According to Dataprot, around 24% of internet bandwidth is used to illegally download or upload copyrighted content online. This also includes lot of e-learning and media video content. Piracy continues to grow, as pirates find creative ways to download and illegally share content. Park Associates stated that revenue loss due to video piracy can exceed $61 billion in 2020. For 2023, this revenue loss is projected to be around $63 billion. It's high time you think about video protection for e-learning and movies! We cover various methods, technologies & statistics on both video piracy and video protection in this blog.…
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Why Not to Self Host Your Own Videos? Challenges in Self-hosting videos
At VdoCipher, we have worked with thousands of online businesses for their secure video hosting. In this period we have developed a broad understanding of the video hosting requirements that businesses have. A number of our customers had previously tried to self-host video content. Here we share our learnings from working with our customers. We see that in many cases, the first idea that comes to the video creator is to self-host videos. This means having an in-house team to handle video streaming & hosting technology. However, handling the video hosting on their own end is often not technically and…
Adaptive Bitrate Streaming: How It Works and Why It Matters?
You'd have noticed that a video would end up taking forever to buffer. You'd rather leave the video platform than be patient enough to sit through a poor-quality stream. As a user, you always have the option to go to another platform. But as a video platform, this can be really bad news, as you end up losing your important users. Poor quality streams usually happen when your internet speed fluctuates and your video starts buffering. Buffering happens since your internet can't download the video files fast enough to keep up with the video playback. This is why in many…
React Native Video Player: Add Videos To React Native Apps
Are you an entrepreneur or an enterprise IT leader with plans to launch client-facing web and mobile apps? You will likely use videos heavily since these are increasingly popular. You might be considering the use of React for your proposed web app. Furthermore, you probably want to use React Native for the proposed mobile apps. These frameworks enjoy plenty of popularity. How to incorporate the React video and React Native Video playback functionality? Read on, as we explain that. TABLE OF CONTENT The Importance Of Video Content What Are React and React Native? Setting The Context: Key Challenges In Implementing…
How To Integrate Widevine Shaka Player For DRM playback
If you are looking to stream your content along with Widevine DRM, chances are that you're bound to come across Shaka player. As an open-source JS library, the Shaka player is widely used for adaptive video streaming. You can play content based on DASH and HLS, without browser plugins, with the help of an Encrypted media extension. So, in order to help others out and make it easier for others to learn about using Shaka player for DRM playback, I wrote this article. So, without further ado, let's get started. Table of Contents: What is Widevine Shaka Player? What is…
Top 12 WordPress Plugins For E-Learning
Starting out with creating your WordPress online course, but confused about which plugins for E-Learning to choose from? Not sure which functionalities are necessary and which functionalities are optional? In this blog post, I walk you through the most essential WordPress plugins for E-Learning course developers to choose from which will further help you develop a custom WordPress website at its best. Table Of Content: What are WordPress Plugins? How to Install a WordPress Plugin Features of Learning Management System (LMS) Plugins for E-Learning Top 10 WordPress Plugins for eLearning VdoCipher - Best WordPress Plugin for Elearning videos FAQs What…