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The Bitmovin Adaptive Streaming Player delivers a broadcast quality user experience with fast start up and no buffering native in HTML5 as well as a wide range of native apps and platforms, which means no third party plugins. This section of our blog is devoted to the wide range of topics associated with adaptive video playback in a commercial environment including; DRM, ad servers, 360 Video, Virtual Reality, Live Streaming, MPEG-DASH, HLS, Video on Demand (VOD), Over the top content (OTT). Find out more about the Bitmovin Video Player
The Bitmovin video developer report has been a survey we’ve released every year for the past 5 years and with each one, we’ve seen device fragmentation become a hot topic as the number of video devices that developers tell us they are building for increases. 2021 was no different as you can see from the image below,…
Video developers and streaming engineers (including those at Bitmovin) are often using multiple tools to troubleshoot everything that can go wrong at different points in their end-to-end workflow. This usually means a mix of commercial and open-source solutions combined with some in-house tools that are only available within your company. For the past couple of…
An HTML5 Video Player, in regards to the overall technology stack (on the streaming service side), sits at the end of the workflow, providing audiences with playback. It’s usually the last thing you think about as it’s the final piece to the puzzle, however, whether you stream Live or On-Demand, an HTML5 video player plays…
Bitmovin’s video player is available for nearly all devices, platforms, and implementations. As the number of use cases and devices grows on a global scale, it’s imperative for a video player to be supported on as many devices as possible and enable development teams to launch services quickly. Bitmovin’s Player empowers developers by providing reference APIs…
Why is running stream tests important? Ensuring the highest quality of experience with our solutions has always been one of the main drivers of our goals at Bitmovin, and it’s what played a big part in the creation of our test automation team. To get releases out faster and speed up our testing times, it…
Most Video Players are web-based applications, specifically those built on Web SDKs (any others are typically native to a given device) that allow you to stream your video files over the internet. Each Video Player has varying qualities that distinguish them from their counterparts. The Bitmovin Video Player stands out due to its qualities and…
Mp4 or MKV? It’s not a secret, the world of video technology looms largely in the shadows of back-end development. In this shadowy realm, there is a constant battle amongst developers to find and implement the highest quality and lowest file size video format container. In this article, we cover the history, definitions, and outlook…
Launching & managing a streaming service in today’s market can be a bit overwhelming and I know right now you’re saying “Duh Adam, thanks for the groundbreaking opinion” but it’s not for the reasons you would normally think – workflow. It’s actually about the number of devices you and your team have the capability of…
Quality of Experience (QoE) in Video Technology [2022 Guide] Welcome to our comprehensive guide to Quality of Experience in video technology. If you’re looking for the following: Why QoE in Video Matters Today QoE and Revenue Loss Statistics Video Encoders and QoE Quality Assessment Scoring Methods Encoding Choices and QoE Then you are in the…
This is our definitive guide to the HTML5 Video tag in 2022. In this comprehensive and easy-to-use guide, you will discover everything you need to know about working with HTML5 video. This includes: What is the HTML5 Video Tag? How Does HTML5 Video Work? Common Problems with the HTML5 Video Tag Cross-browser HTML5 Video Tag…
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