Bitmovin’s HEVC v2 delivers 15% to 18% average bitrate savings compared with the previous HEVC codec, reaching nearly 24% on cinematic content. Explore benchmark results across 14 video clips, including comparisons of Per-Title Encoding, fixed bitrate ladders, and video quality metrics.
TL;DR In Bitmovin’s testing, the AV1 codec in Bitmovin’s VOD Encoder Version 3 reached the same VMAF as Bitmovin’s first generation HEVC codec with 23% less bitrate on a static ladder. It needed 27% less bitrate (median across 14 clips) than AWS Elemental MediaConvert’s AV1 codec. AV1 promises big bitrate savings, but how much it…
Jan Ozer’s independent test found higher measured quality, lower bitrate and less storage with Bitmovin’s Per-Title H.264 TL;DR Independent testing by video compression expert Jan Ozer found that Bitmovin’s VOD Encoder delivered higher measured video quality and greater bitrate efficiency than a VOD encoding SaaS product from an industry-leading public cloud provider in an H.264…
SCTE-35 is the backbone of ad insertion and program control in modern video streaming, but few people outside of broadcast engineering truly understand how it works. This essential guide covers everything: what SCTE-35 is, where it came from, the key marker types, how cues are carried in MPEG-TS, HLS, and MPEG-DASH streams, and how platforms use it to trigger dynamic ad insertion, program boundaries, and regional blackouts. It also walks through Bitmovin’s own SCTE-35 support for both live and VOD encoding workflows.
Cloud encoder provisioning is live streaming’s most quietly worked-around problem. When a broadcast triggers, the cloud allocates a machine, deploys software, and only then is the encoder ready, an unpredictable delay that breaks news teams, sports platforms, and UGC services have long patched with lead-time buffers and over-provisioning. This post explains why that structural problem exists and how Bitmovin’s Live Encoder Standby Pools solve it with pre-configured, instantly available encoders held in a ready state before they are ever needed.
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