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Thanks for leaving a comment here :) Now that I have your ear, may I make a suggestion? Please be a little more specific about what Bitmovin does on your websi

by rsp1984 9y ago

Thanks for leaving a comment here :) Now that I have your ear, may I make a suggestion? Please be a little more specific about what Bitmovin does on your website. Right now the first thing I read is: "Software to Solve Complex Video Problems. Bitmovin API based products help developers around the world solve the most complex video problems with cloud native software that runs anywhere" That is a very broad statement. I would consider myself quite technical but I don't have deep domain knowledge in video coding and infrastructure. Quite honestly I can't get much information out of this. What kind video problems are you solving (except that they're "most complex")? What is "cloud native software"? How do you define "runs anywhere"? Will it run on my Smartphone / PC / Car / Container / Toaster? I just want to know what your company does [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15170182 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15170182

newusertoday 9y ago
some of the problems that they are solving are - inserting ads between videos(configurable) - serving videos for different screen size(if you send same video to all device, device has to do resizing in addition to decoding) - serving videos in different network conditions(HLS/DASH) where based on bandwidth lower/higher bitrate video is requested from the server. - seamlessly serving videos by switching video sources even for encrypted content. - In HLS/DASH, player is the complex(intelligent) part as it senses the bandwith and send requests to server, they are giving readymade player implementation through SDK's
- lossolo 9y ago
  Most of those problems are already solved by open source tools and standard on video streaming services like amazon, netflix, hbogo etc. There are mature open source clients that will do most of those things automatically out of the box. For example shaka player from Google.
  - Terretta 9y ago
    Better not to depend on client for functionality. Don’t repeat the “JS required” situation in video, or next thing you know you’re rederiving Flash.

newusertoday 9y ago

some of the problems that they are solving are - inserting ads between videos(configurable) - serving videos for different screen size(if you send same video to all device, device has to do resizing in addition to decoding) - serving videos in different network conditions(HLS/DASH) where based on bandwidth lower/higher bitrate video is requested from the server. - seamlessly serving videos by switching video sources even for encrypted content. - In HLS/DASH, player is the complex(intelligent) part as it senses the bandwith and send requests to server, they are giving readymade player implementation through SDK's

lossolo 9y ago
Most of those problems are already solved by open source tools and standard on video streaming services like amazon, netflix, hbogo etc. There are mature open source clients that will do most of those things automatically out of the box. For example shaka player from Google.
- Terretta 9y ago
  Better not to depend on client for functionality. Don’t repeat the “JS required” situation in video, or next thing you know you’re rederiving Flash.