Article provides Playready DRM Architecture, Integration, Advantages & Free 30 Day Trial Playready is Microsoft’s video DRM architecture protocol which enables content creators/distributors to stream protected media content. Playready is chiefly supported by devices and software running on Microsoft ecosystem that is Edge and IE browsers. Historically Playready DRM had a wider implementation which has now come down due to Google Widevine DRM and Apple Fairplay DRM being implemented across the other major devices and browsers (Android, iOS, Chrome and Firefox).Piracy Protection Features included with Microsoft Playready DRMHigh secure black boxed encrypted playback mechanism which prevents download of raw video.…
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Understanding Video Quality – Pixels (p), Bitrate (kbps), Aspect Ratios
Some of the most common questions I get asked on video quality are-I want my videos in 1080/720/480/360 p like Youtube. How does VdoCipher enable that?What does kbps mean? How much bandwidth will 1 hour 1000 kbps video consume?How many video quality options I need to have to ensure smooth playback across the world?Why does VdoCipher provide bitrate (kbps) as quality options and not pixels (p)?What is the size of a video for a certain pixel quality? (Say 1 hour 1080p video)Here are some key definitions and concepts to help everybody better understand video quality parameters.Pixels (p) - 1080 / 720 /…
HLS Streaming, HLS Encryption & Setting High Secure DRM
What is HLS Streaming ? HLS Streaming ( HTTP Live Streaming) is a streaming protocol used for video content across desktop and mobile devices. HLS is developed by Apple, which forms the biggest use case for the streaming protocol. Beyond Apple there is wide support for HLS streaming across Android devices and browsers. Indeed, HLS can be used as a streaming protocol for all major browsers, including Chrome and Firefox. In HLS Encryption the video files are encrypted using a secure AES-128 algorithm. The AES-128 is the only publicly available security algorithm that is used by the NSA for encrypting its…
RTMPe Streaming: How does Secure RTMP Streaming work?
RTMP Stream: The Technology Real Time Messaging Protocol is used to stream multimedia data - audio and video - between Flash Media Server and Flash Player. The chief utility of RTMP stream is in the optimization of the audio and video data transfer between the server and player. Its major use comes in Dynamic live streaming, and because of the encryption service RTMPE (which, despite of its security flaws, has a wide use) . In this blog post I expand upon - Use as Streaming protocol - How RTMP evolved as a widely used real time streaming protocol Differences from other…
Encrypted Video Streaming: VdoCipher & Others
The main encrypted video streaming protocols in use by most streaming providers are: HTTP Live Streaming - HLS Encryption with AES-128 Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTPS - DASH Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) and RTMP Encrypted (RTMPE) HLS encryption, with AES-128 bit encrypted streaming is widely marketed as a secure streaming protocol. Indeed, certain security features have been built into these streaming protocols. However, by themselves, HLS Encrypted, DASH and RTMPE are not sufficient to protect your content. Their security flaws lie in: Partial encryption of streaming content Open key exchange mechanism for decryption The encryption that these protocols offer…
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 encoder or converters or transcoders which convert the huge video files into decent size without any visible lose in quality. This video compression is key to 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 top…