involved coordinating across 3 different teams, buying discontinued hardware off eBay, exhausting every possible industry contact that might have any insight, handcrafting HLS video manifests, and ultimately reso…
Read MoreWe’ve all had those moments: You’re trying to debug something and decided you’ve reached your absolute limit, and the only possible explanation you can come up with is that computers suck, the internet is terrible, and we should all just pack it up and go back to living in the woods. You’re ready to trade in your laptop for a bow and arrow so you can strike out on your own, learn to hunt, and live off the land to never have to deal with computers again. But then someone has a new idea. Maybe you haven’t exhausted all your options. Maybe you can peel back just one more layer and keep trying to find where this bug is coming from. If you work in the internet video space, you may have experienced these kinds of bugs more than most. I’m here to tell one such story from Mux that involved coordinating across 3 different teams, buying discontinued hardware off eBay, exhausting every possible industry contact that might have any insight, handcrafting HLS video manifests, and ultimately reso…
Read MoreAbst ract: In live streaming applications, typically a fixed set of bitrate-resolution pairs (known as a bitrate ladder) is used during the entire streaming session in order to avoid the additional latency to find scene...
Read MoreTherefore, recent solutions including LoL+, L2A, Stallion, and Llama re-think conventional ABR schemes to support low-latency scenarios. To bridge this gap, we implement and integrate existing LL-DASH ABR schemes in the hls.js...
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