The Future of HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) According to multiple reports, video viewing will account for as much as 82% of all internet traffic by the end of 2022, as such the popularity of HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) is steadily increasing to efficiently support modern demand. Furthermore, improvements in video characteristics such as frame rate,…
The heterogeneity of the devices on the Internet and the difference among the network conditions of the users make designing a video delivery tool that can adapt to all these differences while maximizing the quality of experience (QoE) for each user a tricky problem. HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) is the de-facto solution for video delivery…
Immersive Viewer Experiences with Light Field Imaging Light field imaging is a promising technology that will provide a more immersive viewing experience. It enables some post-processing tasks like depth estimation, changing the viewport, refocusing, etc. To this end, a huge amount of data needs to be collected, processed, stored, and transmitted, which leaves the challenging…
Live video streaming is a specific type of streaming that a video is broadcasted in real-time. The actual source of the video can be pre-recorded or simultaneously recorded. Live streaming is suitable for live venues, conferences, and gaming. In recent years the demands for watching live venues such as news, concerts, and sports have increased,…
Can’t stop us noooow – we’re havin’ a remote hackathon Throw what you will at us 2020! That won’t stop the innovation and creativity of the Bitmovin team – in fact, we’re more motivated than ever to create and innovate. Being on lockdown only allowed our team’s creativity to grow – and it’s opened up…
Decode, Decompress, and HACK! Here at Bitmovin, we’re blessed to be surrounded by bright and creative minds. We understand that the stresses of daily work tasks can be overwhelming at times, especially in a dynamic start-up, where your responsibilities can change in a moment. To help alleviate these stresses, we host a quarterly Hackathon and…
A.I. Encoding workflow running on a containerized “chunk-based” infrastructure with ML-based machine learning model delivers industries highest quality video encoder. At Bitmovin, we have been known to push the boundaries for exceptional quality in delivering video content. From our efforts as an early mover in the implementation and development of AV1 to our cloud-native solution…
Now that AV1 has entered its final stage of development and is getting close to finalizing its features, it’s a perfect time to take a closer look at what’s in store for the future of video streaming. With Apple announcing their decision to join the Alliance for Open Media in January, practically all major tech…
Recently I got the RICOH THETA S 360-degree camera and I asked myself how to setup a (live) adaptive streaming session using Bitmovin cloud encoding and HTML5 player. I quickly found some general guidelines on the internet but before providing step-by-step instructions one has to consider the following: Update the firmware of your Ricoh Theta S by downloading…
Virtual Reality (VR) has gained a lot of momentum recently which has called standards development organizations (SDOs) into action including the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). In this post we’d like to highlight the current status of this development, what MPEG is doing and what else is going on in this (not so) new and…
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