During the pandemic when most of the world was under lockdown and more people were online than ever, major video streaming platforms took a collective decision to limit video content to 480p to relieve strain on global mobile networks. Did you know YouTube (35%) and Netflix (15%) account for 50% of all global mobile internet traffic? The report also suggests 79% of global mobile data traffic will be video by 2022. With this growth rate, video codecs will play an even bigger role in the years to come. Statista provides information on the level of global mobile video traffic from…
H.264 Advanced Video Coding: An overview
You'd have noticed that when you record or create a video, it is often of very high size. These files are called raw files, which are very large in size. These are further converted into relevant formats with the help of video codecs. This ensures that your video is compatible with all the different browsers and devices as they might support the different formats. One such video codec, which is being widely used is H.264 AVC. H.264 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) is a well-known video codec. What exactly is it, and how does it work? How does it compare with…
Google Meet vs Zoom vs Microsoft Teams: Best Video Conferencing Tool For You
Amid the WFH setup and virtual schooling, demand for video solutions is higher than ever. As per a report, the global video conferencing market size is forecasted to reach $10.92 billion by 2027. Zoom has noticed a huge adoption rate with lockdown and possesses 49% of the worldwide market share. Zoom has seen the most generous year-on-year development of the relative multitude of platforms. Despite Microsoft Teams being top in 41 nations, it has a small worldwide market share of 15% only. However, it keeps on acquiring prominence with a 5% development from 2020. Google Meet is another close competitor…
Encoding vs Encryption : What Is The Difference And What They Mean For Video Streaming?
Encoding and encryption are two techniques that play a crucial role in the transmission, exchange, storage, and creation of digital content be it plain text or rich media. Encryption employs an algorithm that takes in either plain text or metadata of rich media and converts it into a pseudo-random string of hexadecimal called a hash. Hash is incomprehensible unless decrypted with a private key. Your passwords, credit card numbers, WhatsApp messages, and Facetime calls all are converted to a hash before being transmitted to the network. Encoding is required because the format you capture content in and the format…
Adaptive Bitrate Streaming: How It Works and Why It Matters
We've all been in situations where a video would end up taking forever to buffer. You'd rather leave the video platform than be patient enough to sit through a poor-quality stream. As a user, you always have the option to go to another platform. But as a video platform, this can be really bad news, as you end up losing your important users. Poor quality streams usually happen when your internet speed fluctuates and your video starts buffering. Buffering happens due to the fact that your internet can't download the video files fast enough to keep with the video playback.…
eLearning Video Production: How To Create A Course Effectively
Nowadays, it’s easy to create content from your smartphone. Just hit the record button and you’re all set to upload it to any video streaming platform. Sounds easy, doesn’t it! But have you ever considered what differentiates quality content from others? There’s a lot that goes on behind the scenes for eLearning video production, ranging from pre-production to final editing of the video. (more…)