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Andy Francis is an A/V nerd at heart who has spent the last 15+ years sending audio and video over the internet. He has extensive experience working with everything from video conferencing to live event streaming to large-scale OTT platforms and is passionate about spreading knowledge and access to streaming technologies.
Introduction The post will explain how Per-Title Encoding works and the advantages of using Per-Title Encoding compared to using the same bitrate ladder for all your content. Per-Title often requires fewer ABR ladder renditions and lower bitrates that translate into storage, egress and CDN cost savings. It also improves QoE with less buffering and quality…
This post was originally published in Sept 2023. It was updated on Nov 14, 2023 with information about Apple’s new M3 processors. Apple made waves across the video encoding and streaming communities when they announced the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max would have a dedicated AV1 hardware decoder, making them the first Apple…
Introduction The story of Bitmovin began with video research and innovation back in 2012, when our co-founders Stefan Lederer and Christopher Mueller were students at Alpen-Adria-Universität (AAU) Klagenfurt. Together with their professor Dr. Christian Timmerer, the three co-founded Bitmovin in 2013, with their research providing the foundation for Bitmovin’s groundbreaking MPEG-DASH player and Per-Title Encoding….
Introduction This post will provide some background information on video codecs and the pros and cons of the most common codecs used by streaming services. We’ll discuss why you should be taking advantage of newer codecs and the many benefits they can provide. Finally, we’ll provide a step-by-step guide through the factors and questions you…
Bringing Industry-leading Turnaround Times to Short Form Content Bitmovin has recently seen an increase in demand for processing short form video content and faster turnaround times. This post will cover the most common use cases for short form video and how our new GPU acceleration for VOD encoding will benefit and add value for those…
What is Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) Streaming? Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (ABR) is a technology used in modern video streaming applications that can dynamically adapt in real-time, in order to provide the best quality for each individual viewer. ABR streams take into account network conditions, screen size and device capabilities and can adjust on the fly to…
This post was originally published in October 2022. It has been updated with new developments, most recently on September 12, 2023 with news about Apple’s iPhone AV1 decoder. In this post, I’ll be taking a look at the current state of AV1 playback support, covering which browsers, mobile devices, smart TVs, consoles and streaming sticks…
If you work with video, picking a codec is a critical decision that will affect both your workflows and the quality of your output. There are many different video codecs available, and as they all offer different things, there’s no clear right choice. As devices and platforms evolve, the video format sands are ever-shifting. Here,…
This post will summarize the current state of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications for video in 2023, including recent progress and announcements. We’ll also take a closer look at AI video research and collaboration between Bitmovin and the ATHENA laboratory that has the potential to deliver huge leaps in quality improvements and bring an end to…
Bitmovin is going Live! We’ve expanded on our award-winning VoD encoding engine to build a live encoding solution that is more resilient and cost efficient than anything before. Ready to run on AWS, Google Cloud and Azure, the Bitmovin Live Event Encoder frees you from vendor lock-in and allows you to migrate or build multi-cloud…
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