Some of the most common questions I get asked on video quality are- What is the size of a video for a certain pixel quality? (Say 1 hour 1080p video) What does kbps mean? How much video bandwidth will 1 hour 1000 kbps video consume? I want my videos in 1080/720/480/360 p like Youtube. How does VdoCipher enable that? How many video quality options I need to have to ensure smooth playback across the world? Why does VdoCipher provide video bitrate (kbps) as quality options and not pixels (p)? Here are some key definitions and concepts to help everybody better understand…
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Streaming Piracy Statistics & Fixes for Pirate Streaming Services
Streaming piracy has become the dominant way people consume movies, TV shows, and live events and unfortunately, it's also at the heart of a global piracy epidemic. “Pirate” streaming services and illicit live streams now account for the majority of online piracy, undermining legitimate platforms and costing the media industry tens of billions in lost revenue. This comprehensive look at streaming piracy will shed light on its scope and scale, the technical methods pirates use. Real-world examples of piracy in action, the legal implications of these activities, and the technical countermeasures, including secure streaming solutions like VdoCipher that can help…
Why not build an exe for DRM?
For video platforms aiming to control distribution and prevent piracy, building a dedicated desktop app may sound like a strong move. But when it comes to real-world implementation, this approach is riddled with trade-offs. The following article applies to Windows and Mac desktop. For mobile, we recommend building apps. Mobile apps can provide overall higher security by leveraging OS-provided hardware DRM when available unlike Desktop apps. So, let's start by looking into the technical limitations and security pitfalls of desktop video playback, and explains why HTML5-based DRM, when correctly configured, offers a far more robust and future-proof solution. DRM is…
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…
Dynamic Watermark Demo: Add User Identifier Text to Videos- User ID, Email ID, Phone No.
Dynamic watermarking means showing user-identifiable data over a video in a moving and non-intrusive manner to ensure the highest protection from screen capture and optimize the viewing experience. Videos hosted through VdoCipher cannot be illegally downloaded through any tools/extensions/downloaders. Screen capture block with 100% surety is possible only in mobile apps and Safari browsers. For Chrome, Firefox, and other browsers, there does however remain the risk of piracy from screen capture. User-based information shown as moving dynamic watermark effectively discourages users from pirating video content using screen capture and goes a long way towards helping users protect their premium content.…
Video LMS: All You Need To Know To Add Videos To Your LMS
Any good LMS would be incomplete without any video content. Although you can directly upload videos in your LMS, it is not the best way to do it though. It can slow down your website, and the video delivery might not be the best. Your videos won't be that secure, quality might not scale with the network, the player might not be as per your requirement and much more. This is where Video LMS comes in. These are video hosting platforms that are easily integrable into any LMS platform. All you'd have to do is upload your videos to those…