With the everyday increase in popularity of video streaming platforms, businesses need a reliable, secure, and scalable cloud video platform. And owing to the current COVID scenario across the world, people are consuming a lot more content than before. Hence, more businesses are launching or scaling on cloud video platforms on a daily basis. Cloud video platform have reduced the infrastructure needs as compared to traditional broadcasting technologies. They are being potentially recognized for their features like unlimited storage, convenience, scalability, and security. Keeping these things in mind, we’ll be taking you through a basic explanation of cloud video platforms…
Market & technology analysis
TVOD – Build a Transactional Video on Demand Platform
In recent years there has been a surge in the number of video platforms. With so many platforms available, the monetization model is also different. On some platforms, they generate revenue through ads on the video, by offering a monthly subscription, and through transactions for specific videos either to rent or buy. These monetization models are, respectively, AVOD, SVOD, and TVOD. TVOD or Transactional video on demand is the video monetization model in which you specifically pay for the video you want to watch. Some major examples of TVOD can be Google Play and iTunes. We’ll explore TVOD in more…
Encrypted Video Streaming: Standard Technologies & VdoCipher Compared
This blog explains VdoCipher security technology using video encryption in detail and compares it with most other providers. Below is a video with all security features explained and compared. After the video is text explanation - The main encrypted video streaming protocols in use by most other streaming providers are: HTTP Live Streaming - HLS Encryption with AES-128 AES 128 Encryption & Sample AES 128 Encryption. Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) and RTMP Encrypted (RTMPE) HLS encryption, with AES-128 bit encrypted streaming, is widely marketed as a secure video encryption streaming protocol used for video protection. Indeed, certain security features…
Video Streaming Protocols : A Comprehensive Guide in 2023
Video Streaming enjoys wide popularity. Observers state that 80% of consumers of content prefer a video over a blog. This indicates video streaming is becoming more popular. You need to do plenty to implement video streaming in an app though. Among other tasks, you need to choose the right video streaming protocol. What are video streaming protocols? How do they differ from other common terms like codecs and container formats? How do you choose a suitable video streaming protocol? Which are the commonly used video streaming protocols? Read on, as we discuss these in this guide. Table of Contents: What…
3 Offline Encoder to Compress Video: MAC & Windows
There are a lot of instances where the raw video file after camera recording is quite large in size. If it is not on a server or URL, it becomes quite difficult to upload it to online sites like VdoCipher. To solve this problem, there are offline encoders or converters, or transcoders which convert huge video files into decent sizes without any visible loss in video quality. This video compression is key to the video processing system. Some of these tools can also be used to convert files into different formats for video and audio. Here are the details of…
CBR Vs VBR: A Comparison between Constant Bitrate and Variable Bitrate
When it comes to streaming a video online, there is a lot that goes in the background. In order to ensure smooth video playback regardless of network, at times you have to create different bitrate or video qualities to give an optimal experience to viewers. You face several choices here. One set of choices concern the encoder settings. You might have heard about Constant Bitrate (CBR) and Variable Bitrate (VBR) as the two prominent types of encoding. What are they, and how do they differ? Which one should you use? Read on, as we answer these questions. Table of Contents:…