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Transition from AVPlayer to reach more devices
Utilizing Bitmovin’s advanced Video Player, developers experience a swifter and more streamlined process in launching a worldwide streaming platform, as opposed to relying solely on AVPlayer.
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Everything you get with AVPlayer, plus a lot more
Bitmovin’s player offers a broader range of features, seamless integration, and specialized assistance, providing you with not only everything that AVPlayer offers but also additional benefits.
| AVPlayer | Bitmovin | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-integrated with Google Interactive Media Ads SDK and Chromecast SDK |  |  |
| Deploy essential use cases quickly and with minimal code | | |
| Extensive event system for all Player and Playback state changes | | |
| Reduces the need for obligatory player maintenance and architectural updates | | |
| Simplified Offline Playback including DRM license fetching | | |
| Supports FairPlay | | |
| Customizable player skin for branded streaming experiences | | |
| Out of the box React Native wrapper | | |
| Out of the box Analytics integration for deep playback insights | | |
| Thumbnail API for image previews when seeking on video | | |
| Frequent releases ensuring device-support and OS feature compatibility | | |
| SLAs and support from video experts | | |
Enjoy fast, simplified deployments on iOS devices with Bitmovin
Using AVPlayer as a foundation, our iOS SDK provides direct access to its core capabilities, alongside additional features such as DRM and Offline Playback. Get the backing of iOS video experts with access to extensive documentation, tutorials, and an API library tailored for intricate use cases. Become part of a worldwide community of Bitmovin developers.
Go beyond AVPlayer with additional features
All the advantages of AVPlayer, plus a lot more with enhanced capabilities developed
by Bitmovin’s team of video engineers.
Watermarking
Stream protected content seamlessly across all devices with our dedicated multi-DRM support as well as pre-integrations with major DRM providers.
Advertising
Integrate Server and Client side Ad Insertion with Bitmovin’s Advertising Module or Google IMA and define the logic and configuration.
Playlists
Provide a continuous viewing experience for your users by creating playlists with gapless playback between video sources
Subtitles & Closed Captions
Thumbnails (Timeline hover previews)
Casting support
Fast channel switching
Cross platform UI with responsive design and Picture in picture
Offline Playback
Low Latency sub 3 seconds
Stream Meta Data handling
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Bigger benefits when you build with Bitmovin
Benefit from SDKs for web, iOS, Android, Roku, Smart TVs, Gaming Consoles and Set Top Boxes for a truly unified development experience.
On average, developers using one of Bitmovin’s Mobile SDKs save over 300 hours of development time per year on native player maintenance alone.
When deploying 2 or more of Bitmovin’s Player SDKs, on average, customers can reach an additional 200,000 viewers per month.