As much as we love FFmpeg for transcoding operations, it can get frustrating when packaging your content for ABR delivery. By packaging, I mean formatting and segmenting your media files, creating manifest files for HLS and DASH, formatting for CMAF, and managing multiple audio and subtitle streams. Fortunately, there are easier-to-use solutions that are equally open source and equally free. In this article, I'll focus on GPAC, which is a great packaging alternative.
18 Mar 2024
Is the state of education video in 2024 the quiet before or after the storm? With a pandemic in the rearview mirror, we approach a crossroads where it will be determined whether enterprise-scale video hosting and management services will remain profitable at the prices that schools are willing to carry in the new normal. It's unlikely that we'll cross a point of no return this year, but I recommend keeping an eye out for signs that will either allay or amplify concerns about the long-term future of schools having a degree of ownership and control of the video services they rely on.
15 Mar 2024
In this article, I examine low-latency services provided by streaming CDNs, removing actual vendor names and making conclusions based on delivery method. I'll start with a discussion of the basics of latency before moving on to the testing results and analysis.
17 Nov 2023
This review will highlight the NETINT Quadra T1U and explore its capabilities as a video processing unit (VPU) for high-volume encoding and transcoding of single files, encoding ladders, and live streams.
05 Dec 2023