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AAC stands for Advanced Audio Coding, it was developed by MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group, to replace MP3 as it provide higher sound quality in the same bitrate.
ABR stands for Adaptive Bitrate Streaming. It refers to content streaming functionality for improving streaming over HTTP networks. The bitrate refers to how fast the data travels across a network; the speed of the data depends on the speed of the internet.
Application Programming Interface, or API for short, is a group of subroutines and communication protocols that allow different programmes to commute. Programmers can simplify and ease their code by utilising a variety of API tools.
AV1 is a codec developed by the Alliance For Open Media, a join efforts of ton of different technology again. AV1 main benefits is that...
The amount of data bits transferred or processed within a limited amount of time is a bitrate, and video bitrate is the amount of video data transferred in a certain time.
CDN stands for content delivery network, is a network that interconnect the servers, that speeds up loading data-heavy application webpage.
CMS stands for content management system, is an application that helps in creating, organizing and storing media files for use on the website.
The terms encoder and decoder, or compressor and decompressor, are combined to form the word codec. A codec, as used in video terminology, is...
Just as the name suggest, container are basically video file, a video file can contain data like, video tracks, audio tracks, metadata. There are different kind of video file formats, MOV, MV4 and so on.
DASH stands for Dynamic adaptable Streaming over HTTP. It makes it possible to stream excellent media material using a regular HTTP web server.
DRM stands for Digital rights management it refer to the technique to protect copyrighted materials. DRM are responsible for securing the copyright’s holder rights.
FMPEG stands for is an open-source project that provides a range of tools for video and audio manipulation, along with various libraries dedicated to...
A "frame" refers to a single still image in a sequence of images that, when played back in rapid succession, creates the illusion of motion. Videos are essentially...
H.264 also popularly known as AVC, Advanced Video Coding, is the most known video compression available at present. It was developed by ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group.
H.265 is also a compression just like H.264, but its more advanced and newly developed. H.255 is also known as HEVC, High Efficiency Video Coding.
HDR, or high dynamic range escalates the range of both contrast and colour; for instance, the bright side of the image gets brighter, so the image has more depth. HDR videos are highly in demand as it is one of the biggest 4K features.
HLS is a popular concept in the world of live streaming, HLS or HTTP live streaming, it is used in both live and on demand videos. HLS was introduced by APPLE in 2009.
HTML5 is the latest version of Hypertext Markup Language, this code is used to describe the structure and presentation of web pages. In simpler terms...
Videos can be broadcasted live, in real-time, with the help of the internet while they are being filmed because of live streaming technology. Remember the live television broadcast that we used to watch for mostly sports and news? Live streaming, can be described as the internet response to that.
Lossless compression uses an algorithm that rewrites the file in a way that results in smaller storage or transfer size. The algorithm does this by replacing the non-important information.
Lossy compression is a compression data technique that compressed the data by reducing the size and removing some data of the file.
Latency is the time or delay between action and results. With growing technologies, consumer are used to real time results, they except to have immediate response when they perform an action, latency is one of the...
MP4 serves as a digital container file, functioning as an enveloping structure for video content, distinct from the video itself. Within this container, one can find...
OTT stands for “over the top.” It refers to the technology that delivers streamed videos over the internet. Before OTT was introduced, a consumer had to use cable and set top boxes for watching content.
Online video platforms, or OVPs for short, lets you host, manage, and distribute videos to your audience without requiring you to build your own infrastructure or data centres. OVP lets you upload both live and recorded video content to a website.
̌Per-title encoding analyse the complexity of a video and understands the encoding factors that are needed to be maintain the highest level of visual quality
Quality of experience stands or QOE, measure the overall experience of the service, from the user’s ends. QOE measures the objective parameters like...
The term Quality of Service (QoS) describes a collection of protocols and technologies intended to control and enhance the effectiveness, dependability, and...
Resolution has different meanings when used in different fields. In the technology and media industry, resolution mostly refers to the number of elements (pixels) that can be displayed horizontally and vertically by a screen.
Subtitles are lines of text at the bottom of the screen that translate the spoken dialogue into another language. The most common example of subtitles is in movies.
Thumbnail are still image that describe the video, it would be a scene for the videos or custom made image, thumbnails are also known as posters.
Transcoding is the process of taking a encoded or a compressed file of a format, and decompressed it, re-encode it to another format. In terms of video, it can convert...
After uploading a content online, everything depends on how audience have reacted or engage with the content this engagement is known as user engagement data.
̌VP9 is an open-source video codec introduced by Google. VP9 is the successor to VP8, and it works similarly to HEVC/H.265.
The hardware or software that allows the playback of a video is known as a video player. A few years ago, video players were hardware-based, like VCR and CD players. Even though hardware-based players are still...
Video monetization is the way to generate revenue from creating and sharing video content; this is relevant for both online live streaming and video on demand.
A watermark is a logo, text or pattern that is intentionally superimposed onto another image. Its purpose is to make it more difficult for the original image to be copied or used without permission.
A webhook, essentially an HTTP call-back function, serves as an efficient communication channel between two distinct APIs messenger, facilitating the exchange of...
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