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Hi, I'm Stefan, one of the co-founders. I'm happy to answer questions and get feedback!

by slederer 11y ago

dman 11y ago
Could you provide some details on how you are encoding videos 100x faster?
- slederer 11y ago
  Sure, basically other encode video second by second, we can do this in parallel on salable cloud infrastructure. We also released a blog-post on this, based on a writeup from our infrastructure partner Google Compute Engine here: https://www.bitcodin.com/blog/2015/08/how-bitcodin-utilizes-google-compute-engine/ https://www.bitcodin.com/blog/2015/08/how-bitcodin-utilizes-...
  - mkagenius 11y ago
    Hi Stefan, Glad to see someone doing this. I am assuming the process goes like this: 1. Segment the video first - upload them to cloud. 2. Let Map-Reduce do the transcoding on the individual segments. 3. Fetch the segments back at a place. 4. Create the manifest file listing the individual segment. Is that roughly correct? Since you are doing this on GCE, I am assuming you are not using GPUs, only CPUs, right? Transcoding aside, how are you serving the video, where do you store it and which CDN do you use?
    - slederer 11y ago
      yes, it's more or less how you described it, we just added some tweaks here and there to make it work in practice :-) ad 1.) no, we first grab the video from the user and then segment it in the cloud Yes, we just run CPU instances. Typically the user transfers the file back, e.g. via our FTP-transfer, S3, GCS, or simple download as zip.
      - mkagenius 11y ago
        Thanks for the reply. I tried it. Just the resource allocation took 2 min and the transcoding was done in 15 seconds for a 4 min video, so looks good. Regarding selling this thing, I don't know if there could be any good use case for normal people. New enterprises could be better target. Old enterprises too can benefit if their current price is more than what you are providing.
danr4 11y ago
Hey Stefan! I've actually planned to use your services soon for a video app i'm developing. But am I imagining or did your free plan was drastically nerfed lately? I remember it being 6GB and no encodings/GB limit two weeks ago. Why the change? With 10 encodings per month I don't think I can even test my app.
- slederer 11y ago
  With the new free plan you have now every month new free GB which you can use, rather than the one-time credits of the old one. We also introduced our plans recently, which do not have a limit on the number of encoding and a cheaper per GB price. Drop me a line to sl@bitmovin.com and I'll get you the proper setting for your app's needs :-)
  - danr4 11y ago
    Ah right. Forgot about the one-time credit. Will contact you soon!

Hi, I'm Stefan, one of the co-founders. I'm happy to answer questions and get feedback!

dman 11y ago

Could you provide some details on how you are encoding videos 100x faster?

slederer 11y ago
Sure, basically other encode video second by second, we can do this in parallel on salable cloud infrastructure. We also released a blog-post on this, based on a writeup from our infrastructure partner Google Compute Engine here: https://www.bitcodin.com/blog/2015/08/how-bitcodin-utilizes-google-compute-engine/ https://www.bitcodin.com/blog/2015/08/how-bitcodin-utilizes-...
- mkagenius 11y ago
  Hi Stefan, Glad to see someone doing this. I am assuming the process goes like this: 1. Segment the video first - upload them to cloud. 2. Let Map-Reduce do the transcoding on the individual segments. 3. Fetch the segments back at a place. 4. Create the manifest file listing the individual segment. Is that roughly correct? Since you are doing this on GCE, I am assuming you are not using GPUs, only CPUs, right? Transcoding aside, how are you serving the video, where do you store it and which CDN do you use?
  - slederer 11y ago
    yes, it's more or less how you described it, we just added some tweaks here and there to make it work in practice :-) ad 1.) no, we first grab the video from the user and then segment it in the cloud Yes, we just run CPU instances. Typically the user transfers the file back, e.g. via our FTP-transfer, S3, GCS, or simple download as zip.
    - mkagenius 11y ago
      Thanks for the reply. I tried it. Just the resource allocation took 2 min and the transcoding was done in 15 seconds for a 4 min video, so looks good. Regarding selling this thing, I don't know if there could be any good use case for normal people. New enterprises could be better target. Old enterprises too can benefit if their current price is more than what you are providing.

danr4 11y ago

Hey Stefan! I've actually planned to use your services soon for a video app i'm developing. But am I imagining or did your free plan was drastically nerfed lately? I remember it being 6GB and no encodings/GB limit two weeks ago. Why the change? With 10 encodings per month I don't think I can even test my app.

slederer 11y ago
With the new free plan you have now every month new free GB which you can use, rather than the one-time credits of the old one. We also introduced our plans recently, which do not have a limit on the number of encoding and a cheaper per GB price. Drop me a line to sl@bitmovin.com and I'll get you the proper setting for your app's needs :-)
- danr4 11y ago
  Ah right. Forgot about the one-time credit. Will contact you soon!