TL;DR Live streaming protocols have long been shaped by the constraints of TCP. RTMP and SRT both work around those constraints in different ways, but neither was designed for the low-latency, resilient delivery that modern live streaming demands. MoQ (Media over QUIC Transport) takes a different approach: built natively on QUIC and WebTransport, packet loss,…
In today’s digital age, live video streaming has become an essential medium for communication, entertainment, and information dissemination. Whether it’s broadcasting live sports, conducting virtual conferences, or streaming a gaming session, the demand for seamless, high-quality live video has never…
In today’s competitive online video market — where quality of experience is table stakes — ensuring your team has the right encoder for your unique needs is key. But where do you start when selecting an encoder? Look no further. Our team of video engineering experts has put together a comprehensive comparison of the best live contribution encoders available in 2023.
At Bitmovin, we are fortunate to have a hugely exciting roster of customers – from some of the biggest media and entertainment brands in the world to dynamic startups looking to utilize video to help them achieve their business goals. We spend a great deal of time talking to our customers to better understand their…
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,…
This blog post is the final piece of our Live Low-Latency Streaming series, where we previously covered the basic principles of low-latency streaming in OTT and LL-DASH. This final post focuses on latency when using Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) protocol and how the latency time can be reduced. This article assumes that you are…
This blog post is continuation of an ongoing blog and webinar technical deep series. You can find the first blog post here. The first post covered the fundamentals of live low latency and defined chunked delivery methods with CMAF. This blog post expands on chunked CMAF delivery by explaining it’s application with MPEG-DASH to achieve low…
What is Live Low Latency? Low Latency in live streaming is the time delay between an event’s content being captured at one end of the media delivery chain and played out to a user at the other end. Consider a goal scored at a football game: Live latency is the delay in time between the…
Latency is a major challenge for the online video industry. This article takes us through what latency is, why it’s important for streaming and how CMAF low latency streaming can help to solve the problems. Live stream “latency” is the time delay between the transmission of actual live content from the source to when it…
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…
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