The manner in which we consume media is undergoing a major shift and the traditional ways of accessing content, tied to terrestrial broadcasts or physical media, have been complemented (and often supplanted) by new-generation solutions. We are moving from long to short content, from HD to UHD, from static to adaptive stream, and so on. Similarly, terms like Over-the-Top (OTT) and Video-on-Demand (VOD) which are used interchangeably for video streaming have distinct workflows, technologies, and delivery mechanisms. Let us discuss these VOD OTT differences one by one. Table of Contents: VOD OTT Difference VOD Workflow Fundamentals OTT Workflow Fundamentals OTT…
DRM Platforms Importance & Implementation Guide for Video Production
Video content consumption is at an all-time high and is the main medium to convey information. With the widespread access to the internet, there have been too many cases of hacked videos making their way to the internet illegally. Video creators and businesses not only need to protect their videos in production but also while distributing them online. There needs to be a secure technology to protect and manage your premium content during consumption. Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology is used to protect digital content. DRM technology helps control how users can access and use digital content. For example, DRM…
DRM Server Solutions with Widevine License and Apple Fairplay
A server comes from the client-server architecture of online connectivity. It is usually hardware or software that provides functionalities to a client through some devices or software. They can not only store data but also provide computational resources to clients. This relationship is established through a request and response model followed through various available ports. This model is also used to set up a DRM server to provide security solutions to clients like OTT and Online course platforms. Table Of Content: DRM server meaning and Working Who needs a DRM server solution? How to set up a DRM server Challenges…
AWS S3 Video Streaming & Video Hosting with Amazon CDN and Multi-DRM
AWS offers a suite of tools for video hosting, chief among them being Amazon S3 and Amazon CloudFront. Amazon S3 is known for its durability, boasting a 99.999999999% durability rate and 99.99% availability, ensuring that videos stored are not only safe but virtually imperishable. Amazon S3 has been providing cloud services since 2006 and reports storing more than 100 trillion objects in S3 servers as of March 2021. It became popular as an easy and affordable mode to avail of cloud storage services. But, the ease of integration and scalability keeps the users attached. Even large-scale solution providers like VdoCipher…
How to Embed Video in HTML using iframe or video tag element
Embedding a video file in an HTML document allows the video playback directly in the web browser without needing a separate video player application. HTML video embedding is also important because it will enable videos to be played on mobile devices that do not have a dedicated video player application. For example, many smartphones and tablets do not have a javascript video player application installed, but they can still play video files embedded in an HTML document. Additionally, HTML video embedding can be used to create a video gallery, where multiple videos can be displayed on a single page. An…
JavaScript Video Player for HTML5 Streaming – Create or Choose Best?
Early video playback on the web mostly required the use of either installing third-party plugins like Flash or Silverlight. At that time, there was no single versatile solution to stream video on all browsers. Not having a plugin won’t let the users play video on the web as plugins are used to render the video file. At this point, much research was happening to provide a no-plugin-based HTML and javascript video player. Table Of Content: What is a JavaScript Video Player? Why do you need a JavaScript Video Player? How to Secure Content with JavaScript Video Player? Multimedia Elements accessible…